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European Defence Tech Funding Landscape: A Comprehensive Guide for Startups and Scale-ups

European Defence Tech Funding Landscape: A Comprehensive Guide for Startups and Scale-ups

by Johnny | Jun 9, 2025 | Business

I wrote about the involvement of Venture Capital in the defense industry a while back (click here to read up on that one). However, with the current geopolitical tension and Europe looking at investing more in defending itself again, there have been some important...
Navigating Tomorrow: Empowering companies through Futures Thinking for strategic success

Navigating Tomorrow: Empowering companies through Futures Thinking for strategic success

by Johnny | Jul 3, 2024 | Business

  Humankind has always  wanted to know what will happen in the future. From the rulers of ancient Rome to CEO’s of current companies, all of them have been looking to predict the future, in order to secure their empire or their business. Thankfully,...
About grey rhino’s, black swans and the incumbent’s dilemma

About grey rhino’s, black swans and the incumbent’s dilemma

by Johnny | Aug 6, 2020 | Business, Technology, Thoughts

Image by Holger Detje from Pixabay and by Geran de Klerk on Unsplash     There are a number of articles online comparing COVID-19 to a black swan event. But is it really?   Let’s check out some definitions. Investopedia describes a black swan as “an...
Startup success is the execution of your ideas

Startup success is the execution of your ideas

by Johnny | Jun 21, 2020 | Business, Venture Capital

    Startup success is in the execution of your ideas   “Ideas are just a multiplier of execution” is what Derek Sivers wrote in his book “anything you want”: You can see how this plays out in the visual scoring table of idea versus execution below. To...
Is there a second valley of death for startups and scale-ups?

Is there a second valley of death for startups and scale-ups?

by Johnny | Feb 3, 2019 | Business, Venture Capital

Before we talk about the second valley, let’s go back in time to 1991, when one of the “must read” book for high-tech startups was “Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers”.  Crossing the Chasm...
Always think Attack – what does self-defense have to do with management

Always think Attack – what does self-defense have to do with management

by Johnny | Oct 2, 2017 | Business, Management, Thoughts

Some years ago, I assisted Ignace Van Doorselaere with the creation of his book “Always Think Attack, street fighting techniques for managers”. This project allowed me to combine my professional knowledge with my activities as a self-defense instructor....
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