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 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 [...]
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 [...]
