
Recently I was invited to moderate the “Climate Hack #5” event by Markus Sudhoff‘s “Climate Founders” startup incubator program.
Recently I was invited to moderate the “Climate Hack #5” event by Markus Sudhoff‘s “Climate Founders” startup incubator program.
Excited to be doing keynotes again at real on-premise events despite the ongoing global pandemic!
Today I’m in Unter den Linden 1 at Bertelsmann Berlin, speaking about Blockchain, Crypto and Web3 at the Bertelsmann Tech & Data Week 2021. Humbled and honored to be on the same roster of keynote speakers as the excellent Hannah Fry (read her books)!
It’s a company internal event, so I won’t be able to share the whole nine yards.
On a personal note, I suspect having travelled straight from the clinic where I’d just witnessed our second child being born and not having slept for over 24 hours to deliver the keynote live on stage I might have come off a little disheveled. ;) Zero regrets, though.
Here’s a teaser:
Web2 is the internet today, dominated by tech giants. It’s built on client-server architecture where users are the client and companies control the servers. These companies extract value from creators and users by sitting in the middle.
Web3 is the internet that’s being pioneered by crypto;peer-to-peer networks of computers that talk to each other without middlemen using blockchain tech. It’s the new Wild Wild West, the new frontier of the Internet.
As we now know, this Web 1 (and Web 2) thing worked out insanely well for some.
For those who made themselves dependant on these centralised platforms – and then the platforms changed – it turned out not so great:
Also check out Peter Yang’s great beginners guide on crypto. It’s my go-to resource when trying to explain to the uninitiated. It’s the best first step guide I have read so far.
I’m honored to be invited back to the Entrepreneurship Awareness Drive by Entrepreneurship Cell IIT Kharagpur.
I’m going to try my best to describe what the Lean Startup methodologies are all about and why they are important.
Recently I was on the Tech Leadership podcast and spoke a bit about my experiences and my leadership philosophy.
Have a listen to the episode.
Keynoting @ opening of digiHUB Aachen
Recently I was honored and delighted to be invited to keynote the opening of the new digital HUB in Aachen, where I spoke about why and how corporations engage with startups (and sometimes vice versa).
As a known startup evangelist, the venue was perhaps the most fitting I’ve spoken at so far. The event was held in the digital church, a church converted to a coworking space!
I think it’s safe to say the opening sparked some interest… The digital church was packed!
That guy…
These were the slides I used:
Dr. Michael Bayer of IHK Aachen welcoming us to the opening of the digitalHUB Aachen – and what a location; The first coworking space in a church in Germany!