Back to the future

“Ahum Peter, you just turned 50 and now your new logo says “Anno 1880”, that’s just over 133 years and something else than 50! Is everything alright with you?” I […]

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Are you making my mistakes?

Late last century I was involved in a joint venture together with a partner. Enthusiastic as we were, my partner and I were already building the company before the actual […]

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What do you know about launching alliances?

The launch is a crucial moment at the start of an alliance. After weeks, sometimes months, of preparation it is the moment everyone has been looking forward to. It is […]

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Just a week to go: how to follow and respond.

Just a week to go before departure. Exiting times and my todo list is slowly diminishing. This morning I made another practice walk with full gear. Now I concentrated mostly […]

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Gear is everything

Last time I wrote about the relatively luxury position we as modern day pilgrims have compared to the ancient pilgrim. However it are not only the hostels that make it […]

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The luxury of the modern day pilgrim

In the ancient days the pilgrims on their road to Santiago de Compostela walked all the way from home to Santiago and back. From that perspective I will be doing […]

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What powers business and innovation?

Charles Darwin once said: “In the long history of humankind – those who have learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.” As someone interested in the topic of […]

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Education is a journey

Often I compare following education with a making a journey.  In both cases the actual event is only part of the experience. Most often it starts with the preparation like […]

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Grameen Foundation and partnerships

Last week during the 2013 ASAP Global Summit I was asked on Twitter what my favorite topic or presenter was and without hesitation I answered “presenter: Alex Counts, very interesting […]

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What are you going to do different?

Last week I shared my 7 lessons from the previous three years of entrepreneurship with you. If case you have missed that email you can still read these 7 lessons […]

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My top 7 lessons as an entrepreneur

I am about to reach my three-year point as a full time entrepreneur. Three years ago around this time I was in the middle of the process of leaving the […]

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Three months

Three months from Today I will depart for St Jean-Pied-de-Port in France to commence with my Camino to Santiago de Compostela. It is about 5 months ago we made the […]

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That's all!

That's all!