The title reflects my most important life lesson of 2018: I gave up and moved from two personally important projects I pursued for the last 6 years. Back in 2012, … Continue reading “”

Der Prozess, Ihre Gedanken zu Papier zu bringen, ist nützlich, da er Ihre Gedanken kristallisiert und es Ihrem Unterbewusstsein ermöglichen kann, in den Tagen, Wochen und Monaten nach Ihrer E-Mail … „Ein Rahmen, um wichtige Entscheidungen zu treffen: Schritt 2/4“ weiterlesen

Im Leben scheint es einen ziemlich klaren Standardweg zu geben, was die gesellschaftlichen, elterlichen und persönlichen Erwartungen angeht: studieren, arbeiten, heiraten, Kinder bekommen. Zusätzlich zum allgemeinen Standardpfad gibt es für … „Ein Rahmen, um wichtige Entscheidungen zu treffen: Schritt 1/4“ weiterlesen

All my recommendations from last year’s 2017 Holiday Gadget Gift Guide still hold, so if you are in the market for a notebook, TV, headset or Webcam just refer to … Continue reading “”

I had the pleasure of running into Alejandro Cremades at the latest Founders Forum in New York. As luck would have it, he had prepared the angel investor ranking for … Continue reading “”

I had the pleasure of chatting with Meb Faber, co-founder and the Chief Investment Officer of Cambria Investment Management. He normally covers public market investing which led to a fun … Continue reading “”

I received numerous requests for book recommendations in the last few weeks. The rise in the mercury clearly correlates with an increase in reading under umbrellas on the beach. Here … Continue reading “”

Zu meinem großen Bedauern ist mein geliebter Bagheera vor einem Jahr verstorben. Ich wollte diese Hommage an all die Liebe und das Glück teilen, die sie in mein Leben gebracht … „Ode an Bagheera“ weiterlesen

They counted publicly recorded investments and exits to make their ranking. Admittedly they are not the best metrics. Number of investments only shows how prolific I am, not how good … Continue reading “”

I had the pleasure of being invited to be the closing keynote speaker at the Global Online Marketplaces Summit in Miami. I presented how FJ Labs evaluates marketplaces we invest … Continue reading “”

FJ Labs just had its best exit ever with Zynga’s acquisition of Gram Games for $250 million, yielding a 75x multiple in cash upfront, not including escrow and earnout payments … Continue reading “”

I had the pleasure of chatting with Matthieu Stefani about my origin story as a young Sheldon Cooper 🙂 iOS users should download episode 32 in the app store.

We covered everything and anything: autonomous cars, crypto, hot trends, failures and much more!