Pivotal Insights

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...

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15 Nov

Background

Do You Know the Roots of the Word Pivotal?

• December 5, 2024
• By Stefan Zanetti
• 0 comments

Here comes the deeper meaning of the so beautiful adjective "pivotal" - and how this could help us to see things differently when it co...

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05 Nov

People

New Member of the Pivotal Tribe: Dr. Janine Crivelli

• December 5, 2024
• By Stefan Zanetti
• 0 comments

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 ...

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29 Oct

Knowledge

Exploitation versus Experimentation versus Exploration

• December 5, 2024
• By Stefan Zanetti
• 0 comments

This one is for board members in tech ventures: Are you thoughtfully balancing exploitation, experimentation, and exploration in your v...

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24 Oct

Background, Knowledge

Focus, focus, focus… really?

• October 24, 2024
• By Stefan Zanetti
• 0 comments

The no. 1 advice for startup founders: focus, focus, focus… Really? A very common paradigm in the startup environment: focus, focus,...

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17 Oct

Case Study

The Definitive List of Succesful Pivots

• October 24, 2024
• By Stefan Zanetti
• 0 comments

his spring, Lenny Rachitsky published "the definitive list of successful pivots". While you could question how definitive this list ...

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14 Oct

Background, Knowledge

The Pivotal Engine

• October 24, 2024
• By Stefan Zanetti
• 0 comments

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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03 Oct

Stefan Zanetti

Are You Into Consulting Now?!

• October 24, 2024
• By Stefan Zanetti
• 0 comments

ARE YOU INTO CONSULTING NOW?! ... that's the first question people ask me when they hear of Pivotal. 👺 Well, no, and: hell, no! T...

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20 Sep

Knowledge

Safe Ways to Fail when Pivoting

• September 22, 2024
• By Stefan Zanetti
• 0 comments

Yesterday, Andrew Chen from Andreessen Horowitz shared a short list of unfortunate startup pivot patterns in his newsletter. Here's an ...

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10 Sep

Stefan Zanetti

Launch of Pivotal AG

• September 10, 2024
• By Stefan Zanetti
• 0 comments

tl;dr: today, I am launching my new company: Pivotal AG. Long version: Last week we presented a new ownership structure with an exte...

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