Pascal FinetteinThe Heretic#BEASTMODEWe have an ongoing joke about the unwavering commitment some of our team members at be radical have toward their physical exercise regime…Apr 1, 2021Apr 1, 2021
Pascal FinetteinThe HereticEile mit WeileAnother one of those amazing German idioms — and one which seemingly exist in every language. The concept, of course, is simple and as old…Mar 29, 2021Mar 29, 2021
Pascal FinetteinThe HereticThe Power of Asking The (Right) QuestionYou have heard the old story of Henry Ford stating that “if I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” The…Mar 25, 2021Mar 25, 2021
Pascal FinetteinThe HereticBeware the Dunning-Kruger EffectA conversation during today’s session of be radical’s FutureFWD program reminded me of the (in)famous Dunning-Kruger effect. The short…Mar 22, 2021Mar 22, 2021
Pascal FinetteinThe HereticThe Power of ThreeSidebar and a little trip down memory lane: Jane and I were at eBay when we acquired PayPal and Skype. The PayPal acquisition made…Mar 18, 2021Mar 18, 2021
Pascal FinetteinThe HereticThe Common Denominator of SuccessRecently I rediscovered a gem of speech from the 1940s. Albert E. N. Gray delivered a keynote at the annual conference of the National…Mar 15, 2021Mar 15, 2021
Pascal FinetteinThe HereticInvert, Always InvertTwo hundred years ago German mathematician Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi said (or so the world is told): “Man muss immer umkehren.” — “Invert…Mar 11, 2021Mar 11, 2021
Pascal FinetteinThe HereticLearnings From Cooking (And German Sayings)There is a saying in German which finds its roots in cooking: “Es wird nichts so heiß gegessen, wie es gekocht wird.” — Nothing gets eaten…Mar 8, 2021Mar 8, 2021
Pascal FinetteinThe HereticApps Become Infrastructure Become AppsDani Grant and Nick Grossman at Union Square Ventures made an interesting observation a few years ago: Nowadays things tend to start their…Mar 4, 2021Mar 4, 2021
Pascal FinetteinThe HereticDo Not Forget The GestaltOne of the most common mistakes I see founders do, is to assume everything is under their control — or to simply ignore the things which…Mar 1, 2021Mar 1, 2021