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Here’s to the man who taught me the important things in life

My dad is retiring today – the last day of work as an orthopedic surgeon. He built a thriving practice with a great and fun team, has hundreds (probably thousands) of happy clients and patients. Here’s to him, who taught me how to live my life without telling me. As long as I can remember, […]

Pmoe NOW WITH FIREPOWER, courtesy of 500 Startups

Edit: I stopped working with 500 startups late 2016. I’ll invest in startups as a Venture Partner for 500 Startups TL;DR: I’m joining 500 Startups as a venture partner and will invest in European startups. As part of this, I’ll run an AngelList syndicate where accredited investors can join every deal I’m doing. My main […]

Reading

I’ve been reading more in the past year than I have since college. I’ve mostly been focused on Science Fiction and Cyberpunk stuff, as you can see from my Amazon or Goodreads accounts. It’s the best thing I’ve done in a long time. I now read at least half an hour before I go to […]

“For a given alpha, a shorter time to exit requires a larger growth rate. If it takes 20 years to…”

“For a given alpha, a shorter time to exit requires a larger growth rate. If it takes 20 years to exit a patent (alpha = 1.5) it implies a year over year growth rate in value of about 10%. If you wanted to exit in five years you would need a year over year growth rate of closer […]

Some things people miss about the 6Wunderkinder exit: The fact that Microsoft and other large corps…

Some things people miss about the 6Wunderkinder exit: The fact that Microsoft and other large corps are now going to look for more startups to buy in Berlin, because you CAN find interesting companies. THAT IS AMAZING for angels, accelerators, and smaller funds who have few internationally comparable exit scenarios until now. The amount of […]