It’s easy to buy into the ‘overnight success’ story. But in reality, building a venture is a five- to seven-year endeavour. It requires foresight, strategy and a huge amount of patience . . ....

Imagine you could sit down with each one of your customers and show them the ropes of your product. Sure, it would be very effective, but can it scale? It turns out that sometimes, it can.

Why do so many founders run into problems when outsourcing their MVP? Often fingers point to the developers, but the problem is probably closer to home. Here’s my tech war story—and the measures you can take to avoid...

“Move fast. Speed is one of your main advantages over large companies.” Sam Altman, CEO, YC Combinator

Move fast? Easier said than done.

Every founder knows that familiar feeling of ‘moving too slowly’...

So you have a new product idea . . . what should you do? Hire a designer, raise seed capital, learn to code? Here’s why you might be avoiding the most obvious answer.

This advice isn’t new. It came out...

Every new tech product starts with a simple idea. But in the brutal battle of creation, things can get complicated fast. The focus shifts from the big picture to the details, new ideas keep coming, and the scope starts to inflate...

Common wisdom says to speak with potential users to check that people want something before building it. So I did—but it didn’t go according to plan.

Several years ago, I created a mobile app called Spotnight that...

Expectations on founders have never been higher—not just from investors but from talented employees, too. Here’s how to create your way into business.

They say that every great business addresses a real customer need. If expressing your customer need has ever felt slippery, this is for you.

As Steve Jobs said: you have to start with the customer experience...

Airbnb and Uber are both high-growth startups—yet only one of them is disruptive. Do you know which one it is?

I used to think that disruption referred to any dramatic breakthrough innovation in a certain field. When I...