🇪🇺 How to build a European incubator in 2026 - #2 Minimal public funding
While pondering how I would build a proper startup incubator in 2026,
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The hardest part of building a B2B tech startup isn't the technology. It's the sequence: what to solve first, which market to enter, and how to get your first enterprise customer before you have a product worth showing. These articles cover the strategic fundamentals of going from zero to one and positioning, early traction, pricing, market entry, and the decisions that separate startups that scale from those that stall. Written for founders who think, not just build.
🇪🇺 How to build a European incubator in 2026 - #1 Forget the city
Most public incubators and startup programs built in Europe over the last
🟢 The 3 levels of value-driven prototyping
This month, I'm starting to share some of my most internal and effective tools for our VIP subscribers. We're starting with what should be an effective prototyping strategy and how to plan for it, step by step.
Rather than asking customers explicitly about feature X, Y or Z…ask, ‘What is the smallest or least complicated problem that the customer will pay us to solve?’
Steve Blank: “The Startup Owner’s Manual"
🟢 Leveraging the Problem Mindset
Innovation starts with pain, not ideas
I'm often asked what
🟢 Nobody wants your tech or your product
Let’s be honest: when you're building a startup, it’
🟢 US startups are rebuilding old businesses with 3 people and AI — is this the future of intrapreneurship too?
All the "cool" US startups are scaling old business models, running with thousands of people, with AI and a skeleton crew. It’s fast, cheap, and working. After years of intrapreneurship theatre, this could be the real playbook corporates need.
7 Principles to survive as an early-stage deeptech startup
1. It's always about the customers' problem
The most
Juicero, the symptom of solutions without problems
Juicero was a startup that launched an expensive, Wi-Fi-connected juicing
🟢 9 Strategic insights for 2025 - 9. The big startup reboot?
The final article on the "2025 Insights" series loops back on startups, why the game has already changed and what it means for corporates.
Humane AI Pin? Not even close...
Tech journalists have started reviewing the first Humane "AI" Pins
🟢 Why money raised and startup valuation is the worst possible KPI
An ongoing discussion I'm frequently involved in is how chasing