As I mentioned in my last newsletter, I have been working on a new service to help founders transition from startups to ‘real businesses’ with a collea…

I hope you’ve had a good summer. I’ve spent some of it wrestling with a conflict in the way I make my living: I help startups to get investment-ready, …

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 update…

I had a go at a regular newsletter two years ago as an experiment. I published five issues and the initial feedback was good. But then things got extre…

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…

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 …

Hello again, I got a lot of really helpful and constructive feedback on the first issue–thanks! So here is the second one, incorporating some of the id…

I can't believe I didn’t do this a long time ago. I always tell clients that they should start their business design by finding out what solutions are …

This post was originally published on Medium The Business Model Canvas is a great tool at any stage of a business’s growth. I started using it in 2010 …