Summer 2019: After laying off 19 team members to save NanoTemper, I sat on this beach and asked myself what kind of founder I wanted to...

How Our “Impossible Idea” Became Wall Art Seventeen years ago, they said this wouldn’t work. Too early. Too niche. Too crazy. Today, it’s...

Here’s What It Cost Me. When we started NanoTemper, we were just a handful of people. Tight rooms. No windows. Long days. No idea what we...

This is me in the mid-90s: a small room, a used PC, stacks of floppy disks and books. No startup hub. No accelerator. No VC dinners. Just...

LMU Munich calls—Philipp Baaske answers. As the university’s first-ever Vice President for Entrepreneurship, Philipp shares why he said yes, what he plans to build, and how he wants to empower the next generation of founders.

After 17 years of leading a company from scratch, Philipp Baaske shares the 17 leadership lessons he wishes he had known earlier — from trust to execution. A powerful reflection on what truly shapes great leadership.