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The RIGHT positioning – The Daily PPILL #56

The RIGHT positioning – The Daily PPILL #56

We recently celebrated my wife’s birthday. I searched for a suitable restaurant, we were in the mood for Sushi. I found a place that -from the pictures- looked kind of cute and elegant in a certain way. I couldn’t really tell that much, most of the...
The job of the founder/CEO – The Daily PPILL #55

The job of the founder/CEO – The Daily PPILL #55

When an organization is starting out on its journey, however crazy and busy it may get, there has to be laser focus. When navigating the early days of a startup, it is all about the fight for survival. It is like the critical few seconds, minutes, hours, and days of a...
Not made for that – The Daily PPILL #52

Not made for that – The Daily PPILL #52

No system in the world has been designed for every possible situation. Most of them have been optimized for a particular range and “use case”. As an engineer by training, it sometimes baffles me how this concept is not well understood. When we go outside...
First or Best? – The Daily PPILL #51

First or Best? – The Daily PPILL #51

What would you prefer to be? We have a bias in our culture to think that firsts are memorable. And yes, when the goal is really hard but there are no nuances to it, it is usually true. The first to reach the North Pole, the first to go up to Mt Everest, the first to...