How To Make The Best Decisions For Your Startup
I have unwittingly made some bad decisions in my 28 years on this earth, but every day I make better ones. Reflecting on this, it is clear that making the right calls, large and small, requires certain prerequisites and a thoughtful decision-making process. These considerations are especially important…
Strip Down To Your Basic Leadership Skills
In my experience in studying and advising early-stage startups, it has become obvious that startups primarily fail because of inadvertent mistakes made by the founder(s). External forces are seldom the reason for the death of the startup. The success of the startup therefore primarily depends on the…
Are You The Next Instagram? How To Create A Purpose-Driven UX
The past two years, Apple has assured its claim as the world’s most valuable company and is on track to become the first trillion-dollar company. In addition to raw tenacity and the visionary leadership of the late Steve Jobs, much of Apple’s “secret sauce” comes from their focus on user experience and beautiful design, lead by Jonathan Ive. User experience is “the way a person feels about using a product, system or service.”