What is pooling?
Pooling refers to the contractual combination of the voting rights or shares of several investors or founders in order to represent them as a unit.
Tech love ≠Market love: Why your product is great - and yet nobody pays
You have invested weeks, months or years in your product. You love the functions, the elegance of the design, the well thought-out user experience - in short: your product is technically a dream.
And yet something strange happens: nobody pays.
From feature hunger to focus strategy: how to set the right priorities in a start-up
If you run a start-up, you're probably familiar with this scenario: your product isn't perfect yet, your team is bursting with ideas – and suddenly every new feature seems indispensable. Your schedule is getting fuller, your roadmap more complex, and yet you still feel like you're not really making any progress. This is typical feature hunger: more ideas, more tasks, more work in progress – but less clarity.
Finding the right founding team: Why everything gets harder without strong partners
Many founders start their adventure full of passion - but they soon realise that an idea alone is not enough. Without a strong team, projects often progress slowly or get stuck. A committed team of founders, on the other hand, can set the course for sustainable success, increase motivation and spread the burden across several shoulders.
When should I think about an exit?
For many founders, the exit is the big goal: selling the company, giving up shares or going public. However, the right time for an exit needs to be carefully considered. An exit that is too early or unprepared can reduce opportunities and profits - an exit that is too late can increase the risk.