
The Cost of Capital
Two critical dimensions are often overlooked in product business models: time and risk. These shape the opportunity cost of capital - the value of the best alternative forgone. We break down simple vs. compound interest, explain why investors demand a risk premium, and show how timing and uncertainty affect real-world investment choices. Up next: Net Present Value and strategic capital use.

Smart Business Models for Smart Tangibles
Blending Goods and Services Economics explores the unit economics behind smart tangibles—physical products enhanced by software, sensors, and connectivity. This series, part of the Smart Tangibles book, dives into production economics, cost accounting, and managerial strategies for building viable, scalable business models. Learn how companies like Apple and Tesla balance costs, value, and risk to create powerful economic engines.

Can Swatch Outsmart its Nokia Moment?
Swatch has the opportunity to reframe the smartwatch as a style-driven platform rather than a utility device. By combining affordable hardware with modular design and dynamic digital personalization, it can appeal to fashion-conscious users seeking flexibility and expression. This approach aligns with Swatch’s design legacy while enabling ongoing engagement, creative experimentation, and long-term brand relevance.

Product Management in Action
Discover how business analysis empowers product leaders with insights, from market research to investor views and real-world examples.

Your LinkedIn Post Sucks. Mine Might Too.
Fix LinkedIn clutter: Post quotas and AI-powered quality checks that promote high-value content and improve engagement.

From Insight to Impact: Business Analysis for Product Leaders
Great products start with clarity, not features. Learn how business analysis turns insight into impact for smarter product decisions

Reviving iRobot: Build a Marketplace
Reviving iRobot by building a marketplace around the existing control app to increase revenue opportunities

When Software Features Outcompete Physical Products:
When Features Outcompete Products: Lessons from a Failed Bicycle Safety Beacon.

ניהול מוצר מייזום להשקה
פיתוח פלטפורמת משחקים חינוכיים - מערכת הקרנה אינטראקטיבית, הכוללת ממשק מגע, ואפליקציית בקרה, עם דגש על תוכן חינוכי מותאם

EyeWiz, pour EyeClick
EyeClick lance EyeWiz, une suite interactive pour l'éducation K12 avec plateforme de contenu, OS console et jeux éducatifs engageants.

Could PLG Regain Trust after crisis?
Use PLG to gain or regain trust, then convert users to paying customers. The case of gemini ai for Google Workspace

Is LinkedIn Beyond Hope as a Content Platform?
This article discusses the weaknesses of LinkedIn as a content platform and explores remedies

Going Global: Product Due Diligence
Product due diligence for investors, M&A team: How does technology and business fit in a new context?

Coupons and auto renewals
This cute little exercise explores the possibilities of offering coupons into the auto renewal of a mobile (iOS) app.

Is Google's "Ai Overview Search" an SEO Killer?
The future of the search market in the AI era

Product Management Mentoring
Joining the product management mentoring program at Give&Tech

Product Valhalla: When Service Evolves Into Relationship
Connected products enable creation of continuous customer relationships and value added services.

Validated Ideation
The Fiona Effect: As products progress towards production, the balance between imagination and maturity shifts.

Physical Products: Early Validation is Key
Early validation is even more critical in physical products than it is for software.





















