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Hey, you have this new idea?
Post viewed 212 times“Axel, can I ask you what you think about my new idea?” This is the single most often asked question I get online and offline? Yet, in 99% of all cases, believe it or not, my answer would be irrelevant. Actually you should consider it …
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Move over Berlin here comes Luzern StartupTag
Post viewed 2,022 timesWith a drum roll on Twitter by @Startupticker 28 selected startups and entrepreneurs got together on August 30th at @HSLU in Luzern to compete as finalists for the StartupTag Zentralschweiz, on September 13th in Luzern. Over 80 startups applied More than 80 startups applied to …
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Brexit – The fall of Startup City London
Post viewed 4,603 timesThe end of the Startup Scene London? It”s a very sad day for all our friends and fellow entrepreneurs in the UK. Yet, entrepreneurs think global. “Home is where my wifi is”. What’s the impact of the Brexit on startup city London London was a …
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SEC Title III opens doors to all US investors. But doors to hell.
Post viewed 810 timesWhile the US Jobs Act. Title III from the US SEC looks good at first sight, it has a lot of implications. Both INVESTOR and ENTREPRENEUR need to know the following and it has not been made very clear: What’s up with SEC’s new Title …
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Speed is more important than perfection
Post viewed 991 timesSpeed is the single most important factor in becoming successful as an entrepreneur. There are many very thoughtful, intelligent and extremely well educated people out there. There are people who know almost anything about something and with the deep knowledge they are theoretically well set …
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Art & Science of fundraising
Post viewed 353 timesWith increasing competition for capital fundraising becomes ever more challenging. Banks no longer finance growth. Top VCs typically start in a B-Round, sometimes in an A-Round and almost never in a seed round. Attracting individual investors is new key for startups to get the capital …
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Oil crash and the next big thing: renewable material
Post viewed 456 timesBank of America reported that the oil crash may become the largest wealth transfers in human history. Well after thinking about it, it came to mind that there is an interesting ‘side effect’ all non renewable businesses have, whether it’s non renewable energy or any …
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Vision – business in the making
Post viewed 4,916 timesTo some people a VISION is esoteric fluff. Those people typically live in the Here & Now and care less about a future they have no skills to predict. That’s fine. For a startup entrepreneur, those people are less important anyway as they won’t invest, …
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FinTech changing the face of Venture Capital
Post viewed 9,594 timesFinTech is attacking pretty much any aspect of the Financial Services Industry. New banking models, new payment systems all the way to entirely new financial transaction systems like the Block Chain Model. The same is happening in the Insurance Market, loans, real estate investment platforms, …
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Unicorn or Foie Gras
Post viewed 2,872 timesGazillion people argue if and how much some of the unicorns are completely over hyped. How could VCs pump so much money into some that seem to have no impact. Recently a juicer startup raised $100 Million. Well to some extend it’s a gamble hoping …
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