The world is full of cool success stories. My motivation is to share practical tips & tricks from my daily grind as an entrepreneur. — Hi, my name is Tom, and I am an energetic entrepreneur from Switzerland. I am the Co-Founder & CEO of a B2B SaaS company of 35 employees. Besides being an entrepreneur, I am an engineer, a distinct enemy of all administrative hurdles, an active reserve general staff officer in the…

Just like you don’t build an aeroplane when it already flies, it’s a bad idea to learn handling a crisis only when the crisis strikes. — “This is Network Operations Center alerting the Emergency Response Organization. We received intelligence that our flight CR461 had an accident. We fear complete loss of aircraft and/or fatalities.” Whoever was a member of an airline emergency response organization knows that these are the most feared words the computer-generated voice of…

Putting the sheer number of 209bn Swiss franks of government guarantees for the forced takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS into the perspective of selected defense budgets — 209 billion Swiss franks. That’s how much the Swiss government pledged in guarantees for the forced takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS. According to some news outlets, it might even be up to 259 billion Swiss franks. This decision was made over one weekend.

Putting the sheer number of 209bn Swiss franks of government guarantees for the forced takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS into the perspective of the startup sector — 209 billion Swiss franks. That’s how much the Swiss government pledged in guarantees for the forced takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS. This decision was made over one weekend. Change of universe. Welcome to the parallel universe of startups, where founders usually invest months to secure a funding round of…

While digitization puts the user more and more at the center, this doesn’t seem to hold (yet) for documentation in large organizations. Why? — “Please read the (900-page) document in the attachment. Best regards, your compliance team.” “Please find attached the new version of document XYZ in the attachment. Confirm you read the changes. Best regards, your boss.” Or worse, receive the new version of document XYZ in booklet form by post.

“Doing business in the region” sounds glorious. Until it isn’t. — The global market size is 100+ billion. Every place on earth can be reached within 24 hours on a plane. Online meetings have just shrinked the globe again. Good old times. Globalism is on the decline. With the recent geopolitical developments, the world isn’t a single market any longer. What…

If you want to suffocate innovation and progress, keep on talking. — Just do it. Plan — Do — Check — Act. Observe, Orient, Decide, Act. There are tons of slogans, frameworks and motivation quotes that promote action. Nevertheless, the business world is still full of talkers who talk, rather than doers who do: If you don’t want to do something, there…

A performance review after the first full winter in operation — Vertical panels are not just for mountain cabins, they work on all residential buildings. They can help push up solar self-sufficiency in winter, as they can capture the low sun better than roof panels. Furthermore, they don’t get buried under snow in winter. As described in a previous article, self-sufficiency…

What trends do we see in digital documentation software? Here are some answers to questions I am often asked by consultants and investors. — We are in the unsexy, no-nonsense, but relevant business of electronic documentation. Awwww, electronic documentation. How exciting. Well, ever thought of digitizing the cockpit of an aircraft? Or about taking out some of the pains of ISO 9001 / 27001 for small companies? Or about bringing the relevant information to…