Month: November 2020

An in-depth overview of these methodologies reveals a hidden truth: none of them is universally valid. There is no single Startup Bible that guarantees redemption from uncertainty and the perilous journey of a new venture. Each of them focuses on very different aspects of a startup and the key lies in how to use them TOGETHER. Let the practitioners argue about which is best, and let us reap the benefits of smartly combining them for our purposes.

Berlin is a city that has always intrigued me. When I graduated from college and had just played a season of pro basketball (don’t be fooled, the pay was not great but I did get paid to play basketball so I am not complaining) in England, I headed to the European continent to explore. I had never been so far from home before. As I hitch hiked across Europe, I headed to Berlin which was then behind the Iron Curtin, meaning in was in the middle of communist Eastern Germany. That experience blew…

We say the delta v experience is like eating broccoli. Maybe students founders don't like broccoli; perhaps they are not sure. But, as we work through the program, they will learn how to steam broccoli and roast it and sauté it and puree it. They'll know all of the ins-and-outs of broccoli – and come up with a winning recipe.

Last week, I had the opportunity to give a keynote talk at the Open Innovations virtual forum in Skolkovo. My friend & DE coach Marius Ursache also talked about using DE in deep tech.