Guiding Principles

• Dream big, act small
  We aim high but always start with small steps. We learn under real conditions in an iterative development and learning process.

• Customers first
  We strive to understand the world of our customers (and their customers) – better than they do themselves. Sometimes we focus more on today's world. Sometimes we envision the future of customers.

• Think business, not product
  We don't rest until we have found a promising business model – technology is never enough.

• Facts over opinions
  Believing in your own opinions on how the future might be is a risky bet. We replace opinions with facts to make better decisions. No facts = no decision.

• Demo or die
  We don't talk about ideas, we show a "demo" that visualises the value or benefits of the idea. If you can't demo your idea, don't waste others' time.

• #GOOTFB... stands for "Get Out Of The F*** Building"
  New business is never built in workshop rooms. The magic usually happens "on the street" – when you are with customers or in a workshop building prototypes.

Other important principles are:

• Action beats intention
  Creating innovation is more about doing than thinking. The best intention to someday find a world-changing idea is great – but building something and improving it passionately and deliberately is way better.

• Be visual
  Creating something new means dealing with ideas that are hard to imagine. Making the intangible tangible is essential in Business Design.

• Plan do. Plan do. Plan do
  This is the essence of development and learning processes. We don't plan the perfect business – we build it in iterative cycles.

• Learn and earn
  In an "agile" world, it is easy to end up in never-ending learning cycles. We strive to earn real money as quickly as possible – which is also good for learning and your discussions with VCs ;-)

• No bullsh*t
  Hollow phrases and buzzwords are a sign of ignorance. We use language that is clear, decisive, and unambiguous.