Lessons in entrepreneurship and value innovation from the Issa brothers
Many startups are currently focused on short-term aspirations, driven out of necessity to generate short-term results for survival. But the news last week... Read More
Do not adjust your mind – there is a fault with reality
The title of this blog is a quote from famed Scottish psychiatrist R.D. Laing, a controversial and unconventional practitioner, whose progressive methods caused... Read More
As the tide goes out, don’t be caught swimming naked
I’ve always been a keen swimmer. I remember those early lessons, squeezing into my trunks, a pound for the locker, a rubber wrist tag... Read More
Don’t think about using the F-word, triage your startup
Start-ups have always been risky, perpetually hovering with an uncertain future, but the pandemic is turbocharging natural selection and causing a hiatus for... Read More
How to start thinking about tomorrow: hope is not a strategy, but strategy can provide hope.
The COVID pandemic has wrought enormous personal and social damage, upending countless lives. It is serving as a catalyst to embrace the need... Read More
Startups are like a game of chess: what to do now and next?
Startups need to out-manoeuvre the uncertainty hanging over them from COVID-19, but what to do now and next? The containment policies aimed at... Read More
Startup bets – when going back to normal, when normal isn’t waiting for us
So, what‘s your strategic approach looking to the horizon beyond the current turmoil for your startup? Among all of the nuggets I’ve heard,... Read More
Reflections on the failure of Flybe offer insights for your startup strategy
If 007 is taking cover for the next few months, what hope is there for us mortals left exposed to the economic ravages... Read More
Startup lessons in strategy & execution from Led By Donkeys
Well, January 31 came and we left the European Union, and already the schism between Boris Johnson and Michel Barnier on constitutional, economic... Read More
How playing chess improves your startup game
Underlying a game of chess is an abstract structure of rules and relative powers, which can be quite mind-boggling. The game emerged in... Read More