by Darrell O'Donnell | May 11, 2021 | Digital Wallet, Pattern Breakers, Rants, Raves & Rambles
I remember being in Helsinki seeing QR codes everywhere. This was in 2018 I guess, and the tourism association had convinced local merchants and taxis to accept AliPay. They said it would help the rapidly growing Chinese tourism cohort, who were used to using...
by Darrell O'Donnell | Apr 28, 2021 | Rants, Raves & Rambles, Uncategorized
Minor rambling about Credentialing a professional and why that business problem isn’t as simple and exciting as you think. I am a Professional Engineer, which in Canada, is a regulated profession. That means I am formally credentialed. The tech that I am issues...
by Darrell O'Donnell | Sep 9, 2020 | Innovation, Rants, Raves & Rambles
I have been talking to numerous founders lately about the various oddities and niceties of raising funds – and the crazy things that VCs and aggressive angels do. Over the years I have advised many companies and I thought that there was a page that gave the...
by Darrell O'Donnell | Mar 14, 2020 | Digital Identity, Leadership, Rants, Raves & Rambles, Sovrin
This post is from an email that I sent out to my newsletter. It has been heavily forwarded I wanted to share it here. This week has been very interesting. The apocryphal blessing/curse “may you live in interesting times” is in full play. I have 2 quick things to...
by Darrell O'Donnell | Mar 31, 2019 | Innovation, Rants, Raves & Rambles
I was just listening to an a16z podcast about innovation and realized that I had just read an article in HBR by the author, Safi Bahcall. Safi’s concept is that there are 4 main control points that can be used to drive innovation in an organization. His thinking...
by Darrell O'Donnell | Nov 7, 2018 | Blockchain, Digital Identity, Rants, Raves & Rambles, Self Sovereign Identity, Sovrin, Standards
I’m working with a few Canadian leaders on a large report that is aimed at describing the current state of Digital Wallets, particularly wallets that are more about digital identity and credentials – as opposed to crypto wallets. One concept that is clear...
