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Nov 214 min read

from startup Hustle and get rich to Agency with a scalable product

The ideal scenario? You bootstrap your business, grow it profitably, and sell it for lots of cash.

Aug 176 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.

Jul 135 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.

Jun 294 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...

May 245 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.

Apr 255 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 145 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 84 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

Nov 19, 20234 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.

Oct 25, 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.

Feb 2, 20233 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.

Nov 26, 20226 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...

Jun 2, 20223 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.

May 29, 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 26, 20225 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 22, 20223 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 19, 20224 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.

Apr 8, 20227 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.

Jul 4, 20212 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.

Jun 25, 20214 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

May 2, 20214 min read

Dealing with Audio only remote meetings

Live audio meetings have been pretty normal for quite a while in tech. Here are some tips to make them better. Here are four-ish tips.

Apr 25, 20215 min read

Skills I wish I knew were important before starting my own SaaS Startup

A few skills make it easier to start development as a non technical founder. Here is some things I learned

Mar 21, 20219 min read

Public Speaking Powermoves - The Pause

let's talk about a public speaking powermove: The Pause. Pauses are powerful. Here is how to use them.

Mar 18, 20213 min read

Scaling Leadership - Book Review in 2 minutes

What kind of leadership would enable the organisation to thrive in its current marketplace and into the future?