product management Exploring the Dark Cave of the Market: Finding Product Market Fit Exploring the Dark Cave of the Market: Finding Product Market Fit for Your Startup
entrepreneurship How market leaders disappear A few days ago, the WSJ published a new episode of Tech News Briefing titled How Mobile Chips Overtook Intel and I couldn't help but think that only a few
skills What 2-3 things are you really good at? An interesting conversation with over 370 comments as of writing this article has been going on over the past few days over at Hacker News. User tmatthe posted an article
trick How many piano tuners are there in Berlin? This is a Fermi estimation problem and it's easy. You have probably heard of similar questions (Google asked them in interviews!) and there is a simple lifehack to solve this
personal Things I didn't like in my 20s but crave for in my 30s I spent last weekend with a few good friends in nature where we rented an apartment to hike and explore the surroundings of Berlin. Most of us are now in
marketplace Apple's house rules The debate between Hey.com and Apple has definitely dominated tech Twitter this week. In short: Hey.com released a new email client for web, Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, and
messaging How is Telegram going to keep its promise to stay independent and keep its user data secure? On 12th May 2020, Telegram's founder Pavel Durov posted on Telegraph the following announcement (excerpt): For the last 2,5 years some of our best engineers have been working on
news The joy of building your own newsfeed It's probably no surprise to most that algorithms define what we see and what we not see when it comes to news. After all, that's how the constant stream of
entrepreneurship How to come up with ideas for your next business The other day I sat down with a friend for lunch and he said after working for five years at Facebook, he is finally ready to start his own business.
digital identity Your SIM card is your identity I remember the time many years ago when I would get a new phone along with a new SIM card. One of the most important things I did right after
side project My takeaways from 'After Work Mate' and what they mean for the project #5 The last article focused on the upcoming offline event After Work Mate which happened in Berlin on Wednesday, 15th August! It was finally time to talk to people in the
side project Coming up: The first 'Mate Mate Mate' event in Berlin and some more promotion #4 The last article was all about attracting more users to join Mate Mate Mate and to get the word out there. For me, it turned that the best strategy is
side project A strategy to attract more users to 'Mate Mate Mate' and what I did to improve the workflow #3 In the last article I gave more insights into how the semi-automated workflow is designed from signup to matching three mates with similar interests (which is actually done by myself
side project Creating a landing page without coding and a new branding for the project #2 In the first article I kicked off the 'Coffee Circle' side project and gave you a bit more context about the idea and what happened so far. The idea for
entrepreneurship The kick-off for my side project #1 Not a long time ago I moved (again) to Berlin after working on oratio and ChatbotConf for the past three years. It took me some time to get settled as
oratio Ending oratio Today, I'm turning 30 and I would like to share with you my journey of ending oratio over the last couple of months. As some of you already know, my
startups After two years in, this is what I learned from organizing ChatbotConf, an international tech conference Just recently in October 2017, we hosted the second edition of ChatbotConf in Vienna. We, that is oratio, a platform for business-to-consumer communication on top of messengers. Organizing tech conferences
africa East Africa through Western eyes: startups & entrepreneurship Every country has its own entrepreneurial spirit. While many trends and best practices such as the Lean Startup model are considered as common knowledge, their execution varies between countries, cultures
africa East Africa through Western eyes: society & technology About a week ago I embarked on a personal mission to better understand the East African tech and startup scene respectively. My goal was to talk to as many local
africa Discovering digital Africa Over the last years working on oratio and several other projects I started to become increasingly interested in digitally emerging markets such as South America, Eastern Europe, South East Asia
movies 🎥 Adam Curtis – HyperNormalisation Yesterday I discovered a documentary that is worth watching if you have a couple of hours available. In its full length of about 2h 40m, Adam Curties explains how in
startups The definitive list auf VCs in Austria Pretty much every time I talk to other founders in Austria, the question about Austria's investors pops up pretty quickly and I repeatedly hear things like It's extra harder to
