Roadmap of experiments

When trying to understand a problem, it's potential solutions and what you should build in the end, it is so easy to loose the big picture of what you're doing and how that translates down to experiment by experiment that moves your product closer to something desirable. But it doesn't have to be that way.… Continue reading Roadmap of experiments

Startup learning from ‘P.S. I Love You’

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’

The WFH degree

Today Danish applicants for higher education get a letter saying whether they got into the education and institution of their dreams. Or not. I don't envy them. Back when I studied at the Danish School of Journalism it was good times. No need for a grade point average; a grueling Saturday test decided who got… Continue reading The WFH degree

Do the Prof G Strategy Sprint

Last night at 1.40 AM I wrapped up my participation in the Prof G Strategy Sprint with Professor Scott Galloway, NYU Stern School of Business. The course ended - fittingly - with a session on Life Strategy by the man himself that is some of the most insightful I have heard in a while. The… Continue reading Do the Prof G Strategy Sprint

Meetup’s remote moment

Yesterday, I received a couple of invites for upcoming Meetups of groups that I am a member of. I am thinking that it must be auto-generated reminders, since actually meeting up in person right about now would be in total conflict with the guidelines set forth by the Danish authorities. And that got me wondering:… Continue reading Meetup’s remote moment

Ongoing learning

It is fairly easy to meet founders who think they know it all. Founders who are so sure of their own success and the trajectory that they are on that they almost excude overconfidence. But are they overconfident, or are they just pretending out of fear of losing face, credibility, mojo or something else? Probably.… Continue reading Ongoing learning

First school experience

This week I joined the Y Combinator Startup School programme. The first lessons have been completed, and yesterday evening we had our first group session with other early stage startup-projects. And what fun it was. It is a truly great programme that the Startup School has created. The curriculum is pretty ambitious and advanced, and… Continue reading First school experience

Going ‘back to school’

Today this winters Startup School at Y Combinator kicks off with the first lessons. And I will be a part of it. The 8 week programme is for aspiring entrepreneurs or people who have already embarked on the journey. And I have enlisted to both learn, reflect and just plain see, what it is that… Continue reading Going ‘back to school’