Björn Jeffery

But the obsession over MVP’s has gotten out of control, to the point where anyone who doesn’t have one can’t get the attention of investors. Well, here’s the kicker. There wouldn’t be a minimally viable product for Hyperloop. The Hyperloop requires hundreds of millions of dollars, perhaps billions, of upfront capital — without an MVP — before any users or revenues are gained. More questioning about MVPs being the only way to build new businesses. […]

Mr Ma, godfather of China’s scrappy entrepreneurial spirit, is the FT’s 2013 Person of the Year because he personifies the Chinese internet – with all its potential and its contradictions. Sign of the times: a Chinese internet entrepreneur is the Person of the Year in FT. A brilliant one, clearly. Person of the year: Jack Ma – FT.com

Toca Boca t-shirts and sweatshirts! Some in adult sizes too. (via Stikk Figga – Sweatshirt Kids & Adult – Toca Boca Shop)

Toca Boca t-shirts and sweatshirts! Some in adult sizes too. (via Stikk Figga – Sweatshirt Kids & Adult – Toca Boca Shop)

Just went back in time to 2007 and discovered this. Still amazing.

My dad is doing an exhibition in Gothenburg, Sweden. (via David Jeffery and his ice images)

My dad is doing an exhibition in Gothenburg, Sweden. (via David Jeffery and his ice images)

The research team studied 32 production lines for five months. On one set of randomly chosen lines, the employees worked out in the open, as they always had. On another set of lines, however, each production line was concealed behind a curtain, out of management’s view. The researchers found that simply hanging that curtain increased production by 10 to 15 percent—major information for a competitive industry that operates on razor-thin margins. Hiding From Managers Can […]

I’m starting to think that having a great manager means that you almost don’t notice him/her. I wrote a post on being or having an invisible, great, manager. Noticing a great manager — on management — Medium