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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 #67

The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #67 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: Don’t Tell Me What Doesn’t Work, Build Simple Solutions That Work 3 Books Every Leader Should Read: Lessons from History, War, and the Mountains Please reach out if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon 👋Tom LEADERSHIP FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS Don’t Tell Me What Doesn’t Work, Build Simple Solutions That Work Entrepreneurship is about making...

The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #66 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: Loyalty in Business: Why Leaders Must Give What They Expect Why Capital Efficiency Matters to Startup Founders Never Sacrifice Your Reputation for Money: A Founder's Red Line Please reach out if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon 👋Tom LEADERSHIP FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS Loyalty in Business: Why Leaders Must Give What They Expect Loyalty in...

The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #65 Hi there I hope you had a great week! There are some news from my side: I started migrating all my articles to my personal website - like this, you can check out all my articles without any paywall! The site is still somewhat under construction, but my most recent articles as well as the most popular articles are already transferred. Check it out! Here are the topics in today's edition: Why I Strive for Excellence over Perfection Any Day The Bright and...

The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #64 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: Why I Am Hiring Military Guys How to Achieve ISO 9001 Certification Without Paper Folders and Excel Lists Capital vs. Carbon: Investing in a Warmer World Please reach out if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon 👋Tom KickKerK LEADERSHIP FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS Why I Am Hiring Military Guys “We’re time-on-target for the go-live.” Why Mission...

The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #63 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: No Single Hero: The Swiss Way to Lead a Company Dad, the Lights Are Out: 36 Hours Without Electricity, But Full of Life Lessons Why Switzerland Relies on Ordinary People in Extraordinary Roles Please reach out if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon 👋Tom KickKerK LEADERSHIP FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS No Single Hero: The Swiss Way to Lead a...

The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #62 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: The Cheapest Team Is The One That Can't Ship, Sell, or Support Stop Nurturing Problems - Start Resolving Them with the OODA Loop Please reach out if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon 👋Tom KickKerK LEADERSHIP FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS The Cheapest Team Is The One That Can't Ship, Sell, or Support A founder’s reality check on balancing costs,...

The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #61 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: Never Waste a Good Crisis: Why Going Back to Normal is a Mistake Behind the Hustle: The Entrepreneur My Family Sees Please reach out if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon 👋Tom KickKerK CRISIS MANAGEMENT FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS Never Waste a Good Crisis: Why Going Back to Normal is a Mistake The goal of crisis management isn’t resilience....

The Resilient Entrepreneur, Edition #60 Hi there I hope you had a great week! Here are the topics in today's edition: Power Politics Is Everywhere - Even in Your Office Your Brain Doesn't Use Folders - Why Should Your Notes? "Thanks for Your Message!" - Why Short Emails Aren't as Useless as You Think Please reach out if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for articles! Talk soon 👋Tom KickKerK LEADERSHIP FOR RESILIENT ENTREPRENEURS Power Politics Is Everywhere - Even in Your Office...

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...