As you rise up the slope of enlightenment to the plateau, don’t get arrogant. Your understanding is rising and so are the returns. But scaling an innovation has its kinks and bumps too. At this point, when it seems the hardest and most dangerous times are past, it is easy to loose concentration and make [...]
Entries from June 2009
Rules for Riders #9 ‘Arrive with style’
June 17th, 2009 by Mark Raskino · Comments Off
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The FT suggests the Hype Cycle might apply to hedge funds.
June 11th, 2009 by Mark Raskino · Comments Off
In a Financial Times online article dated June 2nd, Mr. David Smith – the Chief Investment Director of GAM (part of the Swiss wealth management company Julius Baer) discusses the hedge fund bubble burst of 2008. As part of his analysis he says:
The research group Gartner tried to prove the potentially positive outcomes of bubbles [...]
Tags: Business Hype Cycles · Innovation Management and the Hype Cycle · Not quite hype cycles
Rules for Riders #8 ‘Wipeout decisively’
June 5th, 2009 by Mark Raskino · Comments Off
Just sometimes the wave will breakdown and there is no way to make it work for you. If it looks like this innovation really just won’t resolve its teething troubles, take the decision, fail fast and learn. Don’t let the wave take you down and turn you over. Sometimes, when a big wave breaks a [...]
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