Question: how can we effectively drive deregulation? And effective in the sense of "2 for 1" or similar ideas, meaning: every new regulation may only come into force if two old ones are abolished beforehand. Or do we simply have to accept that we live in a system that is becoming increasingly unmanageable?
Read more
$5,56 per hour - is that even ethical?Currently I need someone to help me with a very simple task. So simple that it would be very easy to write a bot to do it, but it's not worth writing the bot because the task will be finished so fast.As always with these types of tasks I head over to Upwork.Quickly write the task description, post the job and log off into the weekend.Monday morning: 85 people have applied for the task!Hourly pay ranging all the way from $3 to $45. From people all over the wo
Read more
Finally an argument between Paul and me: Paul seriously thinks entrepreneurship can be standardized, that especially the early phase of a venture is "just craftsmanship". As a Co-Preneur I of course see it differently: experience shows that every (corporate) startup is different. Some aspects are repeatable, but the devil is in the details and without a dash of entrepreneurship, grit and a good helping of creativity you won't get things done. That's why I also (no longer) believe in St
Read more
Metaverse is dead, long live the Metaverse.What most non-gamers who want to build a Metaverse don't get is: you have to build an engaging game first, THEN the user interface (like VR goggles) to make it fully emergable.Star Citizen is an example for this kind of game (World of Warcraft, which just turned 19 years old, is another).Look at this game trailer which is a 25 minutes one-shot. No loading screens. Fully explorable galaxies from the deepest caves to the furthest stars.This is not a game,
Read more
The startup studio model is difficult because a startup studios main task is to find "founders without an idea" and "ideas" and combine the two. Only then the studio can justify taking a larger share of the new company.And taking a larger share is necessary for the startup studio economy to work out at all."Founders with an idea" don't need startup studios. They can just go with normal VC for their first round.
Read more
Christmas is getting closer - that time of year where you may again fix all your parents' computer problems.Not this year.OpenAI released GPTs. One of the first I couldn't help but notice: "Tech Support Advisor" which does what it says it does. Pretty impressive.Have a great holiday! ;)
Read more
I don't make money to keep it.My life goal is to build a place or institution that teaches young humans creativity, courage and entrepreneurship.I was fortunate enough to have learned these things from my parents and grand-parents, some good teachers and most of all:being at the right place at the right time: the late 90s, early 2000s when the internet started exploding and I got access to so much knowledge and communities I could never have dreamed of - all from my desk in a small village near
Read more
"Fuck it and ship it!" vs. Attention to detail? Surprisingly, we find: both can make sense, even if that's a rather contrarian take in the world of innovation. In episode 3 we also discuss DriveNow, Car2Go and ShareNow as an example of successful corporate innovation that perhaps should have been buried much earlier. Find us on Spotify: https://lnkd.in/efBBEWg3
Read more
I've never been booed like that. And it was even foreseeable that this would happen, but the unanimity of the audience still surprised me. Recently I went to see Florian Schröder, the cabaret artist. He asked the audience to write on a slip of paper during the intermission who they saw as the Messiah and why. For lack of better ideas I wrote "Elon Musk" and "because he has big visions for humanity". After the break these slips were read aloud by him. Florian Schröder set the tempo:
Read more
... because one of our company vehicles was subsidized by BAFA. First panic: ah, they're reclaiming the subsidy. Then: relief: I was asked to generate visibility for the "NextGenerationEU" program, ;) I'm happy to do that because I am #borneuropean. I consider the European Union one of the most important Achievements of the European people, especially when you look at how, over centuries, even millennia, wars in Europe have been fought in increasingly larger organizational un
Read more
"I need to get worked up for a moment: what a load of rubbish!" That was Paul Wesendonk in our latest (and second!) episode of "Pippo & Paul debate all things innovation" about Desirability, Feasibility and Viability: a well-known framework in innovation management. We also talk about Nespresso, a major innovation from Nestlé that was 30 years in development before its big breakthrough. Which successful corporate innovation should we discuss next? And
Read more
I'm an X heavy user and unfortuneately I have to agree. And I don't know how that can be fixed. How an algorithm can be built that rewards quality content instead of engaging content. And if that's even something the platform wants.
Read more
Most innovation processes I see at clients are designed to make life hard for slackers. The problem? They annoy the fuck out of your best people tooBig Co’s are inherently risk averse.Sometimes from C-level down to the office clerks, sometimes only the middle management, sometimes only the lowest levels - risk aversion everywhere.Yes, it’s partly good that big co’s are risk averse. That’s what makes them stable.But innovation and risk aversion don’t go well hand in hand.What’s the result? Innova
Read more
This can’t possibly be sustainable. What’s your favorite meat alternative?Mine’s egg plant.
Read more
No matter how fucked up a job is, you can still have a great culture. And vice versa.At the post office: normally, people with a grumpy face handling packages. The faster I’m back out again, the better.But not so at this privately owned post office in the city: people are friendly, having a laugh with each other, joking with the customers.What’s different? The job is the same after all.Somehow those employees managed to get their mindset on a positive trajectory.On the other hand: in the last fe
Read more
In 2030 we will all have a Neuralink chip implemented into our brain.It knows you.It hears you.It sees you.It helps you.It customizes to you.It interacts with you.It heals you.It transports you. (optional autonomous vehicle service required if you actually want to go to a real place instead of some place virtually).It assists you.It inspires you.It smells you (optional equipment required).It feels you (optional equipment required).It exercises with you (optional equipment required for many exerc
Read more
Ideal conditions to create a fantastic future! With Partners in Clime we help build the next generation of Green Tech companies, and with Reruption GmbH we help today's companies master the transformation.
Read more
Why Would Linkedin Allow Me To Even Draft Posts With Ai
Read more
If you really think about it, everybody should stop driving fuel-based cars IMMEDIATELY.It's an absolute insane waste of resources that we only afford because raw oil is cheaper than Coca Cola.When do you switch over?
Read more
"We have the brand heritage!"That's VWs CEO Oliver Blume about why he is not worried about the electric vehicle competition.Quick check if that's a valid statement: would you rather buy an EV for 43.000€ that's better in every aspect or an AUDI with an interior from the 90s?
Read more