Sales – Growth – Strategy
Startups worldwide want to launch on well known platforms like Product Hunt. But is it really wise for startups to do this? Product Hunt’s value proposition is pretty attractive; you sign up, you get “hunted” and suddenly you have a few hundred users in your app! What more could you want as an early stage…
You’re starting to read it in more places – the bubble is going to pop. But which bubble(s) are we talking about? Previously people experienced real estate bubbles, banking bubbles, even tulip bubbles, but nowadays there are so many bubbles forming that it’s almost hard to keep track of them. What is forming our bubbles?…
Throughout my career working with companies of different sizes, I’ve come across a lot of resistance when it comes to data. Yet, I’ve also seen that companies that truly embrace their data are way more successful than those that don’t. It’s not data – it’s “decision insurance” The true value of data isn’t around what…
About 8 months ago I was having a blast with the family, celebrating Sinterklaas. For those who don’t know, it’s an old Dutch celebration, closely related to Christmas. You celebrate Sinterklaas by getting together with the entire family and then unwrapping gifts and munching away for one night. This is probably where everything went from…
By pure chance, I was asked to run for the World Cancer Research Fund and I decided to go for it. My father was recently diagnosed with cancer, so I couldn’t really say no to that. The run will be the Dam tot Dam loop, a 10 mile (16km) run from the center of Amsterdam…
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People are naturally social people. Without social interaction, people cannot live. Even the most introverted people need to have at least some kind of social interaction. The social revolution is here to give us that – but why is it really a social revolution? In today’s modern age, there are so many people around the…
[highlight]UPDATE: Since the writing of this article Google has already implemented these ideas.[/highlight] I was just brainstorming a bit, after reading through some online articles in a translated form. It occurred to me that online translation services often suck, even though processing power shouldn’t be any kind of an issue anymore. What the real problem is, is…
I was just thinking today that sometimes I hate the way Google Maps forces you to load a map of the whole country before you go to an actual place. With an over exhausted laptop in front of me running 30 programs and 20 tabs on Chrome, it takes about 30 seconds to load that…
[highlight]UPDATE: Since the writing of this article Google Chrome has already changed their user interface.[/highlight] Chrome was released into the public with an impressive new style and quality compared to most of its competitors. The astonishing speed it has (and maintains!) is an absolutely incredible accomplishment. As usual, Google has excelled at making something simple…