Season 3 – Understanding Customers

Season 3 will consist of the following episodes, each available in German and English on my content hub UpgradeSpace.io: Episode 1: tba (Read in English / Read in German)Soon available – Receive a mail as soon as the article is available.Bald verfügbar – Erhalte ein Mail, sobald der Artikel verfügbar ist. Episode 2:  tba (Read in English […]

Season 2 – Get to know yourself better

Season 2 will consist of the following episodes, each available in German and English on my content hub UpgradeSpace.io: Episode 1: tba (Read in English / Read in German)Soon available – Receive a mail as soon as the article is available.Bald verfügbar – Erhalte ein Mail, sobald der Artikel verfügbar ist. Episode 2:  tba (Read in English […]

Season 1 – A Beginning

As I begin writing content for (future) founders and entrepreneurial thinkers, I would like to share a few introductory thoughts, for instance, which readers this publication is aimed at or what my approach to these topics is. Season 1 consists of the following episodes, each available in German and English on my content hub UpgradeSpace.io: […]

Critical Feedback on your Business Idea

Founding can sometimes be frustrating. Especially in the early stages, when the own idea is still a pure fantasy. Everyone who is told about the idea has his own opinion. It’s like in the Colosseum at the end of a gladiator fight. The emperor stretches his hand and raises or lowers his thumb. The fate of the […]

Startup Work-Life Balance

When I started my first startup, I thought that I would go all-in for a few years and then after a successful exit I would not have to work my whole life. I subordinated everything in my life to the startup, without compromise. This was a MISTAKE that I would like to PROTECT first-time entrepreneurs from. […]

Startup Competitor Analysis done wrong

A lot has already been said about reasons why startups fail, I don’t want to repeat that. However, I would like to point out a common mistake that I often encounter when coaching startups, which is that founders are too narrow-minded when looking at the competition. On the basis of this misjudgement of the competitive situation, numerous subsequent failures […]

What is the best advice for first-time entrepreneurs?

Three thoughts I want to share with you… First: If you are not a founder yet. Don’t have too much respect for starting a company. Everybody can become an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurship is not a personality trait, it is a way of thinking, a method, a logic. You can learn it! Second: Fall in love with the problem, not the solution. If […]