Alexander Peiniger

𝐀𝐚𝐭𝐮 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐬: "𝐀𝐭 𝟐𝟑, 𝐈 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐓𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐬. 𝐒𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐈 𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦." My guest for the next episode of the Venture Growth With Leon Eisen Podcast is Aatu Erik Horus, Aatu is a famous producer of AI-powered media solutions in Europe, US, and Asia and a managing director of the Industry Rockstar Films. His extensive global experience over the past decade includes collaborations with renowned personal brands such as Les Brown and Tony Robbins. Aatu has a proven track record in producing impactful brand films and crafting AI platforms that transform B2B sales and marketing strategies. With fluency in English, Mandarin Chinese, Thai, Finnish, and Nepali, Aatu bridges cultural divides, ensuring his team's work resonates globally. Operating across Nepal, Thailand, Venezuela, and Finland, with Bangkok as its hub, Aatu excels in creating immersive, educational, and audiovisual experiences that merge cultures and break down international barriers in media. Aatu helps businesses to create awe-inspiring experiences that immerse people into your company's brands and culture. 👉 Key takeaways: "I don't think you really understand any culture truly before you understand at least somewhat their language. Through languages, I got cultural understanding and through cultural understanding, you see how the world works." "It proves that any dream if you think about it and want it, you can realize it. You can create your future by yourself by dreaming about it." "AI drastically influenced my business; every step of the process of commercial production now includes AI. It makes things faster and allows you to focus more on the creative aspect instead of manual technical work." "We build platforms and apps for public speakers and educators, making them AI-powered to serve their audience better." "Instead of just watching videos in a course, our interactive online courses involve the user's input, making the learning process more engaging and delivering tangible results." "I don't believe in convincing clients. Not everybody needs what I offer. If somebody comes to me with a problem, I assess if it's a problem I can help them with." "The perception that the public has about you before they get in front of you matters greatly for selling high-ticket products. Branding is often underestimated but crucial." "Market your personal brand, not a corporate brand. Be yourself, talk about your weaknesses sometimes, and be honest. People can detect fakeness from miles away." ♻ Repost it to help others. You can watch the full episode by clicking on the link in the comments 👇 #filming #marketing #producing #courses #video #brand #leonesien

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The idea or the team? There has long been a debate about what is more important: the idea or the team? For me, it's undoubtedly the team! A strong team can overcome any challenges and find the right product and model that will work. We in Mento vc have a checklist where we score each point (from 0 to 5). There is no rule on how many points need to be scored. It’s more for us to ensure we don't forget to look at certain aspects. 1. Founders' experience. Have they built a business before, and to what scale. 2. Industry experience. Do they have experience specifically in the field where they are developing the project. 3. Intelligibility. This is our subjective criterion and can't be quantified 🙂 4. Personality (Match). How well do we fit together? We invest with a horizon of 3-4 years (minimum), which means a long-term partnership. If things don’t click now, it will be difficult moving forward. 5. Team. Who is already on board and what is their background? 6. Location. Where are the team and the founders based. Are the founders located in the primary market for their project. Have you ever analyzed your own or someone else's project from the perspective of the team? Share your thoughts in the comments 👇

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Here my first article on Medium to support as business Angel investor the StonePay soft launch. I invite you to read it and join this community. #startup #investment #businessangel

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(Open source) software is eating the world. Open + Free + Commercially Sustainable = Paradox? At Serena, we wanted to understand better the relation between Open Source values and commercial success - which is key for entrepreneurs, customers, VCs and, more importantly, projects' sustainability. So, being data-driven as we are, Matthieu Lavergne put together our first Commercial Open Source Report - together with the Serena team and with the help of awesome contributors such as JB Onofré from the Apache Software foundation, open-source entrepreneurs such as OpsMill's Damien Garros, Kotzilla's Arnaud GIULIANI and Miguel Valdes Faura, IT-law expert Gilles Rouvier and of course our very own Bertrand Diard who co-founded open-source and Nasdaq-listed Talend. There's a ton of insights in there that hopefully will help navigate, benchmark and understand COSS. Some takeaways that I find exciting: - VC funding of COSS has steadily been growing. - US unsurprisingly dominates VC-funding of COSS but Europe is on the rise. But there's also a lot to learn when looking at software categories, correlation between funding and success metrics, impact of the license models, relationship with foundations, etc... It's free and accessible here: https://lnkd.in/d5uBvjAU

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Having an idea for a product is easy. Making a successful business out of it isn’t. 70% of startup tech companies fail after around 20 months after their first financing round. But, is failing that bad? Well, it depends on who you’re asking.  Startup success doesn't depend only on your idea, funding, or business model. It also depends on the region where you want to start it. For that, you have to understand the pros and cons of the two most attractive entrepreneurial continents: https://lnkd.in/d74Hr8Kq Read more about Catalin Briciu's take on the main differences between European and American startups. Are you part of an American start-up or do you have an idea that needs to be validated? Drop us a line at contact@linnify.com. Let’s build your product. What other differences have you spotted? #StartupSuccess #ProductValidation #USA #EU

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Learn from OpenAI’s playbook: Prioritizing key projects and empowering a mission-oriented team are essential for startups aiming to make a significant impact 👇 ➡ 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗲: Sam Altman, CEO at OpenAI and Brad Lightcap, COO at OpenAI 🔌 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗿: Harry Stebbings, Founder at 20VC ✏ “20VC: OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Brad Lightcap on The Future of Foundation Models” ⭐ 𝗙𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗜 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲: "There are two strategies to build on AI right now: [...] (1) to assume the model is not going to get better and then you kind of build all these little things on top of it; [...] (2) to build assuming that OpenAI is going to stay on the same rate of trajectory and the models are going to keep getting better at the same pace." ⭐ 𝗙𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀: "At any given point in a company's life, there's only one to three things that really matter. And that spills over into how we run the team because [...] if we can align on what those things are, [...] then it helps me to translate down to the teams that I'm building." ⭐ 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗜 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆: "I think people criminally underrate how important it is and how much return you really get on just giving people access to the technology. [...] Someone who used to spend two days doing something now spends two minutes doing it and is freed up to do 85 other things in their daily life." ⭐ 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆'𝘀 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: "I watched what has happened to other tech companies when they just become the place you want to work because it's a good resume item. [...] I think companies that lose their mission orientation and get taken over by mercenaries usually come to regret that." ⭐ 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘂𝗻𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀: "Find a way to make sure that there's this very flat and even playing field when it comes to how you look to the team for perspective, decision-making, judgment, and creativity." ───── 👉 Follow me, Alexander Small, for tactics and strategies for building startups from industry-leading Founders, Operators and Investors

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Europe's tech market has some catching up to do. #eu #techmarket #technology #techcompanies #marketvalue #financing #growthcapital #scaleups #commercialisation

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Imagine a world where you can manage your finances anytime and anywhere with any device. 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘁. That's the promise of Finternet, where technology meets financial services to revolutionize financial system management. But what exactly is Finternet? It is a new model proposed by Nandan Nilekani and Agustin Carstens, the general manager of Bank for International Settlements – BIS. Finternet envisions multiple financial ecosystems that connect with one another. With the Finternet, people, and companies can effortlessly transfer their financial assets globally. ‌Are you ready to be a part of this Finternet revolution? https://lnkd.in/exPR--2e TDV Partners #finternet #finance #fintech #innovation #technology

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Find a need in the market and build a solution for it. We started by connecting entrepreneurs with development agencies to take ideas to market. Quickly, we noticed companies of all sizes face this challenge. Development agencies can connect you to world-class talent, but the risks are many. Soon, more mature companies, from Series B to Enterprise, began approaching us. This laid the foundation for Pangea.ai. It’s now the fastest way to
find a dev agency. ❤️ If you agree ♻️ Repost to share with your network

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The Venture Curator Newsletter Is Out Now It includes 👇 Deep Dive: PMF Score vs. NPS Quick Dive: - Sequoia Capital Framework: Reality of Startup Runway. - Sam Altman: Successful Pivots Typically Fall Into Two Categories. - 8 Signs Your Startup Is a Zombie and 3 Things to Do About It. - When You Should (and Shouldn’t) Split Equity Evenly? Read Here: https://lnkd.in/dc6Pz5mK . #startup #funding #venturecapital #founders #fundraising

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At Movens Capital, we are committed to providing tech companies with essential knowledge and resources for success (#MovensAcademy). We recently conducted a comprehensive workshop on Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), led by Stefan from Samira Advisors (thanks a lot!), to prepare companies from our close network for future growth and acquisition opportunities. Key Highlights: 📚 Introduction to M&A: The workshop began with an overview of the M&A process, emphasizing the importance of early preparation and strategic positioning for a successful merger or acquisition. ⏱ Timing and Valuation: Discussions included the optimal timing for selling a company and how to navigate the valuation differences between the venture capital and M&A markets. 🤝 Strategic Partnerships: The significance of establishing strong strategic partnerships was highlighted as a key factor in increasing a company's attractiveness for acquisition. 💼 Financial and Legal Preparedness: The workshop stressed the need for financial stability and thorough legal documentation, underscoring these as critical elements in the M&A process. 🔄 Shareholder Alignment: The importance of aligning the interests of all shareholders to avoid potential conflicts during an acquisition was explored in detail. 🎉 Post-Acquisition Considerations: The session concluded with insights into the post-acquisition phase, focusing on cultural adjustments and the challenges of integration. This workshop is part of Movens VC's ongoing effort to support our portfolio companies and ecosystem through their growth and development stages, ensuring they are well-prepared for the challenges and opportunities of M&A activities.

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Understanding the Rule of X for SaaS Scaleups For SaaS scaleups, the Rule of X offers a straightforward framework to estimate revenue multiples. It was originally developed by Bessemer Venture Partners and supplemented with data last week by Dealroom founder Yoram Wijngaarde. It emphasizes that growth significantly outweighs profitability, even amid VC crunches. However, when growth is constrained, profitability becomes essential. Framework Overview: The Rule of X combines growth rate and free cash flow (FCF) margin to evaluate company value, using a multiplier (typically 2-3x) on growth. Datadog Example: With a 25% growth rate and a 25% EBITDA margin, Datadog achieves a Rule of X score of 100%, implying a 15x revenue multiple for 2024. Importance of Growth: Growth has a compounding impact on valuation, significantly outweighing FCF margins. Subscribe to ‘Siliconnector’ Telegram channel for insights and news from Tech world and Silicon Valley: https://t.me/siliconnector

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🚨 We did it again! We've created the ultimate Side Event List for this week's SuperVentures & SuperReturn and TOA Berlin. Plus, we're giving away Tech Open Air tickets and guest list spots for the biggest VC Party, organized by Join Capital, EUVC , Isomer Capital and others. 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦👇 What is the Superventure / SuperReturn conferene? How Amy Lewin would describe it: "SuperVenture is the Berlin conference where VCs go to fundraise and catch up with their LPs". Kinda like the definition! And let me say this! The Side Event's this week are on fire 🔥. Here are my top 3 + 1 event from the 45+ Event List: - Diversity Drinks at the stunning Fotografiska space. Networking with a purpose! Organized by Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund, the Evangelistas, Out Investors and identity.vc I Backing LGBTQ+ Entrepreneurs - JOIN CAPITAL is doing it again, and is running the biggest VC Party this Wednesday. We have limited tickets available for FOMO Insider Subscriber. - Cherry Ventures & Felix Capital are coming together to run a networking event at the coolest flagship stores Berlin, at Highsnobiety - FOMO (fearofmissingout): HIT x Yoga meets Rooftop Session, Thursday, 8 am start. ​Amidst a busy week with Super Ventures, Super Return, and TOA, we're creating a sanctuary away from the typical networking and business noise. Link in the comments. Here’s how you can win: - 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 45+ 𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭: Subscribe to FOMO Berlin and comment below. - 𝐉𝐎𝐈𝐍 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐕𝐂 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐆𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭: If you're in the VC, LP, EP, GP scene, comment below your favorite Berlin VC fund. - 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐢𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭: Comment below your favorite event and tag the event organizer & FOMO (fearofmissingout).

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📢 Announcing first batch of Startups& Scaleups who will be opening their doors during Startup Open House on May 23rd, 2024 Today we are officially 1 month away from Startup Open House (happening on May 23rd) and if you still don't know what Startup Open House is then keep reading ;) Startup Open House is a decentralized event where Startups, Scaleups, Innovation Labs open their doors for public to showcase their new product in market or hire for their organization. It's a perfect event for job seekers, students, investors, corporate VC's or anyone who is curious to learn about the Montreal startup ecosystem or work for them. Keep tune for learn more about the other startups, labs & scaleups who will be opening their doors. Today we are proud to announce that Stay22, Korbit AI, Eli Health, Clinia, TRAQC, Haply Robotics, Zeffy, Radish, Parados, Planned, Maxa, Makila AI, AI Redefined (AIR) & Chaac Technologies will be opening their offices on May 23rd, so go check them out and see what they do and if they are hiring at startupopenhouse.org If you are a startup, scaleup or innovation lab who also wants to open their doors, then register on the website. Startup Open House is organized by Montréal NewTech (MTL NewTech) in partnership with TRACTR and is presented by Ministère de l’Économie, de l’Innovation et de l’Énergie du Québec (MEIE) #startupopenhouse #montreal #startups #hiring #innovation #socialimpact

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📢 Announcing first batch of Startups& Scaleups who will be opening their doors during Startup Open House on May 23rd, 2024 Today we are officially 1 month away from Startup Open House (happening on May 23rd) and if you still don't know what Startup Open House is then keep reading ;) Startup Open House is a decentralized event where Startups, Scaleups, Innovation Labs open their doors for public to showcase their new product in market or hire for their organization. It's a perfect event for job seekers, students, investors, corporate VC's or anyone who is curious to learn about the Montreal startup ecosystem or work for them. Keep tune for learn more about the other startups, labs & scaleups who will be opening their doors. Today we are proud to announce that Stay22, Korbit AI, Eli Health, Clinia, TRAQC, Haply Robotics, Zeffy, Radish, Parados, Planned, Maxa, Makila AI, AI Redefined (AIR) & Chaac Technologies will be opening their offices on May 23rd, so go check them out and see what they do and if they are hiring at startupopenhouse.org . If you are a startup, scaleup or innovation lab who also wants to open their doors, then register on the website. Startup Open House is organized by Montréal NewTech (MTL NewTech) in partnership with TRACTR and is presented by Ministère de l’Économie, de l’Innovation et de l’Énergie du Québec (MEIE) #startupopenhouse #montreal #startups #hiring #innovatio #socialimpact

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All things change, and they change faster now than ever. During COVID, many delivery and errand solution startups failed to reach production despite millions in investment. Facing the same challenges, Ziip, a bootstrap-funded mobile app, is now App Store ready. With insights from various investors and VCs, we simulated a launch to refine our UI and convey our three I's: intention, implications, and impact. As the founder, I'm proud to say we've nailed it! Our initial driver event was overwhelmingly positive. With less than 72 hours' notice, turnout was double what we expected. The extra onboarding extended our event from 2.5 hours to 5 hours, and we even continued our focus group in the parking lot. We're proud that 100% of our live testers responded to our follow-up UI screen focus group sessions. Our final live testing event invite hit the participant target in less than three days and we are excited as the day is rapidly approaching. As the founder of Ziip, I can confirm what I declared to Google during partnership discovery over two years ago: our route optimization approach will render the architecture of current task driver and errand style apps insignificant. With our proprietary live simulation launch tools, Ziip is striving for the quality we need to get a leg up on the competition. To the team, my partners, and our amazing group of real drivers, you know what the picture represents to Ziip and our roots…and routes!

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Getting into Y Combinator and building a unicorn (not to mention two) is not easy. Tom Blomfield knows more about it than possibly anybody. In his recent appearance on the 20VC podcast, Tom shared his thoughts on how great founders show signs of exceptionalism early on. This perspective strongly resonates with our vision at ETA Technologies. If these signs can be identified and presented in a sophisticated as well as quantified format, it can significantly aid in discovering the next unicorn founders. After all, investors always invest in people. #startups #venturecapital #fundraising https://lnkd.in/gaF-7zed

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Can anyone recommend an easy and affordable Retail finance solution, for startups, with low revenues, but good sales pipeline? Clients purchase product over £3000, and want to spread payments over 12-24 months We have gone through, Klarna, (too expensive for us) Divido, (revenues too low) and a bunch others, with minimum turnover limit. #retailfinance #spreadpayments #startups #ecommerce #paymentsolutions

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