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“I am not a Crypto-guy”Ignorant me in 2017 Yes, I felt into the “I know, I don’t know” trap in 2017. A number of my friends shared with me as early as 2014 about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies but I was ignorant enough to call it “a tech scheme” back then. In retrospect, I had … Continue reading An Alternative Way to Investing: Crypto (Part 2)
A contrarian isn’t one who always objects - that’s a conformist of a different sort. A contrarian reasons independently from the ground up and resists pressure to conformNaval Ravikant Context: I grew up in a (relatively) conservative but socially liberal family with 4 siblings, living in a ‘bubble’ in the beautiful city of Salzburg/Austria, with … Continue reading Letter to an Optimistic Contrarian: Creating Wealth by BEING different
Most people with interest in Venture Capital and brand building have actively followed the Icarus story of We: Going from a $46b valuation to survival mode. There have been couple of good articles writing about the challenges of todays' startups - from brand building of artificial unicorns to what's currently wrong with the start up picture. … Continue reading The Hard Truth: Re-pricing of Tech Assets in SEA
Zaky is Co-Founder and CEO of bukalapak - one of Indonesia’s unicorn companies (=worth more than $1 billion dollars). Zaky and I, we have both attended the first Innovators-Retreat consisting of a delegation of entrepreneurs, innovators and high-tech people from South-East Asia and Austria. We were also on the same EurAsian Entrepreneurship panel at the … Continue reading “Be crazy” Interview with Zaky, bukalapak
Marco and I, we got to know each other through our co-investment in OkieLa in Vietnam. Apart from his day job (Global Partner of McKinsey and Managing Partner for Vietnam) he is also supporting start-ups in the region. In addition, he has co-founded the Mekong Business Challenge to promote Entrepreneurship. Marco is currently on a sabbatical … Continue reading “Passion & excitement in ideas” Interview with Marco Breu
Jonah and I, we have got to know each other through our co-investment in OkieLa in Vietnam. He has started the largest job-listing platform in Vietnam (VietnamWorks) which got acquired by en-Japan in 2015, and is now an angel investor and advisor to startups. He has become a family friend and I truly enjoy bouncing … Continue reading “One important bit of advice: just start” Interview with Jonah Levey
Ren and I, we know each other since our first CEO & Founder Dinner that we organised in Singapore in 2016. She is Co-Founder of MATTER Prints. She is passionate about business and design for social good - and you can truly feel her passion the moment you meet her. So please enjoy the interview … Continue reading “For me entrepreneurship means creation of value” Renyung Ho
“Who on earth still buys gold or silver” - this was the first reaction I got after I told a dozen people that I will shift a substantial amount of my cash assets into Gold in August 2018. Historically, Gold (& Silver) has been seen as a “safe haven” asset which does not generate income. … Continue reading My best investment in 2018: Gold
Nitin is Country Director for Vietnam, Cambodia & Laos at Google. We got to know each other through a common entrepreneur/investor friend. He has a vast amount of industry, digital & eCommerce experience so it is always great to catch-up once a quarter with him. Enjoy the interview below and learn from one of the … Continue reading “Know when to hold them, know when to fold them” Interview with Nitin Gajria, Google
Magnus and I, we know each other since our first CEO & Founder Dinner that we organised in Singapore in 2016. Back then he was CEO & Founder of Global Fashion Group (=mother company of Zalora) and he is now CEO & Founder of antler: the premier tech founder incubator in Asia. He is an … Continue reading “Getting something done is better than perfect” Interview with Magnus Grimeland, Antler
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