You Have Nothing But Everything To Prove

I think a lot about (my) leadership. I try (and hopefully mostly succeed) in being a good leader for my team and providing solid leadership throughout the organization. And yet — especially when it comes to leadership — we are all always learning.

Those Who Will Not Risk Cannot Win

Today’s communique might very well be my shortest yet. And still — it’s so profound in its message that I don’t want to add anything to it…

As the U.S. Naval hero of the American Revolution and Father of the U.S. Navy, John Paul Jones, said:

Strategy Is What You Don’t Do

My first job out of school was selling Apple Macs for Europe’s largest Apple retailer. Through a series of lucky coincidences I ended up working closely with the founder and CEO of the company — eventually leading to me building the first e-commerce store for this company…

What is Important Now?

We all feel overwhelmed sometimes. There are just way too many things to do, too many leads to follow up with, too many opportunities to chase, too many bugs to fix, too many “must-read” blog posts to read, too many social media posts to reply to…

The VC Cheat-Sheet

I let you in on a closely guarded secret: Every VC, angel, strategic investor I know (in short — anyone who could give you money) looks for just four essential traits in every company they invest in.

Pinpoint Focus

Look around you: I bet you money that most of the stuff which surrounds you, the things and services you interact with and quite possibly a large(r) amount of your possession are not that exciting to you. They are replaceable. They are there to be used and then tossed away.

It Is Not About You nor Your Product

We are all in love with our product. And we are all typically pretty convinced that we are the right ones to bring this product to market.

Otherwise we wouldn’t (or shouldn’t) do it.

Giving a Damn

It is pretty remarkable how often we find ourselves in situations where we, as the consumers of a product or service, can clearly tell that the other party doesn’t give a damn.

The person behind the car rental counter, the call center agent at our mobile phone company, the kid…