Exponential Thinking

Our Blog

We love what we do. And we want you to love what you do, too. To help you not only understand the New Normal Group way of thinking, but to offer some tips on how you can excel in your own business endeavors, we have collected some of our thoughts on exponential thinking and the building of companies that chase a new normal. 
Topics span business modeling, growth hacking, product design, software, product led growth, investment strategies, financial engineering, entrepreneurship, diversity, management philosophy, and more.
Want to hear more of our thoughts on a particular topic? Send us an email and let us know what you’re interested in.

Open Source: The First Product-led Growth Business Model?

Back at the turn of the 21st century, we founded our first software company. With an Open Source Business Model, we built a global community of 50 thousand developers and a customer base across +160 countries, all from a small, coastal town in Norway. But how?


May 6, 2022 | Aleksander Farstad

Growth Powered by Craftsmanship

When building a product-led growth venture, craftsmanship becomes rocket fuel for exponential growth. 

March 10, 2022 | Aleksander Farstad

Understanding How ‘Business Model Friction’ Affects Your Growth Rate

Did you know that you can substantially accelerate growth by optimizing the friction within your business model? In this article, we define business model friction and share some insights into improving growth rates by removing or adjusting friction points.

November 15, 2021 | Aleksander Farstad
Business models

Why Organic Customer Acquisition is Key for Exponential Growth

The most important and often the most expensive and challenging part of building a high-growth company is attracting new customers. And it is the ability to do so consistently over time, at scale, and at an affordable cost that differentiates any company from an exponential business

May 20, 2021 | Aleksander Farstad
Investment Strategies

The Secret Behind Exponential Business Models

Why do most businesses grow relatively linearly? What is the secret behind the companies that seem to have perfected the formula to grow exponentially? While team experience and owning the resources needed for execution are important, the secret to exponential expansion lies in the business model's elements.

April 15, 2021 | Aleksander Farstad
Investment Strategies

From Start-up to Scale-up with New Normal Prove & Scale Model

Our mission at New Normal Group is to build exponential companies that chase the new normal of their industry. At the core of this is our Prove & Scale Model, designed to guide us systematically through the different building stages, all the way from start-up through scale-up. 

Let’s take a walk through the main principles of the model to get a better idea of how it works. 

March 19, 2021 | Aleksander Farstad
Diversity & Inclusion

Diversity as a Competitive Advantage

Experience has taught us that a focus on diversity directly results in higher rates of innovation, increased adaptability, and faster growth. But why?

October 15, 2020 | Aleksander Farstad
Entrepreneurship

Crises, Habits, and the Acceleration of Technology Adoption

Research suggests that it takes an average of 66 days for a person to form a new habit. Having already spent half that time under measures of lockdown, we will likely see many of our newly attained habits stick around once life returns to normal. With the rise of digital services already growing across the world, the future of how humans work, play and socialize is one that only time will tell.

May 15, 2020 | Aleksander Farstad

Open Source: The First Product-led Growth Business Model?

Back at the turn of the 21st century, we founded our first software company. With an Open Source Business Model, we built a global community of 50 thousand developers and a customer base across +160 countries, all from a small, coastal town in Norway. But how?


May 6, 2022 | Aleksander Farstad

Growth Powered by Craftsmanship

When building a product-led growth venture, craftsmanship becomes rocket fuel for exponential growth. 

March 10, 2022 | Aleksander Farstad

Understanding How ‘Business Model Friction’ Affects Your Growth Rate

Did you know that you can substantially accelerate growth by optimizing the friction within your business model? In this article, we define business model friction and share some insights into improving growth rates by removing or adjusting friction points.

November 15, 2021 | Aleksander Farstad
Business models

Why Organic Customer Acquisition is Key for Exponential Growth

The most important and often the most expensive and challenging part of building a high-growth company is attracting new customers. And it is the ability to do so consistently over time, at scale, and at an affordable cost that differentiates any company from an exponential business

May 20, 2021 | Aleksander Farstad
Investment Strategies

The Secret Behind Exponential Business Models

Why do most businesses grow relatively linearly? What is the secret behind the companies that seem to have perfected the formula to grow exponentially? While team experience and owning the resources needed for execution are important, the secret to exponential expansion lies in the business model's elements.

April 15, 2021 | Aleksander Farstad
Investment Strategies

From Start-up to Scale-up with New Normal Prove & Scale Model

Our mission at New Normal Group is to build exponential companies that chase the new normal of their industry. At the core of this is our Prove & Scale Model, designed to guide us systematically through the different building stages, all the way from start-up through scale-up. 

Let’s take a walk through the main principles of the model to get a better idea of how it works. 

March 19, 2021 | Aleksander Farstad
Diversity & Inclusion

Diversity as a Competitive Advantage

Experience has taught us that a focus on diversity directly results in higher rates of innovation, increased adaptability, and faster growth. But why?

October 15, 2020 | Aleksander Farstad
Entrepreneurship

Crises, Habits, and the Acceleration of Technology Adoption

Research suggests that it takes an average of 66 days for a person to form a new habit. Having already spent half that time under measures of lockdown, we will likely see many of our newly attained habits stick around once life returns to normal. With the rise of digital services already growing across the world, the future of how humans work, play and socialize is one that only time will tell.

May 15, 2020 | Aleksander Farstad