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Strategy in the Post-fixed Costs Economy
Strategy in the Post-fixed Costs Economy
Evaluating strategic options in a world where businesses have never been easier to start, but never been harder to scale.
Ben Robinson
Oct 6, 2020
Featured articles
To turn Adversity into Advantage, Banks need to Renovate in Winter
To turn Adversity into Advantage, Banks need to Renovate in Winter
Crisis is not the time to stop all IT projects, but to double down on the ones that really matter
Ben Robinson
Mar 30, 2020
The new moat in financial services (and why P. Thiel, not W. Buffett, is the new investment wizard)
The new moat in financial services (and why P. Thiel, not W. Buffett, is the new investment wizard)
In the networked age, scale of production is no longer a moat. Instead, network effects are the new moat.
Ben Robinson
Dec 17, 2019
Digital era banking systems
Digital era banking systems
The banking software market is reconfiguring around the demands of the digital economy — and the value is accruing to new systems of…
Ben Robinson
Sep 18, 2019
What is a challenger bank for?
What is a challenger bank for?
Six reasons for an incumbent bank to launch a challenger brand
Ben Robinson
Jul 26, 2019
Precision Marketing at Scale (and why I joined aperture)
Precision Marketing at Scale (and why I joined aperture)
There is an opportunity to do marketing better and more scalable without resorting to the snake oil
Irene Hemmer
Jun 23, 2020
Featured 'Structural Shifts' podcast episodes
Capitalism without Capital and after COVID w/ Stian WESTLAKE (#37)
Capitalism without Capital and after COVID w/ Stian WESTLAKE (#37)
Our guest is Stian Westlake, co-author of ‘Capitalism without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy’ .
aperture.co
Feb 3
Taking a Long View of Banking Industry Disruption w/ Marc RUBINSTEIN (#36)
Taking a Long View of Banking Industry Disruption w/ Marc RUBINSTEIN (#36)
We sit down with Marc Rubinstein, a former analyst and hedge fund manager who currently authors Net Interest newsletter.
aperture.co
Jan 20
Sequencing the World’s Regulatory Information, w/ Manos SCHIZAS (#35)
Sequencing the World’s Regulatory Information, w/ Manos SCHIZAS (#35)
Our guest is Manos Schizas — Lead in Regulation and RegTech at Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance at the University of Cambridge.
aperture.co
Dec 21, 2020
Post-pandemic Wealth Management (#20)
Post-pandemic Wealth Management (#20)
Your host, Ben Robinson, sits down with Anna Zakrzewski (BCG); Christine Schmid (additiv); Laurence Mandrile-Aguirre (Citi Private Bank).
aperture.co
May 20, 2020
Previewing post-Pandemic Finance (#18)
Previewing post-Pandemic Finance (#18)
Another special episode with David Galbraith of Anthemis; Martin McCann of Trade Ledger and a new guest Thierry Zois of Finch Capital.
aperture.co
Apr 29, 2020
Previewing the Post-pandemic World (#17)
Previewing the Post-pandemic World (#17)
How the post-pandemic world would look like, with Nicolas COLIN, Laetitia VITAUD and Ian Charles STEWART.
aperture.co
Apr 15, 2020
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