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From Challenge to Triumph: How Entrepreneurs Turn Obstacles into Opportunities

The degree of difficulty of a task is the wrong measure to translate into time-to-completion

2d ago

From Challenge to Triumph: How Entrepreneurs Turn Obstacles into Opportunities

2d ago

Tom Vogel
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Startup Stash

Imperfect Is Beautiful: Why Entrepreneurs Make Bad Lawyers

Spoiler: This isn’t a lawyer-bashing. I respect everyone who has high professional standards, irrespective of their profession. But when…

Oct 30

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Oct 30

Tom Vogel
in
Startup Stash

Founders Do What Needs to Be Done, Not What They Enjoy Doing

But being a founder is more than a job, it’s a mission. That mission will take years to complete, and during this time, you will have to…

Oct 29

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Oct 29

Tom Vogel
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Management Matters

Seek the Decision, Not the Endless Options

People tend to fantasize about what they will do after the decision instead of pushing for a yes-or-no answer because they dread one simple…

Oct 28

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Oct 28

Tom Vogel
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Startup Stash

Entrepreneurs Overestimate One Year And Underestimate Ten Years

Farmers know you can’t grow a tree in a year. For some reason, many entrepreneurs fade out the logic of down-to-earth farmers.

Oct 17

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Oct 17

Tom Vogel
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Predict

The Key to Crisis Management? Graceful Degradation

Sounds theoretical? It isn’t. Start by training regularly for crises, and by creating redundancies and backups.

Oct 14

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Oct 14

Tom Vogel

Jazz over Orchestra: The Secret Sauce for Times of Crisis

Master your tunes, get used to the swing, and you will be fine in just about any situation you can possibly encounter.

Oct 9

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Oct 9

Tom Vogel
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Management Matters

Meeting or Briefing? What Sets Them Apart and Why It Matters

A briefing is called a briefing because it’s brief. If it were long, it would be called a longing… eh, meeting.

Oct 7

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Oct 7

Tom Vogel
in
Venture

Business Plan or Cashflow Plan: Which Fits Your Business Best?

Always remember: A plan is a plan, subject to forced changes by reality.

Sep 17

Business Plan or Cashflow Plan: Which Fits Your Business Best?

Sep 17

Tom Vogel
in
Startup Stash

Keep It Simple in Tech: If You Don’t, You’ll End Up in Dependency Hell

Simple but effective learnings from (not) upgrading Keycloak for all tech startups

Sep 16

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Sep 16

Tom Vogel

Tom Vogel

I can help you with entrepreneurship and resilience advice for all aspects of life. 👉Practical and to the point👌. tomvogel.kit.com/resilient-entrepreneur

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