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how we handle a Workcation / digital nomad policy as a startup
Three learnings from years of having a workcation and digital nomad policy in our startup:
4 hours ago3 min read


What does a Business developer actually do?
What does a business developer do? There are different opinions, I say biz devs are awesome, here's an overview.
Mar 76 min read


14 Sales Frameworks for Startups
I look at 14 sales frameworks startups use, with a special focus on the sales cycle length, because, cash flow.
Feb 286 min read


What to Do When Tariffs Rise? A Founder’s Perspective
Rising tariffs are all over the news at the moment, and while there are many implications we discussed how this shakes up our business.
Feb 25 min read


From Startup Hustle and getting rich to Agency with a scalable product
The ideal scenario? You bootstrap your business, grow it profitably, and sell it for lots of cash.
Nov 21, 20244 min read


How we fill and track our sales pipeline
Regardless whether you have small, local agency or you are building a scalable business - you need clients. Here is how we find them.
Aug 17, 20246 min read


How we breakdown KPI's from Investors to the Team
Aligning your KPIs with investor expectations shouldn't be a hassle. Here's how we do it.
Jul 13, 20245 min read


How we built a Venture Studio (without raising a fund)
In early 2022, I was asked to join a young project. In 2024, we had built up an investor group for investing along our venture studio...
Jun 29, 20244 min read


How we Scale our startup by focusing on our strengths - Outsourcing 101
In the early stages as a self starter, it often feels like you're wearing every hat: Outsourcing tasks is a skill worth learning though.
May 24, 20245 min read


How I Created a Sales Pipeline from scratch
TL:DR: Get a kanban board, put the prospects on the left, paying customers on the right. Add two three stages in between, done.
Apr 25, 20245 min read


You will Not fail your startup if you read this.
Building a business is hard. But maybe all you need is a reality check - not such crap like a paid course on how to make 100k in 10days.
Apr 14, 20245 min read


How we use marketing on our startup budget
Have you ever felt the rush of adrenaline when a marketing campaign takes off? Without budget, that is pretty hard. Time to get creative
Apr 8, 20244 min read


5 Learnings from failed startups
There are some interesting reasons why startups failed. And we can learn a thing or two from them.
Nov 19, 20234 min read


Three unhealthy habits that speed up your time until having a burnout
These are my diligently tested and tried strategies that speed up the time until a Burnout (TUB), particularly for self-starters.
Oct 25, 20234 min read


What is Active Listening?
Active listening means hearing what someone says while being fully present and attentive to what they say. Here's a tip how to improve it.
Feb 2, 20233 min read


I asked an AI: "What are the Leadership Traits for Entrepreneurs"?
The year is is 2022. Chat-GPT is all the rage. So I asked it what it would write about soft skills. I logged into a beta product of a...
Nov 26, 20226 min read


Entrepreneurship lessons from a lawn mowing business
If you want to create a company where you trade your time for money by working for someone, he gives good advice.
Jun 2, 20223 min read


Hustle lessons from better call saul
Jimmy works hard. Really hard. He represents that hustle culture.
And it felt motivational to see him keep pushing and pushing and pushing.
May 29, 20223 min read


Lessons in Entrepreneurship from Undercover Billionaire
It was really inspiring to see how these seasoned, big business trained people struggle and almost cry, and want to give up as well.
May 26, 20225 min read


The Definitive Book of Body Language - Book Review in 2 minutes
They cover what you might expect, with a surprisingly large portion focusing on the business perspective like territory, seatings ...
May 22, 20223 min read


zero to one - Book reviews in 2 minute
Entrepreneurship teaches you a lot of skills. One of the more prominent books is zero to one, and I do quite like it.
May 19, 20224 min read


Finding cofounders sucks. Lessons from a failed startup.
I just left a project I worked on for the past 4 months full time, because the team did not work out. This is a little retrospective.
Apr 8, 20227 min read


Servant leadership book review in 2 minutes
What exactly is servant leadership actually? Here's a two minute review of the key take aways.
Jul 4, 20212 min read


Dealing with Stage Fright - Interview with FIVIO
I sat together with firstviolinblog.com to talk about public speaking anxieties and stage fright. Here are 5 practical tips I gave them
Jun 25, 20214 min read