Everyone agrees convincing investors requires a story and the CEO needs to be the chief storyteller. We look for a central character, the...

E-learning was supposed to be a revolution. However, completion rates have been dismal. Between 2013 and 2018 completion rates for MOOCs...

E-learning was supposed to be a revolution. However, completion rates have been dismal. Between 2013 and 2018 completion rates for MOOCs...

This is a very complex topic, no doubt. This is also a critical one. Positioning is helping potential clients understand what you do, how...

Going to the market is often overlooked, although it might be one of the most common reasons why investors pass. I will try to give you a...

Entrepreneurs always look for the right recipe to increase the odds of success. Steve Blank was probably one of the “recipe” pioneers as...

Most entrepreneurs come out of VC’s meeting with no or little conviction on their impact. It should not be that way, as every meeting,...

I am always surprised by how much the day-to-day makes you blind and narrows the thinking. It’s so bad that most startups will die if...

Our economy has changed. I see three significant trends. A significant number of youngsters, freshly out of school, want to become...

Let’s agree, there is a thin line between reality and hallucination. To be an entrepreneur, you need to be delusional, and small lies are...

I’ve long been wanting to write about speed. I am developing my 4th startup in solo mode, and I cannot go fast :-). Is it an issue? A...

If there is one thing that most startups misunderstand entirely, that’s probably fundraising. Thus, they create their own mental image of...

Alt opening — I am excited to share my vision on Startup Design based on my personal experience. I co-founded three startups, took one...

I know that is a strong statement; quit reading if you disagree, it’s about to get worse. This is how someone might become a mentor. They...

Every startup is trying to disrupt. The common belief is that something can be created that will alter people’s behavior, change a...

After a long confinement period, the world is starting to re-open its economy. it’s unclear if it’s going to last, but one thing is...

The crisis hits us 45 days ago, and a lot of experienced people have shared how they think about it. Most of the reading is either very...

It’s not because you say something on TV or via social networks, that it creates value, it’s because you do it successfully all the way....

Angel investing is a relatively new phenomenon outside the US. As the digital economy successful exits reach Europe and Asia, new wealthy...

Innovate or die. Disruption is what keeps C-executives awake at night. We live in a world where being big no longer means being safe....

Startup founders are product managers. They are mostly product driven, too much to my taste, and the product occupies 80% of their brain...

When we decided to create The Refiners, a program designed for foreign founders in Silicon Valley, we’ve never run a business like it...