Blue Dots Partners

Philippe Bouissou, Ph.D.

Best-selling author of Aligning the Dots, acclaimed TEDx speaker, growth expert, venture capitalist, CEO, entrepreneur, Dr. Philippe Bouissou has worked in Silicon Valley for over three decades. He is currently the CEO of Blue Dots Partners, LLC, a Palo Alto-based management consulting firm dedicated to helping businesses grow faster, using a universal, data-driven and prescriptive methodology.

Philippe was the founder and CEO of G2i, Inc. a Unix software company that was acquired. He then became Senior Vice President at Matra Hachette Multimedia, Inc., leading business development for electronic publishing for the $12 billion high-tech and diversified media company.

He later founded and ran Apple’s eCommerce business and grew its revenue from zero to $350 million under Steve Jobs (generated over $75 billion in 2023). Inspired from his time with Steve Jobs, Philippe's accomplishments continued to skyrocket, including investing $43 million as a Venture Capitalist with double-digit cash-on-cash returns. Philippe served on 25 Boards of Directors, including three now, and led over 210 management-consulting projects.

Philippe graduated from the prestigious École Normale Supérieure in Paris and holds a BS in Mathematics, a MS in Physics and a Ph.D. in non-linear physics in chaos theory.

Posts by Philippe Bouissou, Ph.D.

Growing your revenue by 10X

Ben Lee, the CEO of mCube has a reputation for being a doer and challenging the status quo…

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The six models of growth

In the business world where markets are rapidly changing, top-line growth is critical for survival…

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Why you have to be crazy to start a company…

Startups are very dynamic, nimble and aggressive. It is not uncommon in Silicon Valley to witness…

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Three lessons I learned from Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs is by far the most fascinating person I have ever worked with. He was driven, focus and hyper demanding. He taught me valuable lessons I still use today…

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Growing the top line: a puzzling puzzle

Achieving business alignment is a complex puzzle that often eludes even the most experienced management teams. Solving that puzzle is…

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Newton – A perfect A2 misalignment for Apple

Apple does not always get it right. Here is an illustration of a disastrous…

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