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It is so easy being designated as the one who just says "No!" to everything and whose largest contribution to the team is to foster a negative energy in every room you enter. But have you ever thought about how these people may actually be trying to do something completely different and of immense value?… Continue reading Remember a pre-mortem
I often talk about the need to meet with customers and understand what their needs are. But I also often struggle in getting through with the message of what the real potential of doing so is. So let me try it a slightly different way. When we sit down with potential customers, or we visit… Continue reading Deliver on the dream
The other day I invited a good acquintance to come and visit us at inQvation and to provide feedback on an idea, we're toying with. The latter part made sense given that this person has about 30 years of experience within the industry, where our idea potentially offers a new angle on things. I asked… Continue reading Find the blind spots
This summer I am trying to teach myself how to do visual programming using Bubble. I have been trying to get a better understanding of coding for years but never had the patience for it. Bubbles visual approach is a lot more appealing to me. Why am I doing it? Because I like being able… Continue reading In the Bubble
The other day I spent a good chunk of the day browsing the web reading up on reviews on how current solutions address a particular problem we are looking at giving a new spin on at inQvation Studio. It was most illuminating. Of course there is always the risk of you being biased by the… Continue reading Read up
If you are interested in working with turning ideas into viable startups, I have the perfect opportunity for you: Apply to become Growth Designer in our Studio team at inQvation. We never know, when we start out with an idea, if it is going to fly or come crashing down on us. That is why… Continue reading Join us!
One of the things that continues to amaze me is the power of actually seeking out potential customers for solving a problem and chat to them about their experiences so far in both experiencing the problem and trying to find solutions for it. It is easy to get an idea all by yourself. But the… Continue reading Go talk to a customer
The most common problems with strategy is that (a) it can be extremely poorly based on actual insight and data about market and customers and (b) it tends to become antique the moment, you have dotted the last i and crossed the last t in the grand plan. When I recently tought a group of… Continue reading Hypothetical strategy