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05 Mar

How we found 3 immediately relevant pivot paths for a stuck company — within a 5-hour workshop

April 23, 2025
By Stefan Zanetti
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I just wrapped up a workshop with a tech startup that hit a flat growth phase. Let's call that company ACME 1. The management tea...

22 Feb

Background, Knowledge

There is a question I get asked a lot in my 1-1 sessions: “When is a strategic change really a pivot?”

April 23, 2025
By Stefan Zanetti
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For example: "𝘐𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘷𝘰𝘵?" "𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳?" And here’s wh...

22 Feb

Case Study

Tech founders: Here are five pitfalls you should avoid in a pivotal situation

April 23, 2025
By Stefan Zanetti
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100 days ago, I announced my newest venture, Pivotal AG. Since then, I’ve had almost 100 initial calls with tech founders in critical ...

25 Nov

Case Study

What if a failed online game sparked one of the fastest-growing software companies?

December 5, 2024
By Stefan Zanetti
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In 2012, there was a game called Glitch. It was the brainchild of Stewart Butterfield, a tech visionary who had previously founded Flic...

15 Nov

Background

Do You Know the Roots of the Word Pivotal?

December 5, 2024
By Stefan Zanetti
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Here comes the deeper meaning of the so beautiful adjective "pivotal" - and how this could help us to see things differently when it co...

05 Nov

People

New Member of the Pivotal Tribe: Dr. Janine Crivelli

December 5, 2024
By Stefan Zanetti
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I am excited to share that joins the crew of network partners at Pivotal AG Janine is a postdoc at University of St.Gallen, with a ...

29 Oct

Knowledge

Exploitation versus Experimentation versus Exploration

December 5, 2024
By Stefan Zanetti
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This one is for board members in tech ventures: Are you thoughtfully balancing exploitation, experimentation, and exploration in your v...

24 Oct

Background, Knowledge

Focus, focus, focus… really?

October 24, 2024
By Stefan Zanetti
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The no. 1 advice for startup founders: focus, focus, focus… Really? A very common paradigm in the startup environment: focus, focus,...

17 Oct

Case Study

The Definitive List of Succesful Pivots

October 24, 2024
By Stefan Zanetti
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his spring, Lenny Rachitsky published "the definitive list of successful pivots". While you could question how definitive this list ...

14 Oct

Background, Knowledge

The Pivotal Engine

October 24, 2024
By Stefan Zanetti
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This is about building an "engine" to pivot faster, and better. Last week, I have shared how I have been asked multiple times recent...

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