The fear that keeps you from being happy
All successful entrepreneurs are driven.We have our own compass. We operate at our own speed. We aim for Mars instead of the Moon. Many of us know exactly the inner driver, which keeps us pushing on. It comes in many guises:A...
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Entrepreneurial Roller Coaster.
I recently did a couple of speeches for founders. One was in front of 1400 people at the Bits and Pretzels event in Munich. I've found that one of the keynotes that gets the most attention is my...
The Lost Art of Selling
I love growing companies. I love this so much, that I have done nothing else for the past 15 years, with companies like TravelChannel, DocMorris, Qype, 9flats, avocadostore. Sustainable growth...
Basics for Organizing a Startup
A couple of days ago I was keynote speaker at an EO Accelerator meeting. I was sharing my experience as an entrepreneur in building fast growing companies. While preparing my talk I realized how the...
in Wired UK: Taking startups cross borders
This text is a slightly longer version of my contribution to the May 2012 edition (http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2012/05/how-to/scale-into-other-markets) of WIRED UK Taking companies...
Painting your own painting
This is a very short post but it contains an essential guiding principle for investors in dealing with CEOs. At this years Annual Meeting at Berkshire Hathaway, someone asked Warren Buffett and...
My three favourite Buffett & Munger quotes.
I am a regular visitor to the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska. I don‘t go there because I hope that something magic rubs off, but because it is a lesson in sanity...
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