I have the best job in the world, and you can have some of that, too! We are looking for two people (Intern and a General hands-on person) at Seedcamp in London. You will have more fun and you will be more stoked by the cool stuff we are working on than anywhere else, so […]
Author Archives: Philipp
Tell us a story, please!
It’s quite amazing how many founders and company leaders are making amazing new technical solutions or products but seem to have difficulty explaining the core narrative of the product themselves. Now, if the person who built the product has a hard time explaining it, then just imagine how hard it is for others to understand […]
Even the big ones fail.
I love Wave – if only for very few usecases. Sad to see it go, but great to see Google admitting the problem and striking a line. Wave has not seen the user adoption we would have liked. We don’t plan to continue developing Wave as a standalone product, but we will maintain the site […]
Never be pitchin’
On the “VCs turned Entrepreneurs” panel (subtitle “actually Entrepreneurs turned VCs turned Entrepreneurs”) at Mini Seedcamp London last week, Max Niederhofer let lose some of his wisdom regarding the perpetually pitching entrepreneur. In his view, instead of “always be closing“, Entrepreneurs should never be pitching investors out right. Instead, a “oh, we are moving along […]
So entrepreneurship IS rocket science
At the end of the day, I’ve really come to believe that you can’t predict success based on where a missile is pointed pre-launch. Instead you have to assess the quality of the targeting system (the team) and the density/size of targets (the market). And hope that the missile you launch finds a true target […]
My presentation at Imperial College last week
I had the chance to present Seedcamp at the annual IED business plan competition at Imperial College last week. This competition brings together MBA students from Imperial and designers and others from schools such as the Royal College of Arts to develop a business idea and take it to market. The quality of pitches was […]
Switchin’ things
Yeah, how could I not write an article on how I switched to a Mac and the world got a better place. Don’t read it, it’s useless. I did not really have to debate getting a MacBook Pro, because they are simply the best made laptops. I was just a bit curious about the choice […]