Today’s episode is episode 30 and my guest is fellow Dutchman Joost Allard. 

 

Joost left the Netherlands many years ago and is living and working in the USA for a long time. In this episode Joost shares with us how he worked in corporate environments in alliances and got early on involved in an alliance the Nasdaq was establishing with an European stock exchange. Nowadays Joost is an independent entrepreneur bringing his experience to other areas. 

 

One of the most recent involvements and interests that Joost is sharing is the way Lean startup principles can be applied to enhance the success rate of alliance initiatives. From that perspective Joost coins the term “fail fast, learn fast” and explains how that can be applied to alliances.