“It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche My life these days can be summed up by the above image: dozens and dozens of tabs opened, each containing information that contributes to our pitch—too afraid of closing anything in case those are important. Every single thing feels important at this point. We managed to use…

Sketchnote of Eric Ries’ The Lean Start-Up, Part 2.

Instead of focusing on one experiment, I’ll be focusing on a set of experiments which I thought were more successful in gathering sign-ups or traction. Our very first experiment was essentially just a huge piece of paper with a Sharpie miserably taped beside it, with a question: “What’s the most…

Link to Christina Wodtke’s Microstories for Pitching: MicroStories for Pitching If you want to craft a compelling narrative for a book or a presentation, I recommend the format pictured below.medium.com

This week’s presentation had to be the most fun we’ve ever had. As a team, we had problems articulating what it is the problem that we’re solving. Our guts know it’s solving something—we see it in reactions and people’s eyes when they hear about what we do. …

Even though it was only four scenes, it still took us a while to get things right. Here are some the times it went wrong.