Tom Vogel's Blog

Entrepreneurs juggle many hats and projects. On top, tasks from your private life pile up. How can you stay on top of your tasks?

Whether it’s a missing $10 bill at home or a botched SaaS rollout, trust with kids and in business builds slowly and vanishes in a single slip.

Life can be rocky, and backlogs can pile up. But there are strategies to manage high workloads, reduce mental load, and keep customers happy.

Startups and politics are misaligned in many countries. Here are four checks every country needs, using Switzerland as an example.

Instead of complaining, get up and do things, shape your environment, and do more with less. Once you’re there, go and inspire others.

When I was younger, the word “experience” infuriated me. 20 years later, I know that blood, sweat and tears are the price of experience.

Do you want to reduce complexity? Here is a real-life example from an IT systems landscape discussion on why less is more.

Do you want to seize the moment but not freak out unnecessarily? Then you have to learn to be proactive and keep calm at the same time.

A dysfunctional board can limit your startup’s freedom of action. But dysfunctionality isn’t felt every day, but only in important matters.

No single time management technique will work for every scenario. And no single time management technique will survive your entire career.

Sick leave exposes the tension between finance and solidarity. But supporting your colleagues in tough times pays off more than you think.

For both simple and complicated tasks, “It’ll be done tomorrow” never works out. Dependencies and different perspectives are to blame.

Compliance overreaction is killing common sense in corporate gift-giving. Here is an example how rules meant to prevent bribery harm relations

You need a fallback when entrepreneurship gets messy. Mine rests on four pillars: Fearlessness, commitment, decision-making, and simplicity.

Tired of endless problem discussions? Use the OODA loop to solve problems fast and always move forward. It works in all walks of life.

Entrepreneurs should walk but never run. Growth takes patience, like farming and healing. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be ambitious.

Saying no is the key to strategy: Cut distractions, focus on value, and build what matters. The past is a bad guide for the future.