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Shaping Tomorrow: Thoughts on Startups and Entrepreneurship

What are you interested in?
Many people I meet are on the search. Searching for opportunities, for ideas, for their passion. What do I want to do with my life? Which opportunities…
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Prof. Thomas Metzler, Ph.D.
Ideas, opportunities: How do I find my way?
The world is full of opportunities. But which opportunities should I pursue? Which ideas to realize? In my last episode I wrote, the way is the goal…
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Prof. Thomas Metzler, Ph.D.
The way is the goal
The quote "the way is the goal" or „the journey is the reward“ is attributed to Confucius. For many years I did not really understand the meaning of…
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Prof. Thomas Metzler, Ph.D.
S2E1 - What I want to do vs. what I actually do
As a child, many of us knew what we wanted to be: astronaut, race car driver or rocket scientist. In fact, however, not so many realize their childhood…
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Prof. Thomas Metzler, Ph.D.
TAF Decision Frame
In my last article I wrote about how founders make their decisions, validate business ideas. I described two opposite poles of decision making: A focus…
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Prof. Thomas Metzler, Ph.D.
Thinking vs. Doing
Times change. And so does the approach to how founders approach business ideas. While 20 years ago a comprehensive business plan was the start of many…
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Prof. Thomas Metzler, Ph.D.
The Quad-A-Loop
Entrepreneurship is a way of thinking but also a way of doing. But what do I mean when I talk about thinking and doing? By "thinking" I mean the human…
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Prof. Thomas Metzler, Ph.D.
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