“We implemented Scrum six months ago, but we aren’t shipping any faster. In fact, it feels like we are spending half our time in meetings talking about why we can’t work. Should we go back to the old way?” I hear this frustration often from CEOs and investors. They buy into the promise of Agile: […]
I recently had a discussion with a friend who is in the trenches of founding a startup. They are currently building their MVP, and he asked me a direct question: “Do I need a fractional CTO?” My answer was immediate: “No, not at this point.” But this conversation prompted me to reflect. If an early-stage
I am the kind of person who likes riding on roller coasters. I like it when adrenaline rushes through my body after the long way up. But I did not expect me being a Freelancer to be similar in many ways to riding on a roller coaster. This article explains some similarities I see –
After months of silence, the European fleet management industry witnessed three major deals in October – signaling a potential shift in market dynamics. YellowFox has found a new owner with Peter Möhrle. TACHOfresh was bought by Kienzle. And last but not least: Verizon Connect sold its international commercial operations to Geotab, while retaining its U.S.
This week, OpenAI released Agent Builder – and the AI community erupted with apocalyptic predictions. “This will kill tools like n8n, Make, and Zapier!” “OpenAI just signed the death warrant for thousands of startups!” I am not going to link to those articles, because I find them funny at best – and click-bait at worst.
Just yesterday, an announcement was published that has created some waves in the the fleet management industry: Geotab Acquires Verizon Connect’s International Commercial Operations. This is the first major acquisition from the market leader in Fleet Management – and at the same time a realization from Verizon that Fleet Management is difficult to master, especially
It has now been 3 months for me working as a freelancer. Not a lot of time for an experienced solopreneur – but felt like a roller coaster for me 😉. One reason for me to leave the corporate world was to stretch myself, to learn, to leave my comfort zone – and yes, I
There are a lot of reasons why a commercial fleet owner should collect data from their vehicle fleet. Making the fleet more efficient, safer, more secure, producing less CO2, lowering maintenance costs – all of those are well-known in the industry for decades – and every fleet management provider will be happy to tell you
I have written about AI Agents in the fleet management space before, and now I’ve built one myself. In just a few hours with n8n and modern LLMs, I created a functional agent that can query fleet data, make (reasonably 😉) intelligent decisions, and even direct my demo-fleet via text-messages. This post shares what it
I have seen countless “roadmaps” in my career that were not much more than glorified wishlists. Pretty documents filled with ambitious ideas, but lacking the fundamental ingredients that transform hope into execution. After years of watching teams struggle with this distinction, I have come to realize there are three critical differences that separate real roadmaps