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How to use habit theories to hook people

Resources for using Habit and ‘Hooked’ Theory in Product Development and Sprints

October 8, 2016March 11, 2022 LindaCorporate Innovation

People check their phones 150 times every day. How can you use the theories behind this behavior in your product development? Hopefully for good, not evil purposes.  Habits are defined as “behaviors done with little or[…]

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Pitching, or How to Not be Boring

September 17, 2016March 11, 2022 LindaSilicon Valley

When I arrived in Silicon Valley in 2014, I knew a little bit about pitching – but it was still challenging to make a stock photo agency sound interesting. On my first day I had[…]

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Bullseye – How to find the right traction channel

December 1, 2015March 11, 2022 LindaStartup

Most businesses get zero distribution channels to work, according to Peter Thiel. And this lack of distribution, not problems with the product, is the number one cause of failure. Unfortunately for ‘builders’, the saying “if[…]

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How to Get Traction – Book Review and Experience

November 11, 2015March 11, 2022 LindaAuthenpic

For a startup, traction is crucial. It’s what separates a successful startup from a failed one. Why? Because “everybody” can build a great product, but not everybody can get enough customers or users. Lately I’ve[…]

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Practical advice for short-term stay in Silicon Valley

July 14, 2015March 11, 2022 LindaLearningByDoing

There’s some practical stuff you’ll need to figure out when planning to stay for 1-3 months in the Bay area. Most importantly: Where will you live? How will you get around? (And why are you here?, but[…]

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Visa Options for Entrepreneurs in the U.S.

June 17, 2015August 1, 2016 LindaSilicon Valley

One of the first questions international entrepreneurs ask each other is, more often than not, “what visa are you on?”. The impression many people have is that it’s easy to get into the U.S., at[…]

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3 Tips for Networking as an Introvert in Silicon Valley

March 13, 2015December 2, 2015 LindaLearningByDoing

I’m an introvert, and I’ve blogged about how to network as an introvert. Introvert does not mean you don’t like people or that you’re shy. For me, it’s that it takes energy from me to[…]

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Female Entrepreneur of the Year – Region East

October 18, 2014August 1, 2016 LindaStartup

So happy to have won Norwegian Female Entrepreneur of the Year – Region East! Press release in Norwegian here. It feels really good to get validation on what you do, and what you’re trying to accomplish.[…]

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Mingle, mingle, mingle..

September 16, 2014December 2, 2015 LindaLearningByDoing

The Norwegian business paper DN had a couple of articles about ‘mingling’ the other week, including this one with some more or less good advice. It’s not a shocker that a celebrity like Fabian Stang don’t[…]

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Podcast, pitching and pay-it-forward

September 9, 2014December 2, 2015 LindaStartup

When you run a startup it’s limited how much you can share about your experiences. There are a few a exceptions, such as Buffer’s founder Joel, who -my guess- has turned sharing in to one of[…]

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