โก What's pragmatism?In a recent pitch call someone asked me what pragmatism exactly means and my answer wasn't exactly salesy.Let's see if those people become clients ๐My answer was: when I was a child, everybody always said I was lazy. And yes, I didn't do those things I didn't like to do. But:being lazy also forced me to find shortcuts to the finish line.And that is a wonderful skill to have as a Co-Preneur.#innovation #futurepositive #creativity #mindset
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โก When I first saw the Apple Vision Pro, I knew it would be a success. Why? Because it reminded me of Cyberpunk 2077.Yes, it clunky, expensive and needs a battery TODAY.But imagine where it could be in the future? If it was lighter, had a range of apps available on it, was more affordable:then it would generate the perfect blend between the real world and the virtual world, allowing the user to be present in both.To some it might seem hellish, to others this thing will be too good not to use it.
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โก My favorite is number 10, Quentin Tarantino ๐ And yours?--Intrapreneur? Apply for DOJO ๐ฅhttps://lnkd.in/egQVusmH#innovation #futurepositive #creativity #culture #mindset #entrepreneurship #future #management #strategy #startups #technology
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โก The one book that every corporate entrepreneur needs to know by heart: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ผ๐บ ๐ง๐ฒ๐๐.This book kickstarted my own corporate innovation career and ultimately fueled the founding of Reruption together with Christian.๐ช๐ต๐? ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐๐๐น๐ ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ.When I pitched at STIHL to take over an innovation project as the external venture lead, my frien
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โกย Understand your critical path!As a free-market entrepreneur thatโs maybe not as important, because you have more possibilities to do trial and error and still come out with some result at the end.๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฟ, ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐. If youโre not successful, you will be shot down very quickly. If youโre too successful ear
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โกย I just had a call on innovation with someone from BOSCH, and then with someone who brings innovation to the German Bundestag. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ.Obvious parallels:- both work for huge organisations- both organisations have a hard time doing step change innovation at once and rather focus on incremental innovation to be safe- both organisations are slowed down by middle managers who care mor
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โก The easiest, most rewarding and enjoyable repeat sales is with happy customers.The product strategy learning here is simple: just build a fantastic product or service ๐ How? Well, that's the difficult part.#innovation #futurepositive #creativity #strategy #entrepreneurship #startups
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โกย ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ, by example of a subscription business we built for fahrrad.deIn 2021 we were contracted by fahrrad.de respectively internetstores GmbH to build a bike subscription business for them, similar to Swapfiets.๐๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ: how should we find a great entry price to start off with? What was a good price? Measured against what?Fundamentally there are two strategies to determ
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โกย Donโt build walls!Last week I have been in a photography exihibition about the great fence on the Mexican border of the USA. The situation there is absolutely brutal, cruel, inhumane.My key takeaway: building walls not only keeps someone outside, it also keeps the fear and paranoia inside.Today I read a comment in the german newspaper ZEIT about building more fencing around Europe. Thatโs bullshit. It will makes us fall into the same trap as the Americans: we will only foster a culture of fear
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โก Staying lean, agile and flexible in the first 2-3 years of a corporate venture is super important. This is how I do it:๐๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐!We as Reruption hire only generalist people who can cover one or more workstreams in a corporate venture and who think and act entrepreneurially.That starts with our working students, but goes all the way up to more senior staff.Besides that we have our expert network for when itโs about tasks in finan
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โก I only work 20 hours a week. The rest is blocked for learning, thinking, enjoying nature, nurturing relationship and generating new ideas. The twist? I felt bad for that lifestyle.Why? Everybody around me is super stressed, builds a career, makes more and more money - and I'm not part of that culture.The last 3 or 4 years I have been working intensely to overcome that feeling, but I'm not there
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โก I analysed notes from 50 research calls using chatGPT and NotionAI. This is what I learned about AI-supported research.Since spring 2022 we at Reruption have been doing calls with experts from within corporate innovation functions. The goal was to create a whitepaper on the topic of โChallenges in Corporate Innovation in 2023โ.Meanwhile we launched the results as a โdynamic whitepaperโ on our website (https://lnkd.in/e6mNxHaK ).To create quantitative results from the qualitative input that our
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โก Imagine a Spotify where you type your desired tunes and it generates the music for you! ๐ตArtists can agree to let their voices be used. In turn, they'll receive royalties from the system. ๐คGrimes, a Canadian artist, introduced this idea. ๐Would you use it? ๐ค#innovation #futurepositive #creativity #culture #mindset #entrepreneurship #future #management #strategy #startups #technology
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โก Imagine a future where energy costs nearly nothing!๐กWhy? The sun, our massive fusion reactor, provides us with abundant energy. We just need to harness and store it to stop relying on fossil fuels. ๐What would you do if energy costs were no longer a limitation? ๐#innovation #futurepositive #creativity #culture #mindset #entrepreneurship #future #management #strategy #startups #technology
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โก What do these 3 look like?Certainly not like their rocket just EXPLODED.But that's exactly what happened. 3 minutes after launch the biggest man made rocket by SpaceX experienced a "rapid unplaned disintegration".The take-away? I love that American spirit. Always focussed on the future. On what went well. On what goes and works and not what doesn't.#innovation #futurepositive #creativity #culture #mindset #entrepreneurship #future #management #strategy #startups #technology
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Your worst enemy as an innovation lab? Too much budgetInnovation labs create new future business opportunities. Those opportunities are found when thinking outside the box, being creative with little resources and having a sense of urgency.In my experience having too much budget tends to slow this process down and make the results worse:teams get complacent, lack a sense of urgency and do wasteful capital allocation to projects and resources that are not feasible or don't actually create value.L
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โก Fuck LinkedIn content, it's no fun to create.Why?I've been doing LinkedIn content for 5 months now. There have been successes: some leads and some business came out of it. Enough to keep going with LinkedIn as a channel.After posting daily for 5 months I did 126 posts, got 230.000 views and over 500 engagements. But:Anything that isn't dumbed down to the level of 3rd graders doesn't get any attention.So, what am I going to do?From now on I'll just post whatever the fuck I want without any stra
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โก Is this the real world, or just a fantasy?--Intrapreneur? Apply for DOJO ๐ฅhttps://lnkd.in/egQVusmH#innovation #futurepositive #creativity #culture #mindset #entrepreneurship #future #management #strategy #startups #technology
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โก After one weekend of playing with AI to code all the browser extensions I ever wanted - the realization?In the end, it all comes down to having ideas, being creative, being customer centric and knowing the problem you're trying to solve.Too fast I myself am falling into the trap of thinking technology first.Why not? "AI is exciting, it must be able to solve so many problems, automate tasks - which field can we apply it to?"Bam! Trapped.'Get out of the building!' still applies. Even with AI.#in
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I think 50% is a gross understatement. Recently I built a Python app with a web scraper in 4 hours that โ with only rudimentary programming experience from 15 years ago โ would have otherwise taken me 6 months to build, if I had even finished it.
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