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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.

The 40-year quest for the perfect alignment

Here is the impossible challenge that has been around for over 100 years…

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Is Macy’s becoming an extinct species?

A few weeks ago, on November 13, “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer shared his view about…

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The impedance mismatch of delight

I recently came across an interview of Byron Deeter, a partner at Bessemer Venture Partners…

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Why external alignment is mission critical…

Before being in the management consulting business, I was a Partner at Allegis Capital …

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Growth is the master. Success is its slave.

At Blue Dots, we are religious about top-line revenue growth and how to optimize it…

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What happened to Nasty Gal?

Nasty Gal was an online fashion store that was selling its own collection and other brand items of edgy, stylish clothing, accessories and shoes…

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