Last week my startup had the final interview for YCombinator, the world’s leading startup accelerator and a prolific venture capital investor. The 10 minute interview felt like one of the most important opportunities of my life, and the stress during two weeks of preparation was relentless.… Read the rest
The 3 types of negotiation skills startup founders need
Thanks to aspiring entrepreneur Christoph von Herrath for posing these questions in our mentoring session last week. Christoph and I were matched by the mentoring programme of Student Incubator Vali Berlin.
… Read the restRules for successful remote working: habits and hardware for happiness
Today as millions of people begin full time remote working for the first time I have collected parts of talks and mentoring sessions from the last 12 years of my remote and home office work, including the full time remote management my previous company: phpList, for over four years.… Read the rest
Guiding entrepreneurs as they free-fall to success
Written last month on the flight back from a startup mentoring expedition to Egypt with Seedstars
Managing a young startup is like freefalling without a parachute. The ground gets ever closer — if you don’t do something fast, you’ll hit hard.… Read the rest
Linux Audio interview in Ubuntu User
It was months in the making, finally reached news stands last month, and now it’s free to read online. That’s right, you can read my five page interview with Harry van Haaren on the Ubuntu User website. The printed copy looks much prettier however, and also includes a three page guide to using Harry’s suite of audio tools, branded Open Audio Productions.… Read the rest