Author Archives: Thomas Purves

Pizza Libretto as transformative mobile business model

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Thomas Purves

Pizza Libretto doesn’t take reservations. What they do do is make some of the most delicious Neopolitan style pizza in the city. Libretto finds themselves smack in the middle of the (for the moment) uber-trendy Ossington strip of hipster bars, … Continue reading →

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Visa Debit rolls out in Canada

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Thomas Purves

This is a project I’ve been working on and involved with in one capacity or another for a long time, including building the first business case and running the product development for CIBC as far back as 2005. More on … Continue reading →

Posted in Archive, Business, canada | 3 Comments

Kodak update: when all else fails, sue the iceberg

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Thomas Purves

A lovely visualization by Design language that’s been making rounds connects a couple dots from recent posts on this blog. Somewhat randomly, I had been musing both about how Kodak had the foresight to invent a “consumer” digital camera 35 … Continue reading →

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