Blog & Articles

Recently I was interviewed as part of a Forbes article about the hurdles founders face while fundraising.

I was writing a little piece on how to build a great brand for your startup for my friends over at OpenVC.

In this interview I shared some insights on how I ended up building Magic Design and some of the lessons from year 1 of the business.

Interview with Robin Vander Heyden (Founder of ManyRequests) on how we started and grew Magic Design into a $1M ARR business in 12 months.

Last Money In is an amazing newsletter run by Alex Pattis & Zachary Ginsburg. Recently I was invited to talk about all things Internet Holding, Investing and EU VC scene.

In this episode of the Digitaleconomics Podcast I shared a lot of insights about how we think about the operating model of Wizard Ventures - our internet holding company and why we think it's a good idea.

Just had the opportunity to interview Marc Penkala from āltitude on "Democratizing informal networks for early deal access".

I think Africa is one of the most interesting markets for investors right now - and I just had the pleasure of giving some insights to Business Insider Deutschland (Gruenderszene). The article is in German.

How can you level up your design game in 2023? Inc Magazine just asked me this question, as we at Magic Design are helping startups & SMBs with that daily.

Excited to be featured as one of the top 20 thought leaders in the data-driven VC space.

I was just invited to the Startup Scout podcast to talk all things Pitch Deck - 1h of content starting with the slides to include to the general stoytelling.

[Podcast is in German] I was just invited to the "Purpose is the Pitch" podcast by Dr. Konstantin Schimert. It was a real deep dive into my current ventures, my childhood days, and the hard lessons of being an entrepreneur.

I recently wrote a guest article about the VC tech stack in 2023 for the German Venture Capital Magazin.

On the VC10x podcast, I talked about why not every company should raise VC Money, and what expectations come with it. The podcast is available as video & audio on all streaming platforms.

Just recently I was invited as a guest on Samuel Hartmanns Podcast "Never employed". We mainly talked about current state of venture and what startups should focus on.

DAY ONE released a list of entrepreneurs to watch in 2023, that I was featured in.

My good friends from EU.VC asked me to share some lessons on my Notion Angel Investment Operating System and what you can do to optimize your angel investing.

Paralect invited me to host a webinar on the current state of the venture industry and the challenges that come out of it for founders & investors.

I had the pleasure to contribute to Steve Distantes new book Pitchology. In our discussion we are talking about the fundraising process and what my key learnings are.

Earlier this summer, I was a guest on Odin's podcast and talked about Bootstrapping vs. Venture Funding.

Just had the opportunity to interview @WizLikeWizard from @spacecadet & @jsessenhausen from @CuspCapital on "How to craft the perfect pitch deck for your fund".

As a collab between VCStack.io and Dropbox DocSend, I talked to Paige Finn Doherty (@paigefinnn) about what it takes to raise a first-time fund.

Early August I was a guest on OpenVCs pitch deck roast and had the chance to give feedback on 5 pitch decks.

Rejection is a huge part of fundraising. In this founder lesson I share the lessons that I took from it.

As part of Dropbox Docsend's "Perfect Pitch" video series, I created a video & blog article on how to build a great LP deck.

Little guest article for my friends @ Landscape about pitch decks.

In this panel @ Tech.eu Summit 2022 in Brussels we talked about the future of fundraising.

In this webinar I teamed up with Global Shares to go through each stage of the startup roadmap and share my tips on what you need to know to help you get it right.

In this interview I am talking about how I acquired BaseTemplates and grew it to 5-figures monthly revenue.

An interview I did with Docsend about what the emerging manager's tool stack looks like these days.

I did an interview for my good friends over @bitsfordigits about how I ended up doing the stuff I am doing—talking about acquisitions, startup growth, and dividing my time.

I just released another article for @EntrepreneurOrg on @Inc that covers some of the most common questions you will get from investors in the fundraising process.

To finish up 2021 I wrote an article for my friends over at Vauban about what it takes to raise a round in 2022.

This is the recording of my keynote @ edventure EMERGE - the #1 entrepreneurship e-conference for students and researchers.

As a proud member of EO it was a pleasure to share some of my pitch deck secrets on their blog.

There are tons of companies that help founders raise money for their startup. I recently created a graphic overview of all players, that was featured on Hackernoon.

This is an article I wrote for FounderResources.io with some lessons on Startup Fundraising.

I was a guest on the Buy & Build podcast and had the opportunity to talk about my journey as an entrepreneur and maker with a focus on what I have learned during my product hunt launches.

Indiehackers published an interview of mine about the growth tactics for BaseTemplates.

I wrote an article for ProductHunt in which I share tips for helping founders raise money, from how to prepare and practice pitching to dealing with rejection.

The German startup magazine "startingup" asked me to write an article about how to build a pitch deck, that impresses investors. And that's what I did. (Note: Article is in German)

Investors are known for bombarding founders with questions, but you should be the one asking the questions.

A pitch deck is something you will definitely need if you are thinking about getting an investor on board. In this video, I am talking about which slides you need to be successful.

I recently wrote about the critical factors that separate those who fundraise successfully and those who don't.

During my time at StudyHelp I always tried to find ways to put the customer first. I was invited some time ago to talk about this experience in the Retain podcast. The podcast speech is German!

Building a pitch deck to convince investors? These tips will take your pitch to the next level.