Why Use Lean vs Business Model Canvas?

The Lean Canvas was designed for startups and has components specifically targeted to support the lean startup process. Lean Canvas is utilized to validate your ideas and concept. Companies often move to business model canvas when they have validated the business or are already a traditional business.

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Mark Hewitt
The IoT / Banking of Things (BoT) is Coming of Age: Are You Ready?

In today’s world of connected devices, mobile, wearables and cloud computing, new opportunities for actionable data in financial services are omnipresent. The notion of the ‘Banking of Things’ brings together data and relationships to offer more personalized service at key customer milestones. The ability to capture and leverage customer data to effect actionable insights is critical to delivering better banking customer experiences.

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What is the "Internet of Things?"

The Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of physical objects or "things" embedded with electronics, software, sensors and connectivity to enable it to achieve greater value and service by exchanging data with the manufacturer, operator and/or other connected devices. Each thing is uniquely identifiable through its embedded computing system but is able to interoperate within the existing Internet infrastructure.

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Mark Hewitt
Do You Understand the Internet of Things?

The IoT will also accelerate our ability to capture, analyze, synthesize, understand and share information like never before. It is imperative that advanced economies bring developing markets along for the ride as the pace of the IoT accelerates. The IoT wave of technology will impact us in ways that change the game.

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Mark Hewitt
Digital Transformation: A "Must Do" Priority

Digital transformation refers to the changes associated with the application of digital technology in all aspects of human society. Digital transformation may be thought as the third stage of embracing digital technologies: digital competence → digital literacy→ digital transformation.

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Mark Hewitt