Eraldo Federico Acchiappati
@eraldofederico.xyz
Founding partner @ BLDRS. Exploring venture building, innovation, and the occasional post about fermentation.
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Switzerland’s agreement last month to get the US to lower tariffs on the country will be backdated to take effect on the day the deal was announced.
Switzerland’s Improved 15% US Tariff Deal to Apply Retroactively
Switzerland’s agreement last month to get the US to lower tariffs on the country will be backdated to take effect on the day the deal was announced.
bloom.bg
December 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Switzerland’s agreement last month to get the US to lower tariffs on the country will be backdated to take effect on the day the deal was announced.
May be a tough one to accept, but markets do not necessarily reward the best. They never really have, they don’t now, and they probably won’t in the future: unpolisheddispatch.com/archive/beyo...
December 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
May be a tough one to accept, but markets do not necessarily reward the best. They never really have, they don’t now, and they probably won’t in the future: unpolisheddispatch.com/archive/beyo...
Innovation isn’t a flash of genius; it’s what happens when organisations treat learning as their operating system, building feedback, culture, and routines that actually change behaviour, every day.
Learning loops and innovation
Organisational learning is inextricably tied to innovation. This article explores how learning loops (systematic processes of reflecting on actions, capturing insights, and embedding them into behavio...
unpolisheddispatch.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Innovation isn’t a flash of genius; it’s what happens when organisations treat learning as their operating system, building feedback, culture, and routines that actually change behaviour, every day.
The choice of how rough or polished a prototype is should be made to maximise learning, because the wrong level at the wrong time slows discovery, hides key insights, and wastes effort.
Prototyping fidelity trade-offs shape learning speed
When quick sketches outperform polished demos, and vice versa.
unpolisheddispatch.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The choice of how rough or polished a prototype is should be made to maximise learning, because the wrong level at the wrong time slows discovery, hides key insights, and wastes effort.
Instead of trying to perfectly predict the future, robust decision-making is about picking strategies that still work pretty well across lots of different “what ifs”. It’s less “what’s the smartest bet right now?” and more “what keeps us safe, flexible and ready to adapt as things change?”
Robust decision-making favours many futures over one forecast
Why robust strategies aim to perform adequately across a range of plausible futures instead of optimising for a single prediction.
unpolisheddispatch.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Instead of trying to perfectly predict the future, robust decision-making is about picking strategies that still work pretty well across lots of different “what ifs”. It’s less “what’s the smartest bet right now?” and more “what keeps us safe, flexible and ready to adapt as things change?”
Ultimately, the success of a person, a product, or an organisation boils down to whether other people or customers recommend you or want to work with you. Efforts in ensuring that the value added is above fantastic should trump investments in marketing, advertisement, etc.
March 27, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Ultimately, the success of a person, a product, or an organisation boils down to whether other people or customers recommend you or want to work with you. Efforts in ensuring that the value added is above fantastic should trump investments in marketing, advertisement, etc.
“Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightning to strike you in the brain, you are not going to make an awful lot of work." (Chuck Close)
March 5, 2025 at 11:59 PM
“Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightning to strike you in the brain, you are not going to make an awful lot of work." (Chuck Close)
Scale or die.
Small thinking kills businesses. If you’re not growing, you’re fading.
Small thinking kills businesses. If you’re not growing, you’re fading.
March 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Scale or die.
Small thinking kills businesses. If you’re not growing, you’re fading.
Small thinking kills businesses. If you’re not growing, you’re fading.
Start before you’re ready.
If you wait until you feel ready, you’ll never start. Momentum beats hesitation.
If you wait until you feel ready, you’ll never start. Momentum beats hesitation.
March 2, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Start before you’re ready.
If you wait until you feel ready, you’ll never start. Momentum beats hesitation.
If you wait until you feel ready, you’ll never start. Momentum beats hesitation.
Launch fast, learn faster.
Perfect is a trap. Get it out there, get feedback, and improve relentlessly.
Perfect is a trap. Get it out there, get feedback, and improve relentlessly.
March 1, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Launch fast, learn faster.
Perfect is a trap. Get it out there, get feedback, and improve relentlessly.
Perfect is a trap. Get it out there, get feedback, and improve relentlessly.
Ideas are cheap, execution is everything.
Everyone has ideas; only a few turn them into reality. Action separates builders from dreamers.
Everyone has ideas; only a few turn them into reality. Action separates builders from dreamers.
February 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Ideas are cheap, execution is everything.
Everyone has ideas; only a few turn them into reality. Action separates builders from dreamers.
Everyone has ideas; only a few turn them into reality. Action separates builders from dreamers.
Build, don’t beg.
No one is handing out success. Stop waiting for permission. Just start building.
No one is handing out success. Stop waiting for permission. Just start building.
February 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Build, don’t beg.
No one is handing out success. Stop waiting for permission. Just start building.
No one is handing out success. Stop waiting for permission. Just start building.
Finding the right place to give product feedback can be a needle-in-a-haystack hunt. Users want to share ideas easily.
Why must it be so complicated?
Why must it be so complicated?
February 26, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Finding the right place to give product feedback can be a needle-in-a-haystack hunt. Users want to share ideas easily.
Why must it be so complicated?
Why must it be so complicated?
Ever wondered who your ideal user is? Synthetic users simulate their actions. You can test concepts quickly and keep real data safe.
Have you already tried them out?
Have you already tried them out?
February 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Ever wondered who your ideal user is? Synthetic users simulate their actions. You can test concepts quickly and keep real data safe.
Have you already tried them out?
Have you already tried them out?
Will rising mercantilism stifle global innovation and R&D? These innovation mercantilist policies can come in three forms: localisation barriers, indigenous innovation mandates, and classic mercantilist measures.
February 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Will rising mercantilism stifle global innovation and R&D? These innovation mercantilist policies can come in three forms: localisation barriers, indigenous innovation mandates, and classic mercantilist measures.
Synthetic users. Computationally generated representations of real consumer segments or individual users.
Great for concept testing, rapid iteration and scenario modelling.
But are they really?
Great for concept testing, rapid iteration and scenario modelling.
But are they really?
February 23, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Synthetic users. Computationally generated representations of real consumer segments or individual users.
Great for concept testing, rapid iteration and scenario modelling.
But are they really?
Great for concept testing, rapid iteration and scenario modelling.
But are they really?
Will the quest for competitive advantage lead tech companies to create ever more advancements in science? With positive trends in private R&D financing, will Nobel Prizes start to come mostly from private companies?
February 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Will the quest for competitive advantage lead tech companies to create ever more advancements in science? With positive trends in private R&D financing, will Nobel Prizes start to come mostly from private companies?
Innovation culture is a chimera! You can build collaboration spaces, design incentives, and run ideation campaigns, but if your processes prioritise predictable growth and efficiency, you’ll get nowhere.
Stop dawdling. Get serious.
Stop dawdling. Get serious.
February 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Innovation culture is a chimera! You can build collaboration spaces, design incentives, and run ideation campaigns, but if your processes prioritise predictable growth and efficiency, you’ll get nowhere.
Stop dawdling. Get serious.
Stop dawdling. Get serious.
It is the politics, the stepping on someone else’s toes, and the missing alignment on the role of Chief Innovation Officers that are the biggest obstacles to innovation in big corporations.
February 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
It is the politics, the stepping on someone else’s toes, and the missing alignment on the role of Chief Innovation Officers that are the biggest obstacles to innovation in big corporations.
Corporate venturing isn’t a buzzword. It’s a strategy to stay ahead.
Why think about it? Because disruption won’t wait.
Big companies have resources. Startups have speed. Corporate venturing bridges the gap.
Think about it now. Or watch competitors do it first.
Why think about it? Because disruption won’t wait.
Big companies have resources. Startups have speed. Corporate venturing bridges the gap.
Think about it now. Or watch competitors do it first.
February 13, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Corporate venturing isn’t a buzzword. It’s a strategy to stay ahead.
Why think about it? Because disruption won’t wait.
Big companies have resources. Startups have speed. Corporate venturing bridges the gap.
Think about it now. Or watch competitors do it first.
Why think about it? Because disruption won’t wait.
Big companies have resources. Startups have speed. Corporate venturing bridges the gap.
Think about it now. Or watch competitors do it first.
Wrote something: eraldofederico.xyz/essays/moving
TL;DR:
Goals are fine.
But movement is everything.
Stop overthinking. Start doing.
TL;DR:
Goals are fine.
But movement is everything.
Stop overthinking. Start doing.
January 16, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Wrote something: eraldofederico.xyz/essays/moving
TL;DR:
Goals are fine.
But movement is everything.
Stop overthinking. Start doing.
TL;DR:
Goals are fine.
But movement is everything.
Stop overthinking. Start doing.
I’m ignorant by design, and you are too. Knowing this makes us less stupid.
December 7, 2024 at 9:47 AM
I’m ignorant by design, and you are too. Knowing this makes us less stupid.
Looking for inspiration boards showcasing various business models. Does anyone know of resources or websites? Any hidden gems buried deep in the internet?
December 6, 2024 at 5:09 AM
Looking for inspiration boards showcasing various business models. Does anyone know of resources or websites? Any hidden gems buried deep in the internet?
The fluff and bs that is being told with methodologies such as Lego Serious Play is incredible! That it helps connecting the left and right sides of the brain being one, for example.
December 5, 2024 at 11:32 AM
The fluff and bs that is being told with methodologies such as Lego Serious Play is incredible! That it helps connecting the left and right sides of the brain being one, for example.
Filled with Post-its and other design utensils: the BLDRS toolbox.
December 1, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Filled with Post-its and other design utensils: the BLDRS toolbox.