Practical insights drawn from decades of experience helping organizations commercialize technology, build strategic partnerships, evaluate new markets, and create sustainable growth
These articles and videos examine the strategic, commercial, and market factors that influence technology commercialization, intellectual property, government markets, and business growth. They are intended to help leadership teams better understand the opportunities, risks, and decisions that shape successful commercialization.
Rather than offering theory, these insights are grounded in real-world experience working with emerging technologies, growth companies, Fortune 500 organizations, investors, and government agencies.
How technology developed to create tactile sensations in headphones became relevant to Apple's haptic technology—and what that journey reveals about finding new applications for existing intellectual property.
10 minute podcast • 1 minute read
How organic solar-cell research led to sensing patents now being asserted against Apple’s Face ID—and what that journey reveals about innovation across non-adjacent markets.
11 minute podcast • 2 minute read
Why the greatest commercial opportunity for an innovation may lie outside the market it was originally created to serve.
8 minute podcast • 1 minute read
The companies that create enduring value rarely define themselves by the products they sell. James Dyson built a global technology company by understanding the capabilities his engineering could unlock—not by staying in the vacuum cleaner business.
8 minute podcast • 1 minute read
Apple's lawsuit against OpenAI raises a critical question: where does legitimate recruiting end and the acquisition of a competitor's confidential development advantage begin?
11 minute video • 5 minute read
Why understanding the difference between coverage and capacity is essential to evaluating Starlink's technology, market opportunity, and value.
12 minute video • 5 minute read
Why choosing the right source of growth capital can be just as important as raising capital itself.
8 minute video • 6 minute read
How challenging long-held acquisition assumptions led to a more effective communications system for the U.S. Army and savings exceeding one billion dollars.
10 minute video • 8 minute read
How a strategic partnership with Sharp Corporation reduced costs, improved margins, and increased the value of an emerging technology company.
8 minute video • 6 minute read
Why successful technology commercialization depends on understanding customer demand—not simply building a better product.
10 minute video • 8 minute read
Why commercializing Wi-Fi had far more to do with business strategy, strategic partnerships, and market adoption than wireless engineering.
9 minute video • 6 minute read
A real-world lesson on why strategic partnerships fail and how those failures become business disputes.
7 minute video • 5 minute read
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