Lena Ramfelt
It just has to Stop!
This is a blogpost I have written with a dear friend and former colleague of mine, Julia Youngs. I asked Julia to co-write the blog for...
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Lena Ramfelt
- Nov 3, 2021
- 3 min
The force is within you!
I recently had the pleasure of spending one month in Jordan. It is a beautiful country, yes, but what left me in awe was all the amazing...
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Lena Ramfelt
- Sep 26, 2021
- 3 min
Empowering Female Entrepreneurs in Jordan
Finally, finally, finally! Lift-off for Jordan. So grateful for the encouragement from The Swedish Embassy in Jordan and a generous grant...
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Lena Ramfelt
- Apr 24, 2021
- 3 min
What if someone beats me to it?
I recently started working with an entrepreneur who is in the prototyping phase of growing her business. She is smart; she is confident,...
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Lena Ramfelt
- Mar 23, 2021
- 2 min
Keep delighting your customers!
As you probably know by now, I spend a lot of time reading, books, newspapers, essays, etc. There are so many wise people out there,...
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Lena Ramfelt
- Feb 26, 2021
- 3 min
From aimless reading to informed doing
Sometimes I get the question from entrepreneurs: “What should I read?”. I end up giving them suggestions of books and articles that are...
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Lena Ramfelt
- Feb 8, 2021
- 3 min
Design Thinking + Numbers = Holy WOW!
In the entrepreneurial community, Design Thinking has gained a reputation as the pillar for the cleverest way of developing a business...
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Lena Ramfelt
- Jan 18, 2021
- 3 min
Get to the core of your customers' pain!
I have emphasized the importance of identifying a pain over and over again – and I am not about to stop anytime soon so you have to bear...
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Lena Ramfelt
- Dec 21, 2020
- 2 min
Time to celebrate!
Depending on where we live and in what culture, there are over the year more or less natural stops for us to contemplate what we have...
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Lena Ramfelt
- Dec 9, 2020
- 3 min
- "Declare Victory! And then you have 180 days to do it."
I didn't come up with that. It was a venture capitalist in Silicon Valley that shared that with some of her potential portfolio...
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Lena Ramfelt
- Nov 30, 2020
- 4 min
Your pitch deck - think content before design!
It is not that often when I am with an entrepreneur that I declare that I am sick and tired, but I will do that now. I am sick and tired...
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Lena Ramfelt
- Nov 16, 2020
- 3 min
Shut up and listen!
Pardon the language but I can’t express it better than that! My very unscientific conviction is that 70% of any business opportunity is...
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Lena Ramfelt
- Nov 12, 2020
- 3 min
Welcome to Lena-in-the-Trenches!
I often start my talks with the words ”there are too many bad business plans written!” I do this partly because I want to grab the...
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Lena Ramfelt
- Oct 8, 2020
- 3 min
Pick how you are going to be a winner - outperform or change the game!
Aim to change the game, not to outperform! When I and my two great co-authors published "Gear Up" there was a part somewhere in the...
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Lena Ramfelt
- Aug 4, 2020
- 3 min
Celebrate worthy rivals!
“…and what about your competitors?” Not at all a nasty or a surprising question coming from investors, banks, partners, or even potential...
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Lena Ramfelt
- Jul 28, 2020
- 3 min
Who's driving? You are.
In the post "The Business Opportunity you are Betting on...", I emphasized that the business opportunity that you’re betting on is for...
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Lena Ramfelt
- Jul 14, 2020
- 2 min
The business opportunity that you are betting on is for you to create
Here is a not that unusual conversations I have with entrepreneurs where I have taken on the role of being kind of pushy about their...
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Lena Ramfelt
- Jun 27, 2020
- 2 min
Your guiding stars: the why and the vision
I often tell entrepreneurs I work with that before they even think about execution, i.e., customers acquisition, business model,...
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Lena Ramfelt
- Jun 11, 2020
- 2 min
Take a trip to IKEA
Whenever I am given the opportunity to travel to a new place and spend time with entrepreneurs, I ask the question: “Is there an IKEA...
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