We often get lost in the details of what we're working on. We concentrate so much on this particular thing and then that particular thing. Before we know it, we're forgetting the bigger picture; we're ignoring the stuff that really matters. So take a step back. Forget about the details for some time. Do something else, something...
We have a strategic plan. It's called doing things. - Herb Kelleher, Southwest Airlines A friend of mine recently gave me a short article to read concerning corporate strategy and bad strategy in particular. The basic premise is that a lot of bad strategic decisions boil down to lack of clear direction, interpreting tasks as...
A friend, business partner and mentor asked me about my view on the current trend of encouraging every co-founder to learn how to code. One might think that because I'm a coder, I would be all for it. However, I look at this in a slightly different way. It's not about whether you - as a co-founder - are able to code and thus craft...
The other day I posted a link on Facebook, sharing the new website that had just gone up for an app that I'm working on (http://goddessalert.com, by the way). After an initial comment from a university buddy of mine wondering how I'd gone from psychology to iPhone app development (I zigzag), the thread turned into a trip down memory...
I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. - Robert Frost Adventure isn't under the safe glow of house lights and familiar sights. Treasure isn't on the busy, central city streets. Don't follow...
A toilet is meant to be a place of relief and cleansing. It's even known as a restroom. While plenty of work has been done on decoration, ambience and feature placement, one fundamental flaw exists in pretty much all toilets: you have to pull a handle to exit. Is it really so complex a thought? You've (hopefully) just washed your...
Every passing moment is a new opportunity to learn something new about yourself. Yet another chance to challenge yourself. To improve. While life keeps going, do we? How often do we stop paying attention to the possibilities embedded in every second of our lives? We take so many things at face value: a simple argument, a coincidental...
Like I mentioned in my first post, a week ago I attended the Startup Weekend event in Amsterdam. In brief, it is a 54 hour event where people pitch ideas for new startups on Friday evening, groups are formed around the most popular ideas and then it's (almost) non-stop work to have something to show for the final pitches on Sunday...
After several years of adamantly refusing to set up a personal blog, here's my personal blog. :) As often happens (with me at least), this was a pretty spontaneous decision. I recently attended Startup Weekend in Amsterdam - and I'll blog about that shortly - met some awesome people there, learned a lot in the space of 54 hours and...
