Tom Vogel's Blog

In cosmic terms, your startup is invisible. That’s not depressing — it’s the most liberating thing an entrepreneur can hear.

Rushing to build what one customer asks for is a trap. Here’s how taking your time leads to better products and stronger demand.

Speed is an entrepreneur’s superpower — until it isn’t. Here are 5 situations where slowing down delivers better results.

End-to-end tests miss the fatal errors. You need the annoying testers who ask the dumb questions to find the real risks in your code.

Generations of entrepreneurs were taught that focus is key. While this is still valid for execution and operations, what about strategy?

Remote work gives professional flexibility to companies and personal flexibility to employees. But you need the right equipment for it.

In the age of artificial intelligence and geopolitics, entrepreneurial success isn’t what it used to be. A plea for the middle class.

Time planning is a paradox. We want to be ambitious, yet we know that delays will occur. Even if we try to do things on time, we usually fail. Why?

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.