The video assistant referee (VAR) has been entering the grand stage of football during the 2018 World Cup. The introduction of VAR is interesting in itself but it is also a broader story about technology entering mainstream: A technology that delivers on its goal(!) but fails to anticipate broader implications (Think Facebook and democracy; push …

Review of Rand Fishkin’s Lost and Founder (Short form AMP Story review here) Entrepreneurs are highly celebrated in Western societies. Not only idolized on the digital platforms said entrepreneurs created but also celebrated in popular culture with magazine front pages and TV Shows. And for good reason: Many startups are creating jobs, growth and wealth. …

There has been increasing debate over Uber the past couple of months. Both in the tech industry and in the general press in both US and Europe. It’s an interesting discussion to follow. For no matter what Uber does, a surprising amount of people keep defending Uber. Uber’s defenders are people who I rarely see …

Over the past couple of years, Google has given website owners a plentitude of opportunities to gain more visibility in the search engine ranking positions (SERPs). A few highlights are: Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP): Ditch your rogue HTML/Javascript, and use this very restricted HTML/Javascript framework to deliver insanely fast websites, cached on Googles servers. 16 …

The startup literature has been blooming for the last couple of years. Most notable are books by Steve Blank, Ben Horowitz, and of course, Eric Ries. Books are good, as they help enlighten us all. That’s why we have public libraries. But the startup literature can also be dangerously seductive. I increasingly talk to aspiring …

There are many different understandings of innovation processes. One of the more interesting approaches is Eric von Hippel’s User Innovation. The basic concept of user innovation is that innovation rarely is done by producers. Rather, lead users innovate to solve own needs, and subsequently reveal their innovations freely. In fact, only 2% actually try to …