It makes sense to… ⁃ start your day with a smile, ⁃ meditate, ⁃ learn, ⁃ exercise, ⁃ drink water, coffee and a glass of wine, ⁃ eat less, ⁃ communicate in a non-violent way ⁃ scrutinize rules, ⁃ be creative, ⁃ help, ⁃ listen, and ⁃ make love.
A Refined New Year’s Resolution
2019 was a year without a New Year’s resolution for me. I cannot tell whether that made any difference , for good or bad. However, I was inclined to give it a try for 2020 — which, at least, marks a new decade. The best thing about my actual resolution is that although I had no recollection of the 2016 one, it’s a refinement of it. In 2016, i wanted to cut out negativeity, in general. This time, I promise
December 23, 2019
Now’s The Time
There are lots of recommendations when to start a business. Mostly, we are advised to start-up when times are good and we can afford to invest some time and money in building our own self-employed careers. Since I’ve discussed that several times over the last weeks, and , as so often, my view does not fit into the prevailing view, here are my 2 cents: The best time to start something on
November 28, 2019
The Lull Before The Digital Storm
We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run”, the old adage by Roy Amara, was more than obvious during Diffusion 2019, a 400+ developers hackathon that took place in Berlin from 18–20 OCT 2019. Convergence, the coalescence of today‘s hottest technologies, AI and Blockchain, was the theme of two days full of workshops, talks, and, of course, hacking. The
October 25, 2019
Work With People Smarter Than You!
Asked about his recipe for success in business, Richard Branson once said he hired people better than himself, have them embrace his vision and let them work on it by themselves. At a significantly smaller scale of success, I have applied his recipe since. And for our companies Datarella, Baltic Data Science and the newborn RAAY RE this has worked out perfectly. What holds true for employees, is true for business partners,
October 16, 2019
Solving Global Challenges 1: Accepting Complexity
If the blind spot of today‘s economic, social and environmental management can be reduced to one single word, it is consciousness. Highly specialized actors in different domains focus on optimizing their respective fields of interest, neglecting interdependencies and not comprising reality as a whole but rather as many independent realities. Bridging the gap between different disciplines through cross-sectoral coöperation and collaboration is one of today’s most important scientific, political, economic and
October 6, 2019
Have Conversations!
Yesterday, I had to spend several hours on trains moving across Germany. Being an experienced entrepreneur, I obviously had prepared myself perfectly and lots of work to be done. When I arrived back home yesterday night, I had done almost nothing of it — and yet, I felt great. Most of the time during the outward run I spent communicating about a potential new venture. Not planned at all, but I have a weakness for re-prioritizing everything as soon
September 5, 2019
Synchronizing Foundational Blockchain With Satellite Technology
Wow. My colleague Rebecca has done a tremendous job! She leads the Datarella team that came up with this first milestone for our Track & Trust project with the European Space Agency ESA. Together with ESA, we want to find out how satellite data can be used to facilitate last mile tracking of supply chains in remote areas. Often, aid delivery can be tracked until the goods reach an interim storage facility
August 19, 2019
Banking The Unbanked Internet of Things IoT
Banking the Unbanked always refers to human beings and their enablement to participate in the global financial system by providing them with bank accounts. In this post, I argue for banking unbanked devices, i.e. machines, that are connected through the internet — the Internet of Things IoT. Globalization has made our world a smaller place: through the internet we know everything what happens somewhere within minutes, through air travel we can personally
August 4, 2019
Disrupting Real Estate
On 1 August, we announced our new joint venture RAAY RE we have founded together with our partners Hammer AG and Wertgrund AG. RAAY RE, which stands for RAAY Real Estate, is our first vertical within the RAAY Operating System family. RRE offers blockchain-based products and services to the real estate industry. The real estate industry has been booming for more than 10 years and most players within the industry have
August 2, 2019