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About the "other" Startup Hubs.
There is an energetic discussion going on in the Web-Tech Startup World. Each city wants to know - “Can we become the next Silicon Valley”.It’s a cliché of a question that’s getting incredible boring,...
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The Founder's Lie About Comfort Zones
There is a lot of talk going on about the endurance and struggle that startup founders go through. How long the hours are, we all pull through and how we are constantly out of our comfort zone.We run...
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Startup Mentoring Sessions: How to get the most out of it.
Everyone is doing pitch training. Almost no-one does training for the mentoring session, but this is where most startups get the majority of their value. – Sitar Teli, Connect Ventures.In the last 4...
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Startup Mentoring Sessions: How to be a decent, maybe even good startup mentor.
How to be the perfect startup mentor? I don’t know. But following the best practices mentioned in this article I got personally at least to the “not-so-shitty” level. I am happy to share my notes and...
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Why the future needs a brandname.
There is a disenchantment in our generation. We are still sitting on our lonely planet without space travel nor flying cars or at least hover boards. We are locked to the ground of technological...
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Drafting your first investment round.
The topic of investing is omnipresent in our startup world. Sooner or later most startup founders look for external funding. And it’s great that there is already a lot of great advice on this topic out...
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AngelList is the NASDAQ of our generation.
It’s fair to say that Angellist is the most exciting (web/mobile) tech startup in 2013.Even before they launched syndicates, earlier this year, they were already heavily integrated into our startup...
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Why Lean Startup sucks for startups.
If you go to Lean Startup events you will find first time founders, consultants, accelerator managers, r&d people, enterprise intrapreneurs, people of the government and a lot of people running...
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Don't drown in email! How to use Gmail more efficiently.
I usually I blog about Angellist, Startups, Founders, the Future and especially Metrics but I have shown this “lifehack” to so many people that I thought it’s worth it’s own blogpost. Hope it’s...
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A Primer on Startup Metrics – Which Analytics Tool to pick.
As a analytics consultant I am working with a lot of startups and help them in the topics of metrics, analytics, retention and growth. Most of the questions i get are based on a few...
View ArticleEasy, but easy to f*ck up. 3 Rules to Setup Analytics Tools correctly.
As a consultant for analytics i see a fair share of integrations of analytics tools. One of the most common mistakes is how people actually track events and conversion goals.Very often a lot of data is...
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The simplest and most important dashboard for early stage startups.
This blogpost is part of a small series of posts that cover the basics of startup metrics. My personal goal is to help early stage startups more effectively, but also avoid repeating myself too much in...
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Managing Remote Teams - A Crash Course
Hey folks,I haven’t been blogging for quite some time, so everything is a bit rusty for me, but i thought this article might be useful for a few more people, because about 1-4 times per week i get...
View ArticleA model that’s mental
Maybe…This anxiety isn’t anxiety it’s just your raw excitement that you are misunderstanding.This creeping imposter syndrome just means you are challenging yourself.This slight panic before you show...
View ArticleRefactoring larger legacy codebases
This article is based on a comment of mine to a HackerNews question. Thought it might be useful to explain it here a bit more in detail.Questions i am trying to answer here:How can you be productive in...
View Article#fyi: How founders can avoid drive-by-management
Suggestions by founders, managers, or anyone with authority in a startup, might often be misunderstood as directions or decisions. Even if we didn’t intend this to happen.Example:A team discusses...
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Close your office. Now. How to operate your startup under lock-down.
What a week.The US declared the state of emergency. Many leading startups closed their office. And I expect that all startups in the tech hubs will have their offices closed by the end of next week –...
View ArticleQuick tips for hiring remotely
You are most likely already experienced with hiring so think of this more as a quick FYI focusing on hiring remotely…What issues do you face when you hire remotely?You have more people applyingYour...
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How I think about Code Management
You might have the worst codebase in the world.It was written by people who had no standards or didn’t care about code quality.Here my POV:I bet you don’t have a problem with code quality. Not even...
View ArticleADHD 🧠
I want to preface this by saying that I have only a mild case of ADHD, eg I don’t take any medication.I get regularly asked about my recommendations regarding processes with ADHD.Here what i usually...
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