Indulgence and Comfort

Something I’m pondering lately: When is it OK to step back, eat some biscuits, and just chill? I’ve never really found the answer. Some options include: Whenever it is necessary to optimise overall work capacity Never. Indulgence and comfort are for people who don’t want to get stuff done. Any time you deserve it None of the options work well. Optimising overall throughput and work capacity would require a person to understand their capacity as compared to current load, and be able to evaluate their own potential....

April 2, 2018 · 1 min · 116 words · bear

Expanding Creativity

I made a thing. Expanding Creativity is the fastest way for you to unlock huge portions of your creative potential, to let you make a dent in the world. The guide is split into short chapters, each finishing with a task to complete. These tasks are designed to be completed periodically, not as one-off performances. Each task is chosen specifically to engage and challenge the bits of your brain you’ll need to unfold yourself and take part in furthering the Collective Creative Canvas of humankind....

November 12, 2017 · 1 min · 201 words · bear

MAMAMOVE - postpartum training program

Mamamove.dk was a 4 week postpartum training program developed as part of a school project, but then taken slightly further into IRL execution. The market for postpartum training was/is very underserved, and the solutions on the market were all positioned as a way to look good “for him” again. It seemed there was an opportuntiy for better service of the market, and wrapped in a “for you” position, focused much more on feeling great and strong....

March 15, 2017 · 1 min · 203 words · bear

Craftie - A Creative Marketplace

Craftie.dk was a two-sided marketplace for vendors (boutique creators) to sell homemade creative work to customers in DK. Think Etsy, but a trusted local player with deep embedding in the local popup market scene in DK. At peak we had 40 creators online, but never hit any meaningful sales volume. Basically the unit economics didn’t add up - not enough available margin to run advertising to scale the business. Hindsight is 2020....

June 30, 2015 · 1 min · 202 words · bear

Felsted Ekspressen - online grocery delivery in 2012

This was the first business I started. This is the first invoice I sent (Redacted of course): Looking back at this time makes me so grateful for the people who gave me the benefit of the doubt back then. Concept: Online grocery shopping. Execution: Horrendous :D I had just come out of college and didn’t know what to do next, but I knew I wanted to do some business stuff - so I started up....

March 15, 2012 · 1 min · 157 words · bear