Mastering the Three Arenas
Being a founder means fighting for the success of your company every day. You have to figure everything out from scratch, while your team looks to you for answers you…
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The Best Links of 2023
Happy New Year, and greetings from Utrecht. In each (ok, most) edition of this newsletter, I share a handful of links to the things that caught my attention. These can…
Annual Review 2023
This year was supposed to be all about consistency and accountability. Instead, I was humbled by the absolute truth in of my favorite quotes: “You don’t rise to the level…
My Favorite Things of 2023
Songs I loved Minutes of Spotify listened: 26,573 Hi Ren — Ren I came across this video in early January and promptly watched it at least 5 times in a…
A Step-By-Step Guide to the Perfect Annual Meeting
It’s the end of the year, and that means management teams all over the world are gathering to plan for the year ahead. Getting your yearly goals in focus is…
Breaking The Silence
I have a bit of a different newsletter for you today. It’s likely not what you signed up for, but it’s something that I need to say. In my work,…
Required Reading as Onboarding
Properly onboarding new hires is hard. You want them to both understand the work they will have to do, as well as the company culture they are about to become part of. Most companies…
Solve Problems Like An Engineer
When you build a company, what you’re really building is a system. A system of inputs and outputs, stocks and flows. And if you play your cards right, that system will…
Forget Unicorns. Think Like A Camel.
Being a unicorn is all fun and games, until the money dries up. And right now, we’re in a drought. This topic came up several times during my meetings at…
30 Questions To Build A Better Game Company
If I asked you, right now, “Tell me about your company’s performance level. How well are you running things?”, would you have any idea how to answer? And if I…