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
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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.
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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.
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The Achievements of the High-Tech SeedLab Batch 2020
Our recent Demo Day marked a worthy ending to our 2020 acceleration program. It’s time to say goodbye to our wonderful batch and say hello to the 2021 teams soon. After receiving over 100 promising applications we are now about to select and decide who will be joining our program running February – November next…
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High-Tech SeedLab Demo Day 2020
On 3rd December, we celebrated the official end of our 2020 accelerator round with High-Tech SeedLab’s (remote) Demo Day, bringing together the seven teams that we’ve supported over the past 10 months plus an audience of investors, aspiring entrepreneurs, industry experts as well as family and friends. The highlight of our Demo Day were the…
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High-Tech SeedLab Applications for Batch 2021: What societal challenges need solving?
The High-Tech SeedLab received more than 100 applications in 2020 from startups who want to join the accelerator in 2021. We had a close look at the applications and extracted a whole lot if interesting insights. Read on to find out the who, what, and why.
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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, prioritizing 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 that rewards green swans, or in other…
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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…
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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.
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The Trolley Problem
For the start, let me guide you through a thought experiment: Imagine you are riding a trolley. Suddenly, you see five people ahead standing on your track. You want to hit the brakes to avoid crashing into these people but realize that the trolley’s brakes aren’t working. You then happen to find yourself next to…
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