My Articles in Mags

"Venture Capital and Business Angels" is a series of five articles, written for the T3N magazine. It deals about the whole process of acquiring venture capital - from preparations to common leadership. Part 5 of the series describes classical conflicts between the management team and the venture capitalists and how to resolve them.

PDFs for download coming soon

"Venture Capital and Business Angels" is a series of five articles, written for the T3N magazine. It deals about the whole process of acquiring venture capital - from preparations to common leadership. Part 4 of the series describes usual regulations between the entrepreneurs and the venture capitalists.

The full article is available through the links below:

(PDF in english version coming soon)
Venture Capital & Business Angels - Regeln, Absprachen, Verträge (PDF german)

"Venture Capital and Business Angels" is a series of five articles, written for the T3N magazine. It deals about the whole process of acquiring venture capital - from preparations to common leadership. Part 3 of the series gives insights in the process of finding a common baseplate.

The full article is available through the links below:
Venture Capital & Business Angels - Presentation and Negotiation (PDF english)
Venture Capital & Business Angels - Präsentation und Verhandlung (PDF german)

"Venture Capital and Business Angels" is a series of five articles, written for the T3N magazine. It deals about the whole process of acquiring venture capital - from preparations to common leadership. Part 2 of the series gives hints on how to contact the guys with the money.

The full article is available through the links below:
Venture Capital & Business Angels - Elevator, Pitch and Exposé (PDF english)
Venture Capital & Business Angels - Elevator, Pitch und Exposé (PDF german)

"Venture Capital and Business Angels" is a series of five articles, written for the T3N magazine. It deals about the whole process of acquiring venture capital - from preparations to common leadership. Part 1 of the series gives hints on how to write a professional business plan.

The full article is available through the links below:
Venture Capital & Business Angels - Business plan (PDF english)
Venture Capital & Business Angels - Fabeltier Businessplan (PDF german)

"Open Source Business Models in Transition" is a series of three articles, written for the T3N magazine. It deals about changes in the business environment of web agencies, web developers and web designers from the Open Source Software scenery. Part 3 of the series demonstrates how strategic alliances can speed up growth and enhance the portfolio of a business venture in the realm of web software development.

Hardly a day goes by where, especially in the IT branch, the market changes. Businesses active in
this environment must be aware of the constant changes and keep pace with various strategies.
Having presented offshore development as well as strategies for difficult times in the last two
editions of T3N, the final part of this series will present strategic alliances, their variants and
creational possibilities.

The full article is available through the links below:
Open Source Business Models in Transition - Strategic Alliances, turbo boost for businesses (PDF english)
Open Source Geschäftsmodelle im Wandel - Strategische Allianzen (PDF german)

"Open Source Business Models in Transition" is a series of three articles, written for the T3N magazine. It deals about changes in the business environment of web agencies, web developers and web designers from the Open Source Software scenery. Part 2 of the series is about strategic options of SMEs in the realm of web software development.

Conditions in the European IT markets have become tougher. In the open source field this has recently become noticeable, for example in web agencies or comparable business models. The first article in this series, in T3N 8, pointed to possible cost savings and capacity gains through offshore development. This part directs attention to emerging changes in the market and possible reactions in the form of strategic options. Using the case study of web agencies in the TYPO3 field, this article points to fundamental avenues of thought and starting points for solutions – which are applicable to other fields too.

The full article is available through the links below:
Open Source Business Models in Transition - Life Cycles, Market Sectors and new Competitive Strategies (PDF english)
Open Source Geschäftsmodelle im Wandel - Lebenszyklen, Marktsegmente, Wettbewerbsstrategien (PDF german)

"Open Source Business Models in Transition" is a series of three articles, written for the T3N magazine. It deals about changes in the business environment of web agencies, web developers and web designers from the Open Source Software scenery. Part 1 of the series is about the growing options of using outsourcing as a measure of capacity adjustment and cost cutting.

For decades large IT firms have been profiting from international labour. But globalisation has long been effecting the commercial structure of smaller and medium sized software companies. Even the smallest companies are beginning to enjoy the benefits of internationalisation. European TYPO3 agencies and larger end-users are cooperating effectively with Indian development teams. Because the requisite preparations were made, the experiences have been positive. With a 44% share of the international market, India has long since been the world’s ‘development branch’, especially in the case of large software and IT firms. Texas Instruments, for example, invested heavily in India twenty years ago. Today all market leaders have a presence there. Even CapGemini has recently decided that in the future 40% of its 70 000 employees will work in India.

The full article is available through the links below:
Open Source Business Models in Transition - Offshore development and international Partnerships (PDF english)
Open Source Geschäftsmodelle im Wandel - Offshore development und internationale Partnerschaften (PDF german)