When you’re early on in company building you have a lot of uncertainty which you chip away at by learning and iterating.

It would be impossible to collect data on how many of the billion-dollar companies pivoted, or how those pivots compare to those of the group of random startups, given that many startup stories include only the last idea that worked, often rewriting the history. What is clear, however, is that some billion-dollar companies succeeded only because th

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Many people pretend they do. Often they don’t because their ego and fear of failing get in the way. There is a close inverse correlation between ego and self-confidence. The latter is also an excellent indicator of resilience. Last week, a new study on the characteristics of unicorn founders found unlimited self-belief to be one of the three domina... See more

Livingston: What would you tell someone who wanted to start their own company? van Hoff: If you have the energy to do it, then you should try it yourself. But you do need to have the ability to form a team around you with good people. Talent attracts talent. A lot of people get stuck on the idea. They all want to invent something and go execute on

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