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Over the past year I have been spending a lot of time trying to understand how to help researchers at universities bring great research into market through spinouts. And I wanted to share my experiences in a series of posts. The first post on ownership structure is here, and this is going to be about… Continue reading You need mutual respect
Covid-19 fatigue is really settling in everywhere. Not least in the workplace where people are starting to really feel the effects of being remote working-from-home. To many it is just not as fun and/or efficient as it was in the beginning, and the sense of belonging to a team or the employer as such is… Continue reading Let’s nail the Future of Work
One of the most potent business models, you can have, is if the use of your product or service is directly mandated by law. Or, in the absence of the complete model, heavily subsidized by law. When something becomes a law, it automatically drives decisions; people and organizations are required to do x, y and… Continue reading Regulation as a business model
There are quite a few really good arguments for why you should focus on the problem rather than the solution, when you're trying to build a successful company. But there is one that I think takes the prize as the most powerful one: By focusing on the problem, you broaden the opportunity for yourself, your… Continue reading Be problem-driven
When trying to build a powerful startup team from scratch, I have found there is one trait it's hugely important to have in every co-founder; Ambassadorship. With that I mean a person who will take the torch, carry it everywhere and be an unconditional spokesperson for what your team is setting out to accomplish. The… Continue reading Find your ambassadors
Ever since I spent a week at a business modelling bootcamp together with - among others - a couple of quite secretive NSA employees, I have been fascinated by lean innovation within the military. Why? Because I can't think of a much bigger - pardon me - clash of philosophies; one is nimble, lean and… Continue reading Muscle is not enough
The problem with too much process and red tape is that it creates excuses for not getting problems solved: "Our processes dictates that I must do this", "I am not measured on doing that", "I cannot do anything about it, it's the rules", "We have a policy that…". Etcetera etcetera. Of course there needs to… Continue reading The “red tape” danger
The last week or so I have been busy building the first simple prototype of our upcoming app - a pre-MVP - for the MedTech startup, we're working on getting off the ground. We will be getting it out there to get early feedback just after Christmas. It is a daunting process. Not only is… Continue reading The daunting 1st prototype