24 Apr Knowledge Why I was wrong on Ray Dahliosย book April 29, 2025 By Stefan Zanetti 28 comments I thought Ray Dalio's book "Principles of Life and Work" was not for me. I was wrong. In 2019, right after we closed our Series A at... Continue reading
08 Apr Knowledge When do you know it’s time toย pivot? April 24, 2025 By Stefan Zanetti 28 comments ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ, ๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐: โ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐'๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐?โ Here is whatย theย dataย says. Continue reading
20 Mar Knowledge What the hell does ACME mean? (and why you keep seeing it in my posts) April 22, 2025 By Stefan Zanetti 29 comments I use ACME as an โaliasโ for the companies I work with. You'll see the name pop up every time I share a case study. Why not call com... Continue reading
15 Mar Background Most startup board members donโt realize what theyโre signing up for: โ 3 risks no one warns you about (+ how to avoid them). April 23, 2025 By Stefan Zanetti 26 comments Iโve been a board member and president in multiple tech companies for over 20 years. This year, I decided to step back and do a tr... Continue reading
10 Mar Background, Case Study, Knowledge Finding your pivot paths, fast: What the ACME1 team said about the workshop, in hindsight. April 23, 2025 By Stefan Zanetti 101 comments A week ago I posted how we identified 3 immediately relevant pivot paths within one 5 hours workshop for a real company, called โACME 1... Continue reading
05 Mar Case Study, Knowledge How we found 3 immediately relevant pivot paths for a stuck company October 22, 2025 By Stefan Zanetti 0 comments 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... Continue reading
22 Feb Background, Knowledge There is a question I get asked a lot in my 1-1 sessions: โWhen is a strategic change really a pivot?โ April 23, 2025 By Stefan Zanetti 0 comments For example: "๐๐ง ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐บ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ช๐ท๐ฐ๐ต?" "๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ง ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ?" And hereโs wh... Continue reading
22 Feb Case Study Tech founders: Here are five pitfalls you should avoid in a pivotal situation April 23, 2025 By Stefan Zanetti 0 comments 100 days ago, I announced my newest venture, Pivotal AG. Since then, Iโve had almost 100 initial calls with tech founders in critical ... Continue reading
25 Nov Case Study What if a failed online game sparked one of the fastest-growing software companies? December 5, 2024 By Stefan Zanetti 0 comments In 2012, there was a game called Glitch. It was the brainchild of Stewart Butterfield, a tech visionary who had previously founded Flic... Continue reading
15 Nov Background Do You Know the Roots of the Word Pivotal? December 5, 2024 By Stefan Zanetti 1 comment Here comes the deeper meaning of the so beautiful adjective "pivotal" - and how this could help us to see things differently when it co... Continue reading