So many models today include this concept, but what is a flywheel? IRL, it is a massive -like with a lot of mass- wheel that keeps turning. Every internal combustion engine has one, where its function is to smooth out the motion originating from the cylinders pushing...
There is nothing worse than getting caught in something that you did not expect, that you did not prepare for. When you know something is coming, it allows you to build the necessary skills, strength, or resources to be in a better position. In addition, it also...
If we don’t have the will, we’ll never get things done. We may never even get started. Hannibal (not the fictional serial killer of “Silence of the Lambs”, but the Carthaginian general), has been recognized as one of the greatest military strategists of all times....
I know how it feels. That moment when everything seems to be rolling along. Things getting done without exceptional effort. No major challenges, enjoying sustained relative success. Those times are great. They give us a chance to catch our breath, build some...
This one is a twofer. At the very heart of innovation there is the need for experimentation, to wander into what we don’t know. “If you know exactly what you’re going to do, what’s the good in doing it?”pablo picasso And experimentation is...
You know that person at the office who is constantly busy, never has time to take on any task, supposedly never takes any time off, but it is unclear what and if gets anything done ever? I have met a few. I also misjudged a few, reason why I adopted the premise from a...
We value confidence highly. Moving through uncertainty with determination is something we expect from every great leader. A strong hand that holds the reigns and that keeps us in-line to achieve the goal. But we must not confuse this with certainty, nor with being...
Today is a special day. Yes, it’s Friday for all of us. But it is also the day I publish my 300th article. I have been publishing every day, from Monday til Friday. I started this journey more than a year ago. 64 weeks ago to be exact. I only paused for a few...
Can there be Product-Market fit when the Value Proposition of the product (or service) doesn’t yet match the targeted underserved market need? Isn’t that the whole definition of it? There may be some occasions where this mismatch can be resolved by other...
According to the definition, Product-Market Fit occurs when the Value Proposition of the product (or service matches an underserved market need. Why is it important? Some people are quite religious about this one. The general stance on it, is that a company should...
I bet you have heard this question in one or another form. For most people you cannot be both. In their mind, is like oil and water. Better to keep it separate. I personally think that you cannot do a good job at either one if you don’t understand the other...
Most knowledge workers have benefited from a model where we learned the skills, and then, we sold our skilled work. Sometimes to other people that didn’t have the skills, and sometimes to an organization that needed an army of skilled workers. We didn’t...
Mi next car, if any, will probably be electric. Electric cars not only are cool, silent, and have no emissions; but they also have less moving parts, and especially, no internal combustion engine. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t hate engines, I am actually a...
The first time I heard this, was from my good friend Victor, a very long time ago. He was painting her mother’s home at the time, and he told me that the job had a “high degree of feeling of accomplishment”. It stayed with me all this years, and I...
Right. So that was kind of a lame post yesterday. Sort of dry. Right? I felt it was necessary, because what I really wanted to talk about is the fish chart, and how most management teams and investors don’t like it at first. The fish chart, just like its eatable...
We all know what a line chart is, but besides the basics, there are also a couple of recognized shapes that convey a certain behavior and that are used as a shortcut. I am talking about thinks like “Linear”, Exponential”, the “Hockey...
It happens to everybody. We wake up and we have this marvelous idea, the solution to all we’ve been battling with for a week. And then, by the time the coffee is brewed, it’s gone. We can’t remember it anymore. The question or where it went, is a...
A few days ago, I was listening to an interview with a Game Warden from California. The picture he painted about how drug cartels are “shortening the supply chain”, bringing to the United States their operations, and growing illegal marijuana a few miles...
Alright. So a couple of days ago I got a little railed up and got carried away. I think that I did capture what I intuitively felt, my gut feeling. The analysis came shortly after the blog post was already published. This is not uncommon in me, to let my intuition...
I love Simon Synek. I mean, he is the ultimate nice guy, funny (or maybe I should say “witty”?), and the guy’s ideas -come on-, are really eye opening, perspective shifting stuff. If you haven’t heard his whole thing about infinite games vs....
The story goes, that when Henry Ford set the price of the original Model T, and the factory workers’ wages, the math came out to about four months of an average salary for the car. The thing is, an entrepreneur makes things because they want to see a different...
You know when you are being presented a product or a service, and the next thing you know is that you are giving out your credit card number? It is usually after a transitional question that goes something like: “which credit card would you like to use?”....
Sometimes we to the conclusion of limiting the possible alternatives. In business, there are “substitutes”. We have competitors, products and services from others that are similar to ours. But substitutes are different. Substitutes are not similar at all, but the...
Celebrate. It is a happy word. But what a strange word. It really takes a lot of context to know what is meant by it. It can mean “perform”. It can mean “reach” a point. It can mean “to honor or praise”. Something can happen without...
As we peer into what synthetic minds will bring to us, perhaps it would be useful to better understand and utilize our own. Particularly in today’s day and age, with the constant stream of distractions that we face, this seems to come down to focusing on the...
