Every day. Fast Forward.
It is no secret that I have found falling in love with Slack very challenging. Perhaps it is my Microsoft-past with Outlook and (yes) Clippy (and yes, there is a full documentary on YouTube about that one) that haunts me, but I have found the channel setup and the various direct messages threads challenging. Not… Continue reading Powering up Slack
When you are doing customer interviews, it can be super hard to both ask the right questions, make appropriate notes and be present in the moment to actually hear and understand what people are truly saying. I have created a small workaround for this. I have started to use Typeform as my notepad for customer… Continue reading Streamlining interviews
One of the things I spend a significant amount of time on is devising, designing and running experiments on various different ideas for new concepts. It is both fun and challenging. The challenging part is mostly about not reverting to the same 2-3 types of experiments and use them again and again. But because it… Continue reading Choosing the right experiment
There is no way around it: The greatest learning opportunity is when things don't go according to plan. When you envisioned X and Y or Z happens, and you have very little idea about why that is. When that happens - and it will happen - it is an open invitation to learn. It is… Continue reading The greatest learning opportunity
The other day I met with a startup in need of some advice. They have been working on their offering for a couple of years, and they felt stuck in terms of getting it to market and choosing the right approach. They showed me their product, and it prompted a conversation about who they have… Continue reading Rewind to the pain
What do you do, when you are a big fan of Assumptions Mapping as brought forward to David J Bland of Precoil, but you are not into doing a lot of Post It's on a wall? You of course build an Excel model for it. I have been using Assumptions Mapping for a couple of… Continue reading Excel’ing in assumptions
Recently I met with a good colleague for a coffee to share experiences. One of the things, we discussed, was how to do a handover from a project, you started, to someone else who is going to turn it into a business. It's an important milestone for what we do at inQvation Studio, and thus… Continue reading Aim to get pushed
When you try to do something completely new, the only way you will know whether customers like it or reject it is if you show it to them. This is precisely the argument for why you should be running experiments again and again, as you try to move forward from idea to a product or… Continue reading Show your ugliness