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 [...]
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Entrepreneur – a rather new career path in Germany
Posted in Entrepeneurs, Life, Startups on September 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Social Media Revolution
Posted in Life, Startups, Technology, Venture Capital on August 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
just sit down, lean back, relax and enjoy – don’t get scared
This video shows perfectly how the web and social media have changed our life – and it still an ongoing process.
Form an investors perspective:
Did you see any “old” and established media companies in the list of social media drivers?
With the [...]
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:
Beach Volleyball ChampCamp 2009
Posted in Fun, Life, Sports on April 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The summer season is near and the first tournaments will start in May. It’s time to exercise and to the get the final cut. As every year we are going to Mallorca to join the ChampCamp Beach Volleyball Camp:
5 days training
Experiences and well-educated coaches (especially Martin)
A lot of fun with 80 players
My personal paradigm shift: from an entrepreneur to a Venture Capitalist
Posted in Entrepeneurs, Fun, Investments, Life, Sports, Startups, Technology, Venture Capital, tagged Venture Capital, Angel investor, Entrepreneur, Investment, Company, Development Stage, Financial Services 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 [...]
World Wide Web turns 20
Posted in Entrepeneurs, Life, Technology, tagged Linked Data, Raw data, Semantic Web, Tim Berners-Lee, World Wide Web on March 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This month (March 2009) the World Wide Web will turn 20 years old. Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented this world-changing layer on top of the Internet in 1989. It’s hard to overstate the impact this young technology has had already and it’s even more exciting to think about where it’s going in the future.
Tim still has [...]
21 Economic Models explained with Cows – 2009 update
Posted in Fun, Investments, Life on March 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SOCIALISM
You have 2 cows.
You give one to your neighbour.
COMMUNISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and gives you some milk.
FASCISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and sells you some milk.
NAZISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and shoots you.
BUREAUCRATISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other, [...]
Illustration of the Financial Crises
Posted in Investments, Life on February 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
By the way – do you understand how the financial crise was generated? Who was/is involved in it? Which motivation was/is the key driver of it?
Easy to understand – hard to believe…
