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Articles by Feliks Eyser
Why the Future of Business-to-Consumer Communication Is Text-Based
How Business Owners Must Cater To ‘Generation Mute’ Mobile messaging — the future operating system for business communication. Illustration: Ariane Frida Sofie Anasty spider bit my friend Josh! Here in Bali, Indonesia, it happens more often than you’d think. Paradise has its price. But don’t worry! Josh sent a photo of the bite to his doctor over WhatsApp. Moments later, he learned the name of the right medicine.
Why a Financial Crisis Is Actually the Best Time to Start a Company
Problems create entrepreneurial opportunities, and 2020 is not lacking in problems I started my digital marketing company in 2009 against the backdrop of a global financial crisis. Most people thought a young university graduate — like I was at that time — should play it safe and wait for the business climate to get better before starting a company.
Crisis Management Tips for CEOs During Coronavirus
Last week might have been about growth and funky new initiatives. It could have been about hiring employees and closing that new…
Don’t Think of Your Startup as a ‘Family’
There’s a much better term you can use Illustration: handmade with ❤ by Ariane Frida Sofie In the early years of my company, we did not extend an employee’s one-year-long contract because their performance was okay, but not outstanding. Also, we were in the middle of a financing round and had to save on cash. It was a perfectly rational decision. However, since it was the first instance that we had let go of somebody under such circumstances, the rest of the team was confused.
The Biggest Startup Strategy Myth (and How to Deal With It)
Your company will never grow bigger than the initial strategy behind it Image: Constantine Johnny/Moment/Getty Images “We have a strategic plan. It’s called doing things.” — Herb Kelleher (co-founder of Southwest Airlines) In my early years, that quote hung in our office and it was reflected in my leadership. I remember an employee telling me that he wanted to work “more strategically,” and I had no idea what he meant.
Why Leaders Should Read Books With Their Teams
How a little nudge from a book made one employee do the unthinkable When Tilman walked into my office, he was smiling from ear to ear. He was the head of web design at my digital marketing company, and by his smile, I could tell that something had happened. Tilman is a designer through and through. He sports a big bushy beard around his boyish smile and his uniform is bright, colorful hoodies. He likes colors, playing games, and stimulating the development of his employees.
How I Saved My Company Using Other People’s Brains
Because you can’t solve every problem yourself as a first-time founder Photo: 10'000 Hours/Getty Images I remember when we were running out of money for the first time at my company, RegioHelden. We only had a couple of weeks of cash left, and I knew the next financing round would drag on slowly. I was staring at the problem like at an abyss because I had never been in such a situation and had countless questions spinning in my head: What should I do? Do I talk to new investors or old ones?
What Successful Second-Time Founders Do Differently
Here’s what serial entrepreneurs change about their next business Photo: Westend61/Getty Images The sun was setting and starting to melt into a creamy orange color over the beautiful fields of Mallorca’s nature. Our group of 15 entrepreneurs had gathered on the island to learn from each other. One of my core beliefs is that if you surround yourself with extraordinary people, good things happen, and you’ll learn a lot.
Startup Founders Need to Start Doing Less
I never thought I'd end up in a wooden box at age 31, but here I am, surrounded by timber. I buried myself in the jail cell version of a hotel room. When I landed in Singapore, I found several "capsule hotels." Since I was exploring minimalism, it seemed like the perfect opportunity to take my experiment one step further. My two-square-meter capsule is the ultimate reduction to the essential. If anything were taken away in my cell, it would become a coffin.
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