After we’ve screened hundreds of business plans and after we’ve discussed countless cases I would like to share some interesting as well as astonishing key findings of one of my partners Berthold von Freyberg.
There are Magic Numbers in the business plans of startups, numbers that are chasing us, numbers that are always there. Sometimes [...]
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2, 6, 18 – the Magic Numbers in a startup’s business plan
Posted in Entrepeneurs, Investments, Startups, Technology, Venture Capital on October 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Entrepreneur – a rather new career path in Germany
Posted in Entrepeneurs, Life, Startups on September 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When I finished my studies in 1992 I can’t remember a single fellow student who was planning to become an entrepreneur after the exam. Even in the classes nobody was focusing on this potential career path. The tutors were always talking about careers at the big enterprises.
Fast forward to today – 17 years!
Today, the entrepreneurship [...]
Critical and caricatural picture of a Start-up
Posted in Entrepeneurs, Investments, Startups, Venture Capital on June 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Referring to my last post on this blog about the behavior of some VCs I need to show the other side of the medal – the behavior, characteristics and attitude of some start-ups and entrepreneurs.
I joined my first start-up 1999. Since than I started and led three start-ups until 2007. In addition I invested in [...]
Critical and caricatural picture of a VC
Posted in Entrepeneurs, Fun, Investments, Startups, Technology, Venture Capital, tagged Entrepreneur, Venture Capital on June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When I joined Target Partners in early 2007 I also changed sides of the table from being an entrepreneur to becoming “One of them”, a VC. During my time as an entrepreneur I had a lot of experience working with VCs and related investment managers. Over time I became very critical of VC’s and investment [...]
Big Thing: Social Gaming
Posted in Entrepeneurs, Fun, Investments, Life, Startups, Technology on April 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I am screening this particular trend and market since some months and I will share some key findings about social gaming in my next posts.
The animation gives you a brief intro about social gaming:
To be awarded doesn’t mean to be successful.
Posted in Entrepeneurs, Investments, Startups, Technology, Venture Capital on April 5, 2009 | Comments Off
I don’t know anymore when and who mentioned an interesting indication about startups. But one of my colleagues made a clear statement:
„The startups with the most awards have the highest probability to fail!“
We can put this statement even the other way around:
“A startup award is no indication for a successful business case.”
“A startup without any [...]
Red Herring Europe 100 (Berlin)
Posted in Entrepeneurs, Investments, Startups, Venture Capital on April 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
networking, networking, networking – well, hopefully I will see some interesting startups and business cases, too.
Nevertheless the Red Herring conference which takes place in Berlin is an good platform to meet the Europen and especially the German VC scene and to exchange the latest news and updates.
First impressions:
the crises is not the top theme
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My personal paradigm shift: from an entrepreneur to a Venture Capitalist
Posted in Entrepeneurs, Fun, Investments, Life, Sports, Startups, Technology, Venture Capital, tagged Angel investor, Company, Development Stage, Entrepreneur, Financial Services, Investment, Venture Capital on March 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
From 1999 until the end of 2006 I founded several technology startups. I am also a business angel and have invested in several startups since 2001. During this time I learned a lot about the startup business. How to raise money? How to build execution driven management teams? How to market products? And how [...]
