Welcome to Viktor's Weekly! This is where we will explore topics related to building apps, teams and companies. This week I will dive into my thinking around planning and staying agile. The best laid plans… When it comes to planning, I prefer to optimise for agility more than anything else. Responding to new information over following a plan. Long term vision, yes. But I don’t fool myself into thinking that I can predict the future. In business this means short term goals with even shorter...
13 days ago • 3 min read
Welcome to Viktor's Weekly! This is where we will explore topics on how to be a better leader. All done through the lens of my experiences from working in, running and investing in startups. Do What I Do As leaders, we often find ourselves frustrated when our teams don’t follow instructions. We’ve laid out the steps in the process clearly, so why is it so hard for people to follow them? The reason is more simple than you think. People naturally take their cues from those in authority. If...
20 days ago • 2 min read
Welcome to Viktor's Weekly! This is where we will explore topics in the intersection of strategy, product and technology. All done through the lens of my experiences from working in, running and investing in startups. This week we will dive into pattern that I've noticed in myself and other leaders that I call the 90/10 principle. Trust and Disruption: Leading Teams with the 90/10 Principle There’s a rhythm I’ve noticed in effective leadership - a pattern that emerges when building...
27 days ago • 4 min read
Welcome to Viktor's Weekly! This is where I write about becoming an effective leader. All done through the lens of my experiences from working in, running and investing in startups. Today we will focus on a topic that no leader can escape. Hiring and firing! Clearly the right hire The best hire I ever made took no more than a handful of days. Not because I rushed. But because I knew exactly what I needed - both for now and for the future. Four years later, that hire is leading their own...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Welcome to Viktor's Weekly! This is where we will explore topics in the intersection of strategy, product and technology. All done through the lens of my experiences from working in, running and investing in startups. If this email was forwarded to you, go to this page to read more and subscribe! Fighting Chaos I first learned about entropy from my old physics teacher. Ice melts. Iron rusts. Things fall apart. Your startup faces the same fate. Every day is a fight against chaos. But here are...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Welcome to Viktor's Weekly! This is where we will explore topics in the intersection of strategy, product and technology. All done through the lens of my experiences from working in, running and investing in startups. About two years ago I wrote a blog post about why I write. Since then I have refined my writing a lot. That's why I think Writing is a suitable topic to celebrate the 10th edition of Viktor's Weekly! 🥳 But first, a word from our sponsors, Heijbel Growth and HiCareer Don't hope...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Welcome to Viktor's Weekly! This is where we will explore topics in the intersection of strategy, product and technology. All done through the lens of my experiences from working in, running and investing in startups. This week, we will explore my system for delegating. But first, a word from our sponsors, Heijbel Growth and HiCareer Don't hope for growth, create it! 📈 Heijbel Growth is your Growth as a Service marketing agency where a dedicated growth team will help you reach your goals. We...
about 2 months ago • 5 min read
Welcome to Viktor's Weekly! This is where we will explore topics in the intersection of strategy, product and technology. All done through the lens of my experiences from working in, running and investing in startups. This week, we will explore how what other people call micromanaging we call building startups. But first, a word from our sponsors, Heijbel Growth and HiCareer Don't hope for growth, create it! 📈 Heijbel Growth is your Growth as a Service marketing agency where a dedicated...
2 months ago • 4 min read
Welcome to Viktor's Weekly! This is where we will explore topics in the intersection of strategy, product and technology. All done through the lens of my experiences from working in, running and investing in startups. This week, is short and sweet on the importance of clarity! But first, a word from our sponsors, Heijbel Growth and HiCareer Don't hope for growth, create it! 📈 Heijbel Growth is your Growth as a Service marketing agency where a dedicated growth team will help you reach your...
2 months ago • 2 min read