long story short: the paradigm shift is still going on
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Interesting video with facts and figures about the mobile convergence
Posted in Investments, Startups, Technology, Venture Capital on October 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 »
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Web 3.0: does it kick in this year?
Posted in Investments, Startups, Technology, Uncategorized, tagged web, Web 2.0, Wolfram Alpha on May 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It about two years ago when I posted something about Web 3.0 and the differnences to Web 2.0. Since than I am screening and waiting for companies with the right technology and a sustainable business case.
If I compare the first months of 2009 with the last year it is obvious that we are seeing more [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
