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The Resilient Entrepreneur

Growing a company 📈 in uncertain times 🔥🧨 is like running a marathon—it demands grit, strategy, and resilience. As a tech entrepreneur 💻, active reserve officer 🪖, and father of three 👩👦👦, I share practical insights and experience on entrepreneurship and resilience in The Resilient Entrepreneur, my weekly newsletter. When I'm not solving problems, I recharge and find inspiration in the breathtaking mountains 🏔️ around Zermatt 🇨🇭.

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The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #59

The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #59 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: Scaling a Startup Means Reinventing How You Work - Constantly Your Business Growth Strategy: Should You Think Big or Stay Cautious? Your Startup's First Priority: Product, Not Paperwork Please reach out if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon 👋Tom KickKerK LEADERSHIP FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS Scaling a Startup Means Reinventing How You Work -...

The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #58 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: Why Kaizen Isn't Just for Factories: How It Can Transform Your Business and Life Folders Are Dead. So Why Are We Still Using Them? The Compliance Trap: How Business Bureaucracy Became a Profitable Scam Please reach out if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon 👋Tom KickKerK LEADERSHIP FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS Why Kaizen Isn't Just for...

The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #57 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: Entrepreneurs vs. the Dysfunctional World: Fighting for Value Creation My Reading List: What Fuels My Thinking Please reach out if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon 👋Tom KickKerK LEADERSHIP FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS Entrepreneurs vs. the Dysfunctional World: Fighting for Value Creation Always ask yourself (and others!) if all those nonsense...

The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #56 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: From Sales to Code: Why Founders Need a Broad Skill Set Black Swans or Ravens? Surviving in a World of Constant Crisis Please reach out if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon 👋Tom KickKerK LEADERSHIP FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS From Sales to Code: Why Founders Need a Broad Skill Set Connecting the dots across different roles is required to...

The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #55 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: Trust Issues? 3 Customer Red Flags You Shouldn't Ignore How Being a Military Staff Officer Helps Me as an Entrepreneur Please reach out if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon 👋Tom KickKerK LEADERSHIP FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS Trust Issues? 3 Customer Red Flags You Shouldn't Ignore Customers fuel every business, and no business easily lets...

The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #54 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: When Every Option Sucks - The Reality of Entrepreneurship Why I Plan 4 Weeks in Advance - And You Should Too Entrepreneurial Survival: Starve the Doubt, Feed the Drive Please reach out if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon 👋Tom KickKerK LEADERSHIP FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS When Every Option Sucks - The Reality of Entrepreneurship Image 1...

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The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #53 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: I Missed the Target a Thousand Times - And That's Why I Hit It How to Master Risk Management in JIRA in 7 Easy Steps Why I Write: Sharing the Realities of Entrepreneurship, One Post at a Time Please reach out if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon 👋Tom KickKerK LEADERSHIP FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS I Missed the Target a Thousand Times - And...

The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #52 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: Life Is Too Short for Office Politics - Here's How I Opted Out Startup Funding: What Works (and What Doesn't) Please reach out if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon 👋Tom KickKerK LEADERSHIP FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS Life Is Too Short for Office Politics - Here's How I Opted Out If you think office politics is limited to large corporations,...

The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #51 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: Time-Blocking: Productivity Hack or Teamwork Killer? How to Master Asset Management in JIRA in 6 Easy Steps Entrepreneurs Must Choose: Busy Work or Building the Future? Please reach out if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon 👋Tom KickKerK LEADERSHIP FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS Time-Blocking: Productivity Hack or Teamwork Killer? Rather than...

The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #50 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: 6 Reasons Military Guys Are The Employees Your Startup Needs Procurement's Original Mission Is Dead. Here's What's Replaced It Multiply Time Estimates by Pi, And Deadlines Start to Make Sense Please reach out if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon 👋Tom KickKerK LEADERSHIP FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS 6 Reasons Military Guys Are The Employees...