Between Order and Chaos #9 — Leadership and Managing SelfManaging self is where everything begins or ends. Between order and chaos is a way to think about entrepreneurship and company building…Mar 15Mar 15
Between Order and Chaos #7 — What is different this time?You are likely following daily news streams about technology, politics and much more. At times we are told that what is happening around…Dec 21, 2024Dec 21, 2024
Between Order and Chaos #5 — How Creativity and Courage changes the world‘The artist is the most important of society for the good and simple reason that at its best art is the highest achievement of which the…Nov 21, 2024Nov 21, 2024
Between Order and Chaos #4 — The future, 10 years later.“Nothing ages so quickly as yesterday’s vision of the future!” So said Richard Nelson Corliss. Richard Corliss passed away in April of…Dec 10, 2023Dec 10, 2023
Between Order and Chaos #3 — Board (Non)GovernanceIncomptent boards can destroy businessesNov 27, 2023Nov 27, 2023
Between Order and Chaos #2 — Fear the human or the machine?Why are we afraid of the machine?Jun 4, 2023Jun 4, 2023
Words are Weapons — Use Them Carefully“WORDS ARE WEAPONS” stared me in the face. Literally.Jun 9, 2021Jun 9, 2021
Honest money goes further — why lying is like toxic waste“Lies are the social equivalent of toxic waste: Everyone is potentially harmed by their spread.” — Sam Harris, in his 2011 book about lyingMay 20, 2021May 20, 2021
The incomplete guide to leadership — Part IIn this series of articles that I call “The incomplete guide to leadership”, I have crowdsourced some leadership lessons from my network…Apr 14, 2021Apr 14, 2021
Published inDataDrivenInvestorGood Crazy — What ultra-long-distance running and entrepreneurship have in commonMy learnings about endurance and how to best apply them when building a company.Apr 6, 2021Apr 6, 2021
Are two heads better than one?Co-CEO arrangements are more common than you think. Here are my few cents on the leadership arrangement at our German FemTech portfolio…Mar 17, 2021Mar 17, 2021
Taking Responsibility. Part II. The man who saved the worldOn September 26, 1983, lieutenant colonel Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov assumed his shift where he was responsible for the management of…Feb 15, 20211Feb 15, 20211
Twilio on steroidsI wrote a version of this letter back in the middle of 2019. I feel a need to update it now, as I think the threats to the traditional…Feb 11, 20211Feb 11, 20211
“You must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool.”“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool.” So said Richard Feynman. Feynman as you…Jan 19, 20211Jan 19, 20211
