Category Archives: Entrepreneurship

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 … Continue reading

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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”, … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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Shifting your focus

Chris Dixon with a smart post on when to shift focus: Ask yourself: if you started over today, would you build the same product?  If not, consider significant changes to what you are building. [...] You aren’t throwing away what … Continue reading

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Pivoting cdixon.org – chris dixon’s blog

Chris Dixon with a smart post on when to shift focus: Ask yourself: if you started over today, would you build the same product?  If not, consider significant changes to what you are building. [...] You aren’t throwing away what … Continue reading

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Seedcamp Berlin – bis Dienstag bewerben!

Wie Ihr mitbekommen habt, bin ich ab Mitte Juni bei Seedcamp in London. Mein erster Arbeitstag ist der 16. Juni, das Mini Seedcamp in Berlin. Trotz der vielen Beschwerden über risikoscheue Investoren in Europa ist Seedcamp leider (noch) recht unbekannt … Continue reading

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