Author: Broos
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Quote – Patience
“Patience is more than simply learning to wait. It is having learned what is worth your time.” J.M. Storm
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Future Friday – driverless taxis are live
Progress is made in small steps over many years. Most project take longer to become reality than initially expected. Both these cliches hold true for autonomous vehicles as well. The buzz about autonomous driving is peaking for a while already and we reach new (small) milestones on a regular basis. ‘Is this still news?’ you…
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Future Friday – Blockchain bear markets
Fred Wilson, an experienced VC, has a nice piece on the current cryptocurrency bear markets. In this piece he compares where we currently are with the price of Amazon shares. After the internet bubble Amazon shares fell from a high of $90 to a low of $6. Kind of comparable to the price of most…
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Enthusiasm
None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm. Henry David Thoreau This quote is a subtle reminder of the power of enthusiasm. The ability to motivate team members, investors, early evangelists, etc. depends to a large extent on the natural enthusiasm (not the faked type) that founders radiate. It is therefore one of…
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Future Friday: Computational photography
Since the introduction of digital photography, advancements have mostly been hardware based. Enhancing photos was largely called editing and a separate activity from actually taking the picture with your camera. With the omnipresent camera phone the software aspect of photography has become bigger and bigger. Camera’s have become better at detecting the type of scene…
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Experiment
“What good is an idea if it remains an idea? Try. Experiment. Iterate. Fail. Try again. Change the world.” – Simon Sinek As a strong believer and practitioner of the lean startup and validation principles I’m currently in a phase where I’m validating a number of ideas. Some are easy to validate, some take more…
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Motivational Monday – Rise and Shine
It requires discipline to achieve your dreams. To get up every morning, kick into gear and execute on your daily grind. You win your day when the alarm clock goes off and that’s especially hard on Monday. But you made it today and to keep you motivated to do it again the rest of this…
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The Entrepreneurial Perspectives Manifesto
The last few years I created and contributed to a regional and in-company entrepreneurial ecosystem. This in turn slightly increased the speed of change in our world. I have seen firsthand how technological innovations, societal change and the spread of entrepreneurial methodologies create opportunities for every individual and organisation. Innovation and progress is the result…
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Fun Friday – design your own emoji
I could come up with a serious message on the importance of stories that are relatable to your users and the role of UX writing, tone of voice etc. But I’ll leave it at a fun activity for a Friday like today’s: designing your own emoji. Here is what I came up with today: Curious…