How was your last trip to the mall? What was the last night watching TV like? Who was with you on the tube this morning? I would assume that you have trouble recalling these events. Probably you don’t even remember when exactly you did them for the last time. But why?
Read MoreWhen you read that line, your mind probably came up with a different story. The story you have told yourself for a very long time. „Me? No, I’m not a good presenter. There are others that are naturally gifted, but I’m not. Presentations are not for me.“ If that was your thought, this post is for you.
Read MoreIf you ask any engineer to turn an oil tanker into a speedboat, they will tell you that it won’t work. You can either chop the tanker up or shrink it in size. But neither one will create a speedboat. It will only create a broken ship that no longer serves its purpose of stable, large scale work…
Read MoreWhenever you prepare a startup pitch or presentation, I’m sure you do it very well. You put all the numbers in, all the facts and all the arguments why people should follow the path you put forward.But when you do all that, do you also think about your biggest enemy in the room?
Read MoreYou can probably lift a bottle of water today. If you practice a bit you will lift a case with ease. Eventually, you will lift two, then three and maybe one day, even an entire barrel. There is no magic trick to lifting heavy...
Read MoreElementary school is not scalable. You need a teacher, a classroom, and everyone needs to be there at the same time to make it work. Some even say that we have a broken education system. Yet we support startup founders as we teach our kids.
Read MoreWe were done. After ten amazing pitches, we all stood together on stage, celebrating the end of the Barclays Accelerator Spring 2015 Program in front of over 400 people. This was the end of three incredible months that changed my life for the better. But let's go back to the beginning.
Read MoreEighteen months ago, I made a decision that would change the rest of my life: I walked into my manager's office, handed in my notice and left my corporate job behind. It was the end of a tough process with many obstacles along the way.
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