Viability does matter

The other day I finished “The Cult of We: WeWork, Adam Neumann and the Great Startup Delusion” by Eliot Brown and Maureen Farrell. It charts in excruciating, painful detail the rise and fall of WeWork, one of the best funded most-hyped US startups ever. And it’s a great read that I highly recommend. One of… Continue reading Viability does matter

Deadly theater

Time and time again I hear from and meet startups who are eager to follow the corporate partnership route to gain traction in the market for their startup. Sometimes it works out well. Most often - I would argue - it doesn’t. I know this from my own prior experience from the corporate side. Yes,… Continue reading Deadly theater

Learn from Poor Charlie

Every once in a while I look to recommend a great book, if you're looking to expand your horizon a bit. This is such a time. But the book isn't new. Far from it. I have had it for more than 10 years, but I have only gotten around to reading it now. The book… Continue reading Learn from Poor Charlie

When the going gets…well…

This Christmas I gave one of my colleagues the book "How To Lead A Quest: A guidebook for Pioneering Leaders" by Jason A. Fox to one of my colleagues. There was a reason why I wanted to gift the - hands down - best business book, I have ever read: Because everything it says is… Continue reading When the going gets…well…

A necessary read

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 ‘bible’ on your quest

If you are working on creating anything new, anything outside the norm, you know that it can be a daunting task. You know that it can feel impossible at times, and you know that you can get to the point where you really doubt what you're doing, and how to proceed with confidence. Thankfully, there… Continue reading A ‘bible’ on your quest