Nicky Szmala 司馬樂Do you need a Fractional Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)?That’s a question a friend of mine who runs a venture-backed startup asked me recently.4 min read·Jan 2, 2024----
Nicky Szmala 司馬樂The perfect family roadtrip in GermanyI just returned from a road trip with my wife and nine-year-old son in Germany. While I‘m German and have done my fair share of rounds…10 min read·Sep 16, 2023----
Nicky Szmala 司馬樂My 10 million-dollar morning routineI recently spoke to a friend I haven’t been in touch with for quite some time. He told me about his recent health crisis, and I shared with…4 min read·Jul 26, 2023--1--1
Nicky Szmala 司馬樂inparadigm shiftBlack-Swan-proof your business model.This VUCA version of the Business Model Canvas will help you to get your organization black-swan-proof for the future.2 min read·May 14, 2020----
Nicky Szmala 司馬樂Don’t negotiate a salary, negotiate your lifestyle.When I started my career in marketing, I agreed to meager terms, to say the least.6 min read·Jan 30, 2020----
Nicky Szmala 司馬樂inExtendNode’s Blogs for EntrepreneursWhat I learned, gained and lost from running a business from home.2018 was about new beginnings, doing things differently while combining skills that I had accumulated in the previous 12 years.6 min read·Jan 9, 2020----
Nicky Szmala 司馬樂The most precious gift we can give to our children.My son turned six recently. Sometimes it only feels a short while ago when I was holding him as a baby, and his feet were so small that…2 min read·Dec 2, 2019----
Nicky Szmala 司馬樂inExtendNode’s Blogs for EntrepreneursWhat I learned from launching products together with Google at CES.A guide for small and big companies to launch products at CES.11 min read·Nov 7, 2019----
Nicky Szmala 司馬樂Be yourself is the most important thing in life (and it took me 35 years to realize)This year I turned 36. A quite long time to accumulate believes, fears, and possessions. Last year in June I started a 5 months long…3 min read·Oct 29, 2019----
Nicky Szmala 司馬樂The Agency of the Future, AKA the Carbon-Neutral AgencyAt the World Economic Forum this year, a young Swedish activist named Greta Thunberg gave a historic speech that raised a red flag on what…4 min read·May 2, 2019----