Edison Ade
Bio
I Write about Startup Growth. Helping visionary founders scale with proven systems & strategies. Author of books on hypergrowth, AI + the future.
I do a lot of Spoken Word/Poetry, Love Reviewing Movies.
Stories (128/0)
Brainstorming is overrated and needs reengineering
Brainstorming is an overused technique that generates confined and limited solutions, but we can’t get enough of it. Organizations hold on to old business best practices that have since ceased to be effective without thinking of ways to recreate them.
By Edison Ade2 years ago in 01
- Top Story - November 2021
Elastic Dreams. Seen Black Mirror? You might like this tooTop Story - November 2021
Philip K. Dick’s works have inspired science fiction writers for years, so it’s only natural that a show based on his stories would be popular. Elastic Dreams is a sci-fi anthology with stand-alone episodes not related at all but exists in several realities at once.. each of the stories exist in alternate realities. Elastic Dreams sometimes tips its hat toward horror. It's ten episodes switching back and forth between American production and British
By Edison Ade2 years ago in Futurism
Why does Notion product design stand out? — Find out why
The goal of product design is to get something done. The faster it takes to get something done, the better the design. Products can be more than just performing a certain function or look a certain way. They can offer us a new perspective on how we view the world.
By Edison Ade2 years ago in Journal
Business is changing. Will you adapt or be left behind?
Tell me if this story sounds familiar: you’re running at full speed and you feel like you’ve been going full speed for a very long time — forever. You seem to be doing the right things. You and your team are working incredibly hard and making progress, but you can’t help thinking: is this how it’s supposed to be? It feels like no matter how hard everyone on the team tries, we never get ahead of our problems. And we obviously need some kind of breakthrough, because we’re obviously not going to win if we keep doing what we do and how we do it.
By Edison Ade2 years ago in Trader
Find a void in the market and develop a solution to address it
A startup usually begins by solving a problem. If you want to be successful, you have to find the void in the market and develop a novel solution to address that void. It starts with finding an idea that only you can provide.
By Edison Ade2 years ago in Trader
Nothing so practical as a good theory
‘There is nothing so practical as a good theory.’ - KURT LEWIN On a day-to-day basis, you might not be aware of it but you are constantly using the skills of critical thinking. Whether you are shopping for food, deciding on your career, or deciding what to write about next, it is crucial that you make the right decisions. A good theory will inform your ideas and help get them across effectively. In fact, a good theory will probably allow you to do without all the fancy rhetoric and illustrations, and just focus on getting right to the point.
By Edison Ade2 years ago in Motivation
The Entrepreneurship Mindset
At any given moment there exist countless business ideas, most of which will never be pursued. I can say this because as an entrepreneur one of the first things you will learn is that what separates those projects that get done from those that don’t is not just about how to make money, but a commitment to actually making it happen.
By Edison Ade2 years ago in Trader