I don't teach what I've read. I teach what I've built — across three decades, two continents, and one company the world said couldn't exist.
Started in banking at Bankgesellschaft Berlin. Quit at 19 — the first good decision.
Built several companies in alternative energy and interior design. Sold one to a global energy conglomerate in 2006.
Helped incubate high-tech startups spinning out of NASA Ames research — alternative energy to digital marketing.
Founded JumpStarter, then used its crowd-collaboration model to turn Elon Musk's open whitepaper into HyperloopTT — 800+ contributors in 40 countries working for equity, partnerships with Hitachi Rail, TÜV SÜD, and Munich Re, and feasibility work with governments on three continents.
Two Harvard Business School case studies later, I teach founders and professionals how to build with crowds, capital, and AI — and speak about it on stages worldwide.
"Invest in people, not products. The entrepreneurial spirit is what carries a business through adversity."
The courses are the shortcut through everything above.
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