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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, 4 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, 4 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, 5 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, 5 years ago October 4, 2018
Entrepreneurship

Why S-Curves Are Probably the Most Important Concept in Entrepreneurship

The world of entrepreneurship is full of buzzwords. We all want to found the next disruptive game-changing hot startup, leveraging our first-mover advantage in deep tech by thinking outside the box, just before pivoting (in an agile way!) after our Read more…

By Andreas Goeldi, 5 years ago September 20, 2018
Entrepreneurship

Print Money Like Mark Zuckerberg: Understanding Platform Economics

Apologies for the slightly clickbait-y title. But it’s true: Everybody wants to build a platform – the term has become inflationary in startup and innovation circles. That’s understandable because successful platforms are amongst the most profitable and most rapidly growing businesses Read more…

By Andreas Goeldi, 5 years ago September 14, 2018
Entrepreneurship

10 Years Is A Long Time: The Difficulty of Predicting Interesting Markets for Startups

Entrepreneurs and startup investors make bets on the future. That’s the nature of building startups. In order to do that well, you need to make correct predictions about which markets (and specific startup ideas) are going to be successful. It’s Read more…

By Andreas Goeldi, 5 years ago September 6, 2018
Entrepreneurship

Out-Speeding Your Competition: What Startups Can Learn from a Legendary Fighter Pilot

One of the worst mistakes a startup can make, particularly at its earliest stage, is to obsess too much about competition. A lot of wise people, including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, rightfully suggest that you should focus most of your Read more…

By Andreas Goeldi, 5 years ago August 30, 2018
Industry analysis

Is the Current Generation of VR Already Dead?

Virtual Reality seems to instill an unhealthy fascination on the technology industry: Every few years since the 1970s, a new generation of VR technology comes along. There’s always a lot of hype and excitement, but after a few years the Read more…

By Andreas Goeldi, 5 years ago August 28, 2018
Entrepreneurship

The Hardest Thing in Startup Strategy: Finding the Right Shiny Object for Each Audience

«How are you different?» — It’s probably the question startup founders hear most frequently. Customers, investors, employees, journalists – they all want to know why they should care about your startup in particular out of the countless other ones out Read more…

By Andreas Goeldi, 5 years ago August 21, 2018

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