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- The founder decisions that were actually hard — saying no to an acquisition, the worst days, what the curve really showed
- The mission up close: a new Mittelstand out of science, and cutting the path from lab to company from 18 months to three
- Behind the scenes at NanoTemper — the real numbers, the launches, what worked and what didn’t
- Ideas from my book Ein ehrbarer Entrepreneur — what an honourable entrepreneur owes the society that made them possible
Revenue makes you visible. Profit makes you powerful. Staying true to yourself makes you unstoppable.
— Philipp Baaske
Who is Philipp
From scientist to CEO. A founder who chose integrity over the exit.
I co-founded NanoTemper in 2008 — from a university lab in Munich to a global company that created around 250 jobs. I turned down acquisition offers worth hundreds of millions. Not because I had to. Because I wanted to build something that lasts.
- Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of NanoTemper Technologies
- Author of „Ein ehrbarer Entrepreneur“ (The Honorable Entrepreneur)
- Business Angel & VP for Entrepreneurship at LMU Munich
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