Arguing from First Principles

Arguing from First Principles might be one of the most crucial and powerful positions you can take when designing and building your product or service.

Wikipedia defines First Principles as “[…] a basic, foundational, self-evident proposition or…

Fall In Love With The Problem

The best (and typically most successful) entrepreneurs I meet are insanely knowledgeable about the problem space they operate in. They rattle down all the relevant stats, know by heart where the discrepancies in the data are and have developed a deep understanding and empathy…

Will It Make The Boat Go Faster?

The true story of the British Men’s Rowing Eight-team, moving from losing time and time again to the Olympic gold medal winners is truly extraordinary. Instead of focussing on “winning” (whatever that even means), the team focussed on a single question:

Why You Should Not Raise VC

Here is the problem with venture capital: A lot of startups think they should be VC funded, but are fundamentally not set up for it.

When you raise venture capital, the simple and common assumption is that your company needs to grow 10x in its valuation…

Where to Start (With Entrepreneurship)

Recently a colleague of mine asked me what to read/watch to get started with entrepreneurship.

Of course there are a gazillion resources and my personal reading list is pretty vast. But as probably the most relevant and short starting…

Relentless Focus

As you grow your business you will be faced with lots of potential, exciting opportunities. New customer segments, new markets, new product variants. Surely one would say that this is a good thing. And of course it is.

What Does It Take to Make the Problem Go Away?

If you have heard me speak or work with me, you know that I adamantly ask the question: “What does it take to make the problem go away?”

I believe it’s one of the best questions to ask yourself and of your solution: I…