Good news: It is not always the people who start out the smartest who end up the smartest – from a Alfred Binet’s study on 1911. It is also valid for companies. Hard work and commitment can change everything! So, make a plan and do it!
“Failure has been transformed from an action (I fail) to an identity (I am a failure)” – from an Amy Waldman’s article on The New York Times in 1999. Unfortunately, it is still like this, especially in Europe. Failing is a way for learning,...
“Now when I consider investing in a start-up, I study the founding teams. Technical abilities and complementary skill sets matter, but how well the founders know each other and how well they work together matter just as much.” – Peter Thiel, co-founder of...
All Big Four (Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC) are more and more involved in the start-up ecosystem. A quick look at their websites shows that Deloitte is working on a matchmaking service for start-ups and established companies; EY is working on several incubation centres...
Corporate Angel Network (CAN) is a name I came up with to identify a new type of entity that is currently missing in the financing start-up cycle and that could play a very important role in the scale-up phase of the companies. As we know, there is a huge finance gap...
