As we embarked on this exciting journey last year to launch a very specialized 5G startup accelerator program here in Cologne/Bonn, Germany; little did we know that we will be hit by a pandemic which would dramatically impact all our planning and execution. COVID-19 changed the world for all of us in more than one way and we had…
Young entrepreneurs often tend to imagine how great their product or service will be on the market and even bring change to people’s behavior. Often, they even fail to bring their product on the market. Many times, the problem begins with the same: The “problem” that the business tries solving. Advice #1: Don’t come up…
It doesn’t matter how brilliant your business idea is, without the perfect pitch it’s unlikely you’ll win investment. Your pitch is critical to getting you into a room with investors who are sufficiently intrigued to hear your full business plan. So, putting together the perfect pitch requires the right strategy and carefully crafted messaging that…
There are tons of articles out there talking about how to design a pitchdeck for investors. I want to share a structured way of creating your pitchdeck from the perspective of investors. One mistake I have seen many founders make is that they use one deck for sending to investors and also the same while…
In this interview we talk to the investor and founder Parul Madan, who is the co-founder of the entrepreneur network DueDash. Parul can look back at more than 11 years as an employee in well-known companies (Ericson, Unitymedia (now part of Vodafone Germany)). The jobs brought her from India to Germany and the US. After some…
A startup’s success depends on many factors, of which the idea itself is just a minor part. In the end, the idea is just the starting point from which great business may flourish. But then the question remains: What is it that makes businesses so successful? Investors bet on the jockey, not the horse If…
If you’ve attended one of my Fundraising Strategy Sessions, then you know I talk about your chances of raising investment. And you’ll also know I advocate an Expression of Interest form (EOI) as one of your five key pitch assets to support you in your fundraising journey. Here’s why: VC, Speedinvest, recently released data that…
In Köln und Umgebung lässt es sich gut leben, feiern und gründen. Auch in den vergangenen Wochen sind wieder einige spannende neue Startups in Köln entstanden. Einige sehr junge Startups davon stellen wie an dieser Stelle einmal vor. Das junge Kölner Unternehmen DueDash bringt Gründer und Experten aus aller Welt auf einer Plattform zusammen. Gegründet wurde das Startup von Markus Buck,…
Let’s start by defining a startup.As we say this word the definition takes many forms. There are no set rules, there is no magic wand, there is no secret recipe nor are there any scientific approaches and there are thousands of books and mentors out there to address this topic.Startups are anything but traditional businesses…
Das junge Unternehmen DueDash bringt Gründer und Experten aus aller Welt zusammen. Das Motto dabei lautet “Making Startups Investable”. Konkret es somit um Unterstützung sein Geschäft aufzubauen und Investmentgelder zu erhalten. Auf der Website leist sich dies wie folgt: “We bring together founders and experts from the global startup ecosystem to educate on startup and…
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