I turned down a future Nobel Prize winner to follow an uncertain path. Best decision I ever made.

6 honest lessons from a 3-hour conversation with 45 founders at LMU Munich – on risk, trust, co-founders, and why profit and purpose aren't opposites.

Founders share the wins – but rarely the real story. Why we stay silent about the hard parts, what that silence costs the next generation, and why honest conversations change everything.

Every VC said no. "Too risky." "Too early." "Too niche." So we slept in cars, borrowed lab space, and worked in the dark – literally. No investors. No safety net. Just two founders, one prototype, and the belief that profit from customers is the best funding source. 18 years later: €56M revenue. 250 employees. 100% founder-owned.

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.