This article was originally posted on swombat.com on October 24th, 2011. Some years ago, one of my managers used to repeat this “Accenture truism” (or so he designated it): to…
Author: Daniel Tenner
Steve Jobs Lives On
This was originally posted on swombat.com on October 6th 2011. I’m sure there’ll be thousands (probably tens of thousands) of blog posts, comments, and other forms of expression and eulogies…
My life in Accenture before startups
This was originally posted on swombat.com in June 2011. I regularly get asked about my time in Accenture, and my transition into entrepreneurship, both by people who are trying to…
Who am I, right now?
Over the last 6 months, finishing recently, I have been going through a leadership development course called the SAS, by CirclingEurope. It is built on the practice of Circling, which…
What sort of entrepreneur are you anyway?
This article was originally published on swombat.com in May 2011. From my father’s blog about wisdom: The trouble with values is that they are all good. Most people will swiftly…
Don’t be yourself
A lot of advice given to people (and, to some extent, to companies) amounts to “just be yourself”, or “just be comfortable with who you are instead of trying to…
What will kill Facebook?
This article was originally posted on swombat.com in December 2010. This question pops up regularly on Hacker News. What will kill Facebook? Before that, it was “What will kill Google?”…
Being Teal vs Being Cool
“Teal” is a hot topic these days. I wouldn’t go as far as to say that everyone wants to be Teal, but it’s definitely something on a lot of people’s…
Principes of Pitching
This was originally posted on swombat.com in April 2011. Learning how to pitch an idea effectively is an enormously useful skill that they never really teach you at university or…
Fit your product to the right market
This was originally posted on swombat.com in March 2011. On my first startup, I made the mistake of not talking to customers at all until launch day. As a result,…