Wrong Airport, Right Direction?

Wrong Airport, Right Direction?

I flew across Germany last week. My journey began in the early morning in Berlin, as I patiently rode the southbound train towards the wrong airport.   I cannot blame the airline. My ticket clearly displayed ‘TXL’ but I hadn’t…

If You Want To Grow, You Need To Stop Worrying About Platform Dependency

If You Want To Grow, You Need To Stop Worrying About Platform Dependency

Everyone with an online business talks about ‘Platform Dependency’, and its potential risks.   “Google can blacklist your site overnight.” “Facebook can block your ad account without notice.” “Amazon’s algorithm can revoke your selling privileges.”   While all of these…

Running Business Experiments

Running Business Experiments

I thought ‘Business’ Experiments were like Quantum Physics experiments.   Expensive Time intensive Theoretical Waves just turn into particles if I try to observe them   But, I was mistaken. Now I know that the decision to not run experiments…

How To Dilute A Strong Day Into A Weak One

How To Dilute A Strong Day Into A Weak One

The day began with fire. Physical exercise while learning about e-commerce, speaking with 20 factories in China to buy new products, speaking in a foreign language with strangers, excited and approaching my biggest goals in leaps and bounds…   “Yes!”…