Digital day in Switzerland Zürich was a great success

Yesterday was the first time in Swiss history that the full country of focused it’s attention on digital as the main topic of the day. 100 events, 40 companies and four towns celebrated the first ever swiss digital day. Both in Zürich, Lugano, Chur and Geneva there were events

Blume 2000 acquired MIFLORA; a short personal thank you note

Last week Blume 2000 [http://www.blume2000.de/] acquired my and our beloved MIFLORA [http://www.miflora.de/]. I am glad that we have managed to find such a strong and knowledgeable partner that values and believes in the strength of our MIFLORA-Team. The support of the Venture Stars Team

How to deal with ad hoc tasks

Every so many months I set myself a few personal goals that I would like to achieve. The last few weeks have shown me that I could really do with a bit of automization regarding a number of ad hoc daily requests. In this short video, I explain exactly what

How Bloomydays bankrupcy shows lack of longterm investor interest

Bloomydays filed for bankrupcy yesterday. A sad day for the team, the employees and early stage investors. It was a mere 5 years ago when Bloomydays and MIFLORA [www.miflora.de] were founded and went head to head to disrupt the flowers industry. Both with a different approach, but we

A few thoughts for Sebastian Vettel

I don’t blog every day, but sometimes I feel the urge to share my thoughts. Today is one of these days. Something has been keeping me “busy” in the last two days and I cannot seem to let it go. Sebastian Vettel, you really got to me. If there

Democracy in its purest form at the Landsgemeinde in Glarus

We have had our fair share of elections and politics in the last few weeks with the elections in the United States, The Netherlands and France. I have to admit that politics is not something I follow on a daily basis. Maybe that is because it is sometimes unclear to

Election day in the Netherlands – my personal view

Today is election day in the Netherlands. Being Dutch, this is my chance to speak up and have my voice be heard. The Netherlands are not one of the largest countries in the world, but we do generally get a fair bit of media coverage. The situations with Turkey, which

How to improve your digital work-life balance

How to improve your digital work-life balance using these simple tips and tricks. Before I start; do not get me wrong, I love my tech-gadgets and all the IoTs magic in my life and around me. Laptops are fantastic, Tablets are fantastic and mobile phones are true lifesavers. The past

#beautiful #cologne – I ❤the architecture here

Being able to travel for work can be quite something. I feel really blessed to be able to see so many beautiful places all around the world. Tonight I am in Cologne – directly at the Rhein river. I never really had Germany and especially Nordrhein Westfalen on my list of

The moment you realize regular pens are great

I have become accustomed to a great number of digital tools in my life. Most of which I use on a daily basis. I could not really imagine going somewhere without my phone or tablet anymore. It is a little sad, but these digital devices are my personal Swiss pocketknives