Archive - Niche Navigation

To Do or Not to Do. What Would Have to Be True?

Thomas had one of the craziest ideas I had ever heard. On the first day of each FastForward London cohort, we would ask each founder to introduce…

Apr 15 •

March 2024

One Flywheel to Rule Them All

I grew up in a very conventional family, where you were asked what you wanted to be when you grew up as a conversational icebreaker. I've always hated…

Mar 29 •

February 2024

Why am I launching an Unaccelerator?

Let’s imagine that you’ve decided to start your own business. But you’re not sure how to go about it, and it feels daunting to quit your job and figure…

Feb 23 •

May 2020

Are you earning enough secrets?

I heard about a new concept—new to me at least— the other day which has helped me make sense of something that I've been trying to figure out for a…

May 10, 2020 •

March 2020

"A crisis is a terrible thing to waste"

I was doing a workshop with a group of small business owners and freelancers the other day (online, of course), when we got around to the question none…

Mar 23, 2020 •

August 2019

What kind of business are you building?

Real Businesses|Revenue-Based Investing

Aug 31, 2019 •

June 2019

Two Months to 1,000 True Fans

I’ve always been fascinated by Kevin Kelly’s legendary 2008 essay arguing that you only need 1,000 True Fans to make a living, which he recently…

Jun 30, 2019 •

May 2019

You need a Flywheel

The Big Lies of Strategy | Revenue Development

May 24, 2019 •

October 2017

For the love of God, please tell me what your company does

Back after a long summer break. The focus for this issue is growth and scaling. But let’s start with the basics first: As the saying goes “If you can’t…

Oct 11, 2017 •

June 2017

How can we predict whether something will change?

The big topic this week is on how to figure out if a new technology is worth gambling on or not. But this issue also includes some practical tools you…

Jun 5, 2017 •

May 2017

The Wisdom of Niches

Minimum Viable Segments | User Interviews

May 25, 2017 •

Finally following my advice

What are you doing the next 6 weeks?

May 7, 2017 •

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