Jan Bosch
According to archeologists, Earth met with a major asteroid around 65 million years ago. That asteroid and the effects of its impact on our planet killed off the dinosaurs, the only descendants of these magnificent animals being the birds. The asteroid brought about an extensive winter due to the amount of material thrown into the … Read more
In his book “Outlive”, Peter Atia outlines the history of medicine. According to him, we’re currently in medicine 2.0, which is concerned with addressing many of the diseases that put children and adults in an early grave. Typically, these are infectious diseases such as polio and smallpox and more recently HIV, AIDS and Hepatitis C. … Read more
Many worry about us destroying the planet and changing the climate. I think there’s little doubt that humans are an important factor. The rate at which the temperature is increasing seems to be much faster than during earlier periods. Also, it will cause migration of people as some parts of the world have simply become … Read more
One of the reasons I feel that we need a revival of techno-optimism is the way the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) in the last years has been met by society. Rather than celebrating the enormous technological breakthroughs that were made and the immeasurable benefits this will provide to all of us, everyone seems to … Read more
As Marc Andreesen claims, we are being lied to. The media, politicians, left-wing woke culture types and many others claim that technology is the root of all evil. They claim it takes away our jobs, ruins the environment, threatens our health, degrades society, destroys our future and is at the root of everything that is … Read more
One of the most important challenges for humans is to deal with change. Our natural inclination is to keep things the same. This has worked incredibly well for most of human history where your life would have been quite similar to that of your parents and grandparents. Even if there were wars, famines and infectious … Read more
Within the Nordics, Sweden is known to be one of the least conflict-oriented countries and cultures. I love living there and believe it’s the best one of the five that I’ve lived in. However, there are times when the avoidance of the elephant in the room becomes a bit much. Being Dutch and coming from … Read more
All companies start with a purpose. They’re formed to solve a customer problem and, in that sense, their purpose is to solve the problem so that part of the value of the solution can be captured in revenue. They need revenue and free cash flow as they go bankrupt otherwise. Over time, as companies grow, … Read more
The final aspect of the Radical paradigm we’ll discuss is the notion of leadership. Leadership is a highly overloaded and overhyped term and many are using the concept in all kinds of ways that may not be accurate. For all the hyperbole, the fact is that leadership, the ability to align groups of people around … Read more
One of the topics that often comes up in the startups I’m involved in is sales. As companies seek to scale, they need to move from founder-led sales to hiring sales leads who can help increase their reach in the market. The challenge is that salespeople tend to be likable, smooth-talking individuals who don’t always … Read more
