Philipp Baaske

Founder journal

The doubts, the decisions, the numbers.

No hype, no filter.

Founder Stories · 3 min read

NanoTemper Wins the Bayerischer Mittelstandspreis 2026

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Founder Stories · 7 min read

Monolith Omni: Why Affinity Alone Isn’t Enough — The Complete Interaction Profile

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Entrepreneurship · 3 min read

Why I Turned Down an Acquisition Offer Worth Hundreds of Millions

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Founder Stories · 3 min read

My Why: How My Mother’s Cancer Diagnosis Led Me to Biotech

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Entrepreneurship · 2 min read

From 18 Months to 3: How LMU Munich Fixed University IP Transfer

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Entrepreneurship · 3 min read

Why German Startups Lose Before They Start: The 18-Month University IP Transfer Problem

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Founder Stories · 4 min read

From Scientist to Entrepreneur: How I Made the Leap

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Entrepreneurship · 3 min read

6 Lessons from the Founders’ Fireside Chat LMU with Thomas Bernik

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Founder Stories · 5 min read

Why Founders Don’t Talk About the Hard Parts and Why That Has to Change

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Founder Stories · 3 min read

Bootstrapping vs. VC: How We Built a €56M Company Without Investors

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Podcasts · 1 min read · DE

Neuer Videocast bei Pitch & People: Unternehmertum mit Haltung

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Podcasts · 1 min read · DE

Neuer Podcast mit DENKRAUM: Wie man wächst, ohne sich zu verkaufen

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Leadership · 2 min read

The Two Worst Days of My Founder Life

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Founder Stories · 1 min read

The Curve Doesn’t Lie

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Leadership · 2 min read

I Was a Terrible Boss

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Founder Stories · 2 min read

From a Tiny Village to €44.7M in Taxes: Why I Owe It to Free State Education

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Founder Stories · 1 min read

Building the Future of Entrepreneurship at LMU Munich

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Leadership · 2 min read

17 Leadership Lessons I Wish I Knew Earlier

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