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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 write about entrepreneurship, leadership, and crisis management. When I’m not solving problems, I recharge and find inspiration in the breathtaking mountains 🏔 around Zermatt 🇨🇭. Sign up for weekly insights delivered to your inbox every Friday!

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The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #83

The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #83 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: Bigger Isn’t Always Better: Finding Your Growth Projection Style Why “It’ll Be Done Tomorrow” Never Works Out Please reach out if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon 👋Tom LEADERSHIP FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS Bigger Isn’t Always Better: Finding Your Growth Projection Style Are you an entrepreneur who believes bigger is always better? Or are...

The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #82 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: Read and Sign on Steroids: How to Make Compliance Smarter Compliance Overreaction: How Common Sense Gets Lost in Corporate Gift Rules Please reach out if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon 👋Tom LIFE HACKS FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS Read and Sign on Steroids: How to Make Compliance Smarter Read and sign is not compliance. But it’s a start. In...

The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #81 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: The Anchor I Return to When Entrepreneurship Gets Messy Features That Save Users from Themselves: The Unsung Heroes of Software Please reach out if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon 👋Tom LEADERSHIP FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS The Anchor I Return to When Entrepreneurship Gets Messy You need a fallback when entrepreneurship gets messy. Mine...

The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #80 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: One Month Projects: Why Anything Longer Is Too Complex Fast and Flexible Problem Solving with the OODA Loop Please reach out if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon 👋Tom KickKerK LEADERSHIP FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS One Month Projects: Why Anything Longer Is Too Complex In today’s fast-changing world, one-month projects work best. Learn why...

The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #79 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: Walk but Never Run: Business Growth Takes Patience Converting PDF into XML: Possibilities Beyond Copy-Paste Please reach out if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon 👋Tom LEADERSHIP FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS Walk but Never Run: Business Growth Takes Patience Entrepreneurs should walk but never run. Growth takes patience, like farming and...

The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #78 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: JIRA Dashboards That Actually Work: Simple Setup, Big Impact Strategy in Real Life: Saying No Is the Hardest and Best Move Please reach out if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon 👋Tom LEADERSHIP FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS JIRA Dashboards That Actually Work: Simple Setup, Big Impact Learn how to use JIRA dashboards to keep an overview without...

The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #77 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: Doing Business Globally: What Works on Paper Fails in Practice Never Be Unprepared - A Crisis Manual for Everyday Life Please reach out if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon 👋Tom KickKerK LIFE HACKS FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS Doing Business Globally: What Works on Paper Fails in Practice Whenever an entrepreneur who is doing business globally...

The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #76 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: Gouverner c’est prévoir: Why Long-Term Planning Beats Firefighting Topic 2 Topic 3 Please reach out if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon 👋Tom KickKerK LEADERSHIP FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS Gouverner c’est prévoir: Why Long-Term Planning Beats Firefighting In government, they say “gouverner c’est prévoir.” As an entrepreneur, I live by this...

The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #75 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: Choose Your Battles: A Smarter Way to Handle Conflict What Roger Federer Teaches Us About Losing And Winning Please reach out if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon 👋Tom LEADERSHIP FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS Choose Your Battles: A Smarter Way to Handle Conflict Choosing your battles helps reduce conflict, save energy, and build stronger...

The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #74 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: Perfection for Entrepreneurs: Lessons from Saint-Exupéry Shared Crisis Lessons from Zermatt, a Village Cut Off over Easter Please reach out if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon 👋Tom LEADERSHIP FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS Perfection for Entrepreneurs: Lessons from Saint-Exupéry Perfection for entrepreneurs means simplification, not more work....