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NFTs and Artificial Scarcity

Here’s why I’m skeptical about NFTs (non-fungible tokens) and don’t believe they will be relevant in the long run — at least not in today’s form: They are a pure form of artificial scarcity. The only purpose of artificial scarcity Read more…

By Andreas Goeldi, 6 months ago December 25, 2021
General

A Radically Decentralized Future? The Long-Term Influence of Digital Media

When I was a kid, maybe 9 or 10 years old, I was fascinated by media. I decided to try my hand at it and started producing a family newspaper — with investigative reporting on what the house cats were Read more…

By Andreas Goeldi, 6 months ago December 23, 2021
Entrepreneurship

What Is Your Professional Tribe? And Why Does it Matter?

Humans are a tribal species. We evolved in small bands of hunters and gatherers. Close collaboration within your group and scepticism towards any outsiders was a precondition for survival. Later, humans organized in larger groups called tribes, which had more Read more…

By Andreas Goeldi, 12 months ago July 4, 2021
Entrepreneurship

Is Work-Life Balance for Entrepreneurs a Myth? Four Brutal Truths

Being an entrepreneur, particularly a founder of a fast growing tech startup, is obviously a hard job. Anybody who chooses this career is probably aware that it comes with long hours, many ups and downs and plenty of challenging situations. Read more…

By Andreas Goeldi, 1 year ago June 26, 2021
Entrepreneurship

Does your company have a textual or oral culture?

“Culture eats strategy for breakfast” — Peter Drucker’s famous quote summarizes well how important a strong culture is for any company’s success. Particularly tech startups have gone to great lengths in consciously shaping their culture and even exposing their cultural Read more…

By Andreas Goeldi, 1 year ago June 5, 2021
Gadgets

The User Interfaces That Surround Us

I often get a bit annoyed at my computer’s user interface. Why, after all these years, are we still interacting with our computers with a primitive keyboard, a simplistic pointing device and a flat glowing rectangle of a 2D screen Read more…

By Andreas Goeldi, 1 year ago May 29, 2021
Money
Entrepreneurship

What I Didn’t Understand About VCs When I Still Was a Founder

A year ago I became a venture capitalist after 23 years as a startup founder and early-stage startup executive. At the beginning of 2019 I joined btov Partners, one of Europe’s most established VC firms, as a full-time investing partner, Read more…

By Andreas Goeldi, 3 years ago December 10, 2019
Entrepreneurship

22 Things I Learned as a Tech Entrepreneur (The Hard Way)

At the beginning of this year, I switched to the other side of the table. I was an entrepreneur for almost 24 years, and I recently took on a new role as a partner at btov, a European VC firm. Read more…

By Andreas Goeldi, 3 years ago April 26, 2019
Entrepreneurship

Words from the Wise: How Startups Can Get the Most Out of Their Advisors

Go to any early-stage startup website, and you’ll likely find a page proudly listing advisors, probably half a dozen or more. Advisors are mentioned in most funding pitches and sometimes even in sales presentations. Having a strong group of well-known Read more…

By Andreas Goeldi, 4 years ago November 2, 2018
Entrepreneurship

How Important Are Long Work Hours at Startups?

Tech startups are not exactly known as bastions of sane work-life balance. Startup jobs have a reputation of requiring very long work hours, and many role models elevate this picture: Elon Musk supposedly works 120 hours a week. Twitter and Read more…

By Andreas Goeldi, 4 years ago October 4, 2018

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