Published in StartupMill·Jun 2, 2020How I use Slack to find my AudienceSlack groups help me find the audiences that I can discuss my next project with, gathering valuable product insights and early adopters — So a big part of Product Development is to Build, Measure & Learn — This is something that I have to do with StartupMill as I have a lot of ideas which I need to validate before I spend time on them. The way I’ve found I can do this…Slack2 min read
Published in StartupMill·May 10, 2020Getting to Top #5 on ProductHunt during the COVID19 periodHow I can give back during this COVID19 period COVID19 is destroying a lot of jobs, cancelling project, ending contracts and it’s heavily impacting the freelance world. The result is that a large number of freelancers are now losing their jobs. I started to see a lot of tweets and facebook posts regarding projects being cancelled. So I thought…Freelancing5 min read
Published in StartupMill·May 9, 2020Top 10 tips for Integromat, Airtable & WebflowTips on how best to use these three tools together after a few months of errors and mistakes. — I’ve been using Integromat, Airtable & Webflow extensively for the last few months and make a LOT of mistakes. If I reflect back on my initial use of these tools, I wasn’t bad, just not great and came up with some best tips which could help you avoid these mistakes. Here are my top 10 tips on how to work with these three tools together:Startup7 min read
Published in Skipr·Mar 13, 2020Tips on how to travel during CoronavirusThese tips are here to help you make your next journeys a little bit safer and easier for you, as the spread of coronavirus seems unstoppable. (officially known as COVID-19) — Severely limit your travels Probably the easiest tip of them all — simply limit your travel. Sounds counterintuitive for a pro-mobility startup like Skipr to say that, yet we’re here to be your co-pilot and we wouldn’t want you to get ill.Travel4 min read
Published in Skipr·Mar 10, 2020Introducing Near Me: find vehicles near you even fasterFind vehicles around you. Book them immediately. Move faster. Try it with Jump, Dott & Poppy! — With the ‘Near Me’ Feature, we’re giving you a quick and easy new way of finding different means of transport near you. If you’re not familiar with the concept of Near Me, it’s a tool that lets you see different modes of transport from providers like Jump, Poppy and Dott within a 5 minute walking distance. We also show available bikes and shared cars within a 15 minute walking distance. …Mobility2 min read
Published in StartupMill·Feb 23, 2020How I hacked my mailbox to gain productivityI made one simple change to how I manage my inbox I get a lot of emails — Like a lot! If I leave my inbox unchecked, I’ll easily get to 1000+ emails in a couple of day. The result is that I started missing opportunities, introductions and important messages. These emails would get lost in the swap of newsletters…Startup3 min read
Published in StartupMill·Nov 8, 2019Why I built JobsinXR.comThis is the story as to how I saw a clear gap in the market and took advantage of it to build a venture that serves a upcoming niche. — I was a year and a half into building Holograms when I my contract was up for renewal. While a potential renewal was on the cards, it was going through some slow red tape which always takes time. In this moment, I wondered — where can I find jobs that…Virtual Reality3 min read
Published in StartupMill·Nov 8, 2019Why I created StartupMill?Building ventures and learning all at the same time — I’m writing this article to get this off my chest — To explain to others why I have a drive in my to create products and why I love to do this. I hope this might inspire others with the same ambitions as me to build their dream. This is for you. I’ve been producing & product managing software pretty much all my life. I started early, way early. When I was 14, I was working on helping out some projects like PakRat (which to my amazement is actually still downloadable.) It was a tool to view the content of .pak files…Startup5 min read
Apr 4, 2019Top 10 AR/VR/MR Slack GroupsWe believe that the immersive community is exactly that, a community, one that is amazing, genuine, nascent and booming. Yet sometimes it’s a little hard to understand where to find people that share the same passion as yours. To help you connect, chat and maybe even find work, we have…Virtual Reality2 min read
Feb 17, 2019The Skills Gap in Immersive Technology and How we can Close itOriginally posted on AIXR Immersive Technology’s Hidden Crisis The Immersive technology industry, including Augmented, Virtual and Mixed Reality technology, is booming according to analysts, yet most are missing two key red flags that underlie the entire industry: talent & skills. Either way you look at it, analysts predict a huge amount of spend in…Virtual Reality6 min read