Amidst the coronavirus turmoil, it seems inevitable that we’re about to enter a global recession. Stocks have already taken a huge hit, but the real economy is just starting to see the effects. This means now is a perfect time to start reading up on how to sell in a recession. How to sell in […]
Author: Pär Österlund
What I have learned while travelling extensively for work
Over the last few years I’ve had to travel extensively for work. This means hundreds of flights and probably a hundred nights at different hotels as well. Most of my travels have been within Europe meaning flights are fairly short (less than 5h). These are notes based on my experience and are not intended as […]
Income generating websites as investments
I’ve been looking into websites as an asset class from an investment point of view lately. Given I’ve dabbled around with public companies, private companies, real estate and consumer loans previously, I wanted to make some notes on what I’ve learned about websites as an asset class until now. In this post, I’ll start with […]
Sketchnotes from the Industry Product Management conference in Dublin, Ireland 16-17.4.2019
Product Collective organized a conference on product management in Dublin, Ireland on 16-17.4.2019. You can find my sketchnotes from most presentations here. Enjoy! Day 1 Day 2
What are retailers thinking about in 2018?
I attended the eTail Nordic 2018 event and wanted to summarise some findings from selected keynotes on 2.10. – 3.10.2018. Peter Mold, CDO, ICA Peter Mold, the Chief Digital Officer of Swedish grocery and pharmacy giant ICA was first up. He stated ecommerce for groceries still hasn’t picked up in Sweden, concluding only 2% of […]
Adding layers of complexity
A colleague asked me why we had issues introducing a new feature into a product. On a high level, the feature was pretty simple. So I needed to explain how adding layers of complexity made the design and implementation increasingly difficult. Here’s the analogy I gave to explain the problem. *** At the end of […]