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Re: Raising an angel and seed round

P. Moehring — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 12:25:20 -0000

Oops, thank you!

Re: Pmoe NOW WITH FIREPOWER, courtesy of 500 Startups

P. Moehring — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 07:14:28 -0000

Great question - and no, they are not. However, I live in Berlin and spend a lot of time in London. Also, this is where the bulk of activity of note is happening, so I *assume* that's where I'll do most deals.

However, I spend time with startups from all over Europe (probably more than most other investors), so I think a decent chunk will be from elsewhere.

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Philipp

Re: Setting up a new Gmail account

P. Moehring — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 07:12:47 -0000

Above does all that SB does. I tried and didnt like it that much tbh.

Services I use are Boomerang, Rapportive, Kwaga.

Re: Key ingredients for Incubators/Accelerators

P. Moehring — Thu, 07 May 2015 09:25:24 -0000

First of all, there isn't any broad consumer interest or activity in real estate. In the UK, home ownership rate is 70% and higher. In Germany, it's 45%. In Berlin, it's 16% (ridiculous, I know). Renting in Germany is great, owning is a PITA.

The large real estate companies are not necessarily in Berlin, but in Frankfurt or even often abroad (London). That's why those places would be a better location.

Re: Key ingredients for Incubators/Accelerators

P. Moehring — Thu, 07 May 2015 07:00:21 -0000

London has an incredible real estate investment scene, Berlin does not.

I'm not the biggest fan of vertical programs, since they often can't reach sufficient scale of mentors that are good startup advisors. Vertical experts tend to overstate or overestimate their ability to help startups, and underestimate startup knowledge (it's harder to learn unlinear startup thinking than linear industry knowledge).

Re: The blame game

P. Moehring — Sun, 11 Jan 2015 09:37:49 -0000

There is one person who is responsible for stopping this game at the board level - the CEO. A good CEO will know what went wrong, will be able to communicate openly with his team, and should be able to fix the situation by making the appropriate changes.

If the CEO lets the board play the blame game, and then uses the "the board said I need to fire you" card, bad things happen. Because the "board" card is the get out of jail card that you can only play once and gives away your train station ownership.

Re: indie.vc

P. Moehring — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 12:46:09 -0000

I love the idea, and I think there are a ton of companies today that can benefit from such a structure (the "soft" support like portfolio buddies, good networks to tap, etc.).

One question though: why do you keep "significant reserves" for each startup if you don't expect them to raise venture capital?

Or is this like VC, but with a different, more long term, return profile? I'm still waiting for someone to build the Berkshire Hathaway of the internet, a long term holding which doesn't aim for exits.

Re: Jetlag

P. Moehring — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 09:35:19 -0000

It does sound more complicated than it really is (which I realised when I wrote it all down). To be honest, I was just really annoyed by being sleepy and not able to concentrate - to which sleeping pills and energy drinks certainly add.

It's a matter or smooth transition vs. hardcore shock to the system, which works, but leaves more of an impact.

Re: Routines and Rituals

P. Moehring — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 04:49:53 -0000

I have a similar problem with travel and managed to change the results at least somewhat. Here's what worked for me:

- Stay with your routine and treat travel days like any other day - don't allow "I'm travelling, so I can go out/eat crap/not exercise" if you don't do it at home
- Find a home on the road - always stay at the same place and build your routines there. Takes a while, but it's possible in the places you go often.
- Stay with friends instead of hotels - a living room and a kitchen go a long way to do things like at home, and discourage late night calls, email binges, and give you some no-work time.
- Schedule road days like home days - and stick to it. Say no to "grab dinner while you're here" if you would do the same at home
- Keep your family's routine - if the kids get put to bed at 7:30, call them at 7:30.

Re: Philipp Moehring — http://ift.tt/1p5RQ5v

P. Moehring — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 03:58:15 -0000

na klar.

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Philipp

Re: Sabrina Valle, The J.am, Woman Entrepreneur

P. Moehring — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 08:12:14 -0000

What a small world. I met Sabrina while I was on exchange to UF during my undergrad. She's a great person, and even back then a formidable force in our SIFE team. Way to go.

Re: Keep it SaaSy Berlin

P. Moehring — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 07:34:26 -0000

+1. We already see a new generation of companies out of Rocket Internet, and speed and execution is impressive.

An AngelList search for previous Rocket Employees raising seed rounds.

Re: Strong Opinions, Loosely Held

P. Moehring — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 09:03:47 -0000

I also urge founders to define their vantage point and map out the landscape they're in. If you don't know what is around you, you have no clue where you could go.

This is also important to answer questions and to frame advice. A lot of left field advice is smart, but clearly comes from people who don't know the space well. If you can frame the surroundings and larger picture (because you have a strong opinion about it), it's easier to decide between following and disregarding advice.

Re: Sten @ a16z

P. Moehring — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 12:17:09 -0000

Wow - this is an amazing step. Congrats and hope to see you soon when we come visit!

Re: Seedcamp is looking for new summer interns

P. Moehring — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:51:26 -0000

We'll be in touch within the next days - after the deadline is over. If you applied through http://www.seedcamp.com/201..., we'll have your application.

Re: Seedcamp in 2013

P. Moehring — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 08:29:30 -0000

The calendar is always updated at http://www.seedcamp.com/cal...

Re: Philipp - startups' little helper

P. Moehring — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:32:28 -0000

That might be a big reason - but I am more intrigued by the group concept than by the choice of platform. The social stigma of not being in groups where people might talk about you is pretty much instant embarrassment...
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Philipp

Re: Money Ball for VC

P. Moehring — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 12:02:40 -0000

Looking forward to that. My general thoughts are that it's probably more important to avoid type IIs, as they drive the returns. As long as the support/amount of attention for the portfolio can be held up, investing in the wrong ones only has relatively small impact on overall success (look at me generalising).

Re: Money Ball for VC

P. Moehring — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 09:42:02 -0000

500 startups use a similar philosophy: using data on their portfolio companies, especially the early investments, to figure out in which ones to follow on/double down in. Here's an interesting Post Dave wrote about it: http://500hats.typepad.com/...

Really like the way you think about it. In my opinion it is incredibly valuable to use in the series A/B stages of investing, when early patterns are arising. While it can sound like "hey, we just look at the data", the actual implementation depends extremely deeply on the experience of the team (where, obviously, nobody needs to worry about USV).

In the end, do you think it will allow you to avoid more type 1 or type 2 errors, i/e. does it serve to avoid investing in the wrong ones, or to avoid missing the right ones?

Re: A World Without Power - Jacques Mattheij

P. Moehring — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 06:21:45 -0000

There's a great book: "The World Without Us" which talks about what happens when humans are gone all of a sudden. The story reminded me of it.

Re: knowable.org joins Seedcamp. Buckle up!

P. Moehring — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:17:20 -0000

Welcome, guys. This will be fun.

Re: Seedcamp makes 3 new investments after final 2012 event in Paris

P. Moehring — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 04:38:12 -0000

Thanks for the Post, Liam! BTW applications for London are open until January 8th: http://www.seedcamp.com/201...

Re: My disappointing Android upgrade

P. Moehring — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:01:50 -0000

Agree - pretty much unacceptable that only the proper Google phones are constantly updated and kept on the last version. Especially for a phone like the s3, which must be one of the best selling Android handsets out there.

Re: Seedcamp went to Lisbon and liked what it saw, invests in three new Portuguese startups

P. Moehring — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 07:33:44 -0000

I went to Lisbon in spring for a SVC2LX event and was deeply impressed by the startup community there. This is why we decided to host Seedcamp Lisbon - which wouldn't have been possible with the incredible help of Pedro and Ricardo at Beta-i.

Super happy to have three great new teams join the family!

Re: It’s over…

P. Moehring — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 09:13:06 -0000

you are always welcome - let me know what's coming next once you have an idea.
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Philipp