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It is not uncommon to see new products launch with a lot of features. Too many features, perhaps. The rationale is fully understandable; there is an urge to get a 'finished' product out, and you quickly form your own opinions about what that means in terms of feature set. The underlying rationale behind it is… Continue reading The tough bet on ‘less’
The Danish Heart Foundation just announced that they are closing down their youth-oriented dialogue website 'P.S. I Love You' a mere 3 months after launching it in May. 'P.S. I Love You' have been surrounded by a lot of controversy focusing on working with alternative, holistic thinking partners at odds with the foundations of the… Continue reading Startup learning from ‘P.S. I Love You’
While working to create a MedTech startup either from scratch or later trying to get the product to market, John Carreyrou's book "Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup" about the Theranos scandal should be absolutely required reading. The story about Theranos is well documentet by now: Only the lies were bigger… Continue reading A necessary read
A couple of weeks ago, I ordered a new pair of shoes. I don't do that often - it's kind of one yearly event - and I settled on a pair of 'Nike By You' customized shoes. Not because I wanted to but because they were actually cheaper than some of the other models, I… Continue reading You’re (likely) not a pro
One of the hardest things when building new products and services is to deliver real value to your customers. I know, it sounds stupid. But it's true. And there are two reasons for it: First of all, you're not the judge of what brings value to your customers. They are. That's a frightening prospect, because… Continue reading Always create value
Alex Danco wrote a stellar blog post a couple of weeks ago about the Freud moment of the Covid-19 pandemic seen from an American perspective. In it he argues that the reason why the US is struggling so much with the pandemic is because doing all the right things to stem it has been positioned… Continue reading Your ego is (literally) killing you
The world is such a complex place with a gazillion moving parts that you cannot ever claim that you have got things under control. Because how things turn out will per definition be outside of your control and sometimes for the most odd reasons. This makes your job as the one who has to get… Continue reading Control the effort
One of the things I have learned when working to build a startup team is that if you run a recruitment process trying to find the right co-founders, there is a huge risk you will eventually get to talk to people basically looking for a job. Like in a normal recruitment process? Duuh! Saying this… Continue reading Falling in love