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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, and the experience has been quite eye-opening. When you interact Read more…

By Andreas Goeldi, 3 years ago December 10, 2019

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 well-known that that’s difficult, but how hard is it really? Read more…

By Andreas Goeldi, 5 years ago September 6, 2018