016 – muse it with Peter Specht
This week’s links are curated by Peter Specht, who is a principal at Creandum in Berlin.
Through his role, he backed companies like Factorial, cargo one, Twaice, CarOnSale, Amie, and Abacum.
Also, check out his writing here – as well as his latest post The new wave of productivity.
Enjoy! ✨
01 – Playing Different Games. Or why Tiger is eating your lunch.
A great perspective on the current state of the VC industry + two different approaches to it.
The hedge fund most often in the crosshairs is Tiger Global — a tech-focused “crossover" that has dominated media headlines & VC gossip circles for the last 12 months due to its record-breaking deal pace & aggressive style.
(https://randle.substack.com/p/playing-different-games)
02 – Europe needs to learn from Asia to stop falling behind in Tech.
Europe cannot rest and needs to look to Asia to stay competitive. Written by my friend Fabian who moved to China 7 years ago to build up a tech company.
Europe should not fall into the same trap as China in the 19th century, in which an inward-looking political system led to the eventual decline of the Chinese economy.
(https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/europe-learn-from-asia-stop-falling-behind-tech/)
03 – The Million Dollar Home Page
A reminder of how the simplest things can become an awesome outcome.
(http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/)
04 – Internet Archive: The Wayback Machine
543 bn web pages saved. It lets you check old websites and how they have changed over time.
05 – Bonus link from the editor.
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Compiled with love by Eduard.