The 7-year itch: time to re-invent your company?
When it comes to entrepreneurship, founders are known for their appetite for change. In emerging markets the founders-itch to start again something new often doesn’t even reach the 7-year mark. What if instead of starting something new, you redefine change by reinventing your company in taking it to the next level and beyond?
The best deals come with a lot of patience…
The best deals are not the ones you have to chase after, but the ones that come to you. And not when you need them, but when the customer is ready to take you on as their partner…
Never fail to deliver on the essentials!
If the architect of a 750 Million Euro project can fail to deliver on the must-haves, maybe so can you… no matter how cool your design, great your service or creative the features, never fail to deliver on the essentials!
Working hard is one thing, but what do you get out of it?
As a founder we start a business because we see a business opportunity, but what about your personal goal?
The long long road ahead to living in the future
Just because something is called artificial intelligence, doesn’t mean you should stop using human intelligence – on the contrary! Don’t trust technology to get things right, it’s (still) humans feeding computers with data, rules and algorithms…
One day, a computer will fit on a desk
Imagine: 20 years ago the internet grew to become standard, and with it something called email. 10 years ago social media started changing our lives. Today the same is happening with machine learning and artificial intelligence that are going mainstream.
Only few customers love the unknown…
Many entrepreneurs get discouraged if (what seem to be) their ideal customers don’t buy. Don’t (get discouraged)! Try to gauche where they fit on the change matrix – maybe they need a testimonial by another customer to make them more comfortable; or maybe they dislike trying something new hence you’d better spend your time and energy on other potential customers who hold more potential.
Are you an Artist, a Manager or an Entrepreneur?
How successful we will turn out to be at making our business a success, depends on how well we’re able to be both the entrepreneur, the manager and the artist.
Getting recognized is not the same as being successful…
It is easy to confuse interest in you and your image, with the actual success of your company. I see too many founders getting busy working the circuit, that they forget to work on growing their company.
Know that saying no is always an option!