Being an entrepreneur can be lonely and you only have one perspective so you have to surround yourself with people with whom you can discuss ideas. You don’t have to know how to do everything. For that you have to surround yourself with collaborators and be open to learning. It’s…

Segmented Storytelling. Storytelling is key for a startup, but it’s not always the same story that’s being told. For investors, the story of the profit, impact and market potential is what allures. For customers, it’s the story of the benefits of the products. For the internal team, it’s the story…

1. A strong Team, passionate people that love the brand 2. Senior advisors that have the right expertise to share the path to invest in the right things. 3. Growing market, important for investors/founders so they can get a sustainable ROI 4. Active customers, this is critical because customers can…

“The most important things I’ve learned, as a leader, are not a result of my successes. Sometimes the most valuable lessons come from failures and mistakes. Success teaches far less than failure, and success cannot be repeated in the same way that failure can.” I had the pleasure of interviewing…

Establish scenarios ahead of time. We started discussing possible scenarios with my managers in February 2020 when we heard about institutions closing in China and that employers in China and the Apac region were cancelling internships. We discussed “crazy” options like closing several semesters and closing our campuses for one…

… Creating high-performance teams and market disrupting products at cross of cultures. The most bright ideas and opportunities have been coming on the borders of different disciplines (knowledge areas) during last decades. My vision that the tendency of finding and developing something new in touch-points, but those touchpoints will be…

“My focus is to make the journey of health and wellbeing as doable and easy to commit to as possible. It’s important to understand that this is not a fast-track lane but a journey of patience” I had the pleasure of interviewing Oge Akinola, a successful mother smashing through glass…

Optimism. You have to believe that what you and your team are doing is for the best. When we first went into the Covid crisis I used to say to colleagues (then more in hope) that the worst case rarely arises. …

“While working in statistics it was apparent that numbers and analysis could help companies in all sectors, from chemistry to cosmetics to food and public policies. But in the end what mattered most to me wasn’t necessarily the field but having an impact. I often asked myself, how and who…