Eliminating noise with the North Star Metric
Every strategic decision at the company should, in some way, consider driving momentum in the North Star Metric
Music Makes the World Go Round
Word on the street is that Spotify today is similar to what Coca Cola was in Warren Buffet’s infamous portfolio. Here is a summary memo on Spotify.
Design Tools for Non Designers
If you don’t happen to have a design background, we’ve assembled design principles together with a list of design tools and resources for you.
Wealth Creation in the Green Regenerative Boom
Regenerative Capitalism to Replace Deformed Predatory Capitalism The venture capital industry is deforming capitalism in many parts of the world. They often look for quick returns from proven business models, when more often than not, more long-term patient capital is needed. Regenerative capitalism on the other hand is emerging as a counterweight, looking for green…
A Brief Discussion on Early Stage Startup Valuations
Relationship between fundraising and valuations in EU countries Investors in Europe typically expect your valuation to be about 3–4x new funds raised, and that your next round should be roughly 5x more than your previous one. But where’s the starting point? If your valuation is a function or multiple of how much you managed to…
Platforms: 8 Strategies for the Chicken or Egg Problem
To simplify the line of thinking, you either have enough traction to put you on a private financing track, or you don’t have enough traction and need to either fall back on bootstrapping or resort to other public sources.
Funding Opportunities after High-Tech SeedLab
To simplify the line of thinking, you either have enough traction to put you on a private financing track, or you don’t have enough traction and need to either fall back on bootstrapping or resort to other public sources.
A brief guide to EXIST-Gründerstipendium
The EXIST program gives entrepreneurs freedom to start a company with almost no financial risk. With a maximum funding period of one year, teams receive both personnel and material expenses.
Breaking Down Mobile Health
For the sake of this article and comparing solutions, we make the distinction between Wellness and Clinical Healthcare. For the healthy person, personal wellness products are smartphones, apps and smart wearables. For those with chronic conditions, there is a myriad of connected devices at home that measure environmental factors, weight, menstrual cycles, medication adherence, and devices that are passively, quietly and continuously measuring vital signs just as a team of clinicians would be listening to the patient in a hospital.
Trillion Dollar Coach
Teams that act as communities, integrating interests and putting aside differences to be individually and collectively obsessed with what’s good for the company.