Without saying anything in particular about the US presidential election, it seems like it once again is a good opportunity to question the value of assumptions as substitutes for fact. In essence an opinion poll is an assumption. Perhaps even more so in the US, where the first challenge of validation your assumption is to… Continue reading Election learning
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A roadmap of experiments
Currently, one of the things I am trying to do on our new MedTech venture is to build a roadmap of experiments to run before we get to the MVP itself. Why am I doing that, you may want to ask? Because I think it is super important to do whatever it takes to make… Continue reading A roadmap of experiments
Corona thoughts, part 1
As Denmark is in virtually total lockdown it is quite interesting to observe how people and businesses scramble to deal with a totally new situation. On the business side those that can are ordered to work from home. While many are used to having this form of working as part of their everyday job, for… Continue reading Corona thoughts, part 1
Excel’ing in assumptions
What do you do, when you are a big fan of Assumptions Mapping as brought forward to David J Bland of Precoil, but you are not into doing a lot of Post It's on a wall? You of course build an Excel model for it. I have been using Assumptions Mapping for a couple of… Continue reading Excel’ing in assumptions
Critical certainty
Uncertainty seems the only constant when you're working with innovation and trying to build a viable business. And there is good reason to support the argument that the more successful you are, the more you tend to be surrounded by uncertainty. You can not - and shall not pursue - total certainty at any point… Continue reading Critical certainty