https://klinger.io/posts In the blog posts I share my experience from the past 10+ years. Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT en https://klinger.io/posts/europe-needs-founders https://klinger.io/posts/europe-needs-founders The 28th regime is happening. The question now is whether it’ll be useful, like EU–INC, or another Brussels half-measure. Here’s what’s actually being decided right now, which details matter, and how you can help push it over the line. Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/eu-inc https://klinger.io/posts/eu-inc First the good news: Brussels is convinced, something like EU-Inc will come. Now the bad news: Politicians will create a solution that won’t be useful for founders and investors – unless we stay actively involved in the details. We need your help! Fri, 27 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/take-trump-seriously https://klinger.io/posts/take-trump-seriously In his first presidency he was verbal shit-posting and looking what sticked and rotated people around him until something fitted. This time he comes prepared and is very intentional about what he says and does. Fri, 07 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/five-chapter1 https://klinger.io/posts/five-chapter1 Chapter 1 of a Sci-Fi short story i wrote Mon, 13 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/uncapped-rounds https://klinger.io/posts/uncapped-rounds Uncapped safe notes misalign incentives in first rounds… let me explain why Mon, 23 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/eu-acc https://klinger.io/posts/eu-acc Europe is special to me as I consider myself a proud European, but damn we need to talk. Europe please wake up. Tue, 30 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/india https://klinger.io/posts/india In February I made my first business trip to India. Three weeks deep in the Indian tech ecosystem. My summary is simple: I feel like the world needs an update how we view India Tue, 02 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/mindshare https://klinger.io/posts/mindshare The hard part now, is to get mindshare with customers. Mon, 11 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/1on1s https://klinger.io/posts/1on1s Our calendars are packed with meetings. We communicate mostly in 1on1on1on1 trains. Nobody is happy. Nothing gets done. Can we fix this? Wed, 14 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/000 https://klinger.io/posts/000 A Sci-Fi Short Story Tue, 13 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/getting-old https://klinger.io/posts/getting-old 👴🏼 Mon, 23 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/first-time-fundraising-is-hell https://klinger.io/posts/first-time-fundraising-is-hell Its easy to start fundraising, but most people struggle closing their round. Especially now. Why? I try to give a few mental models and a bit tactical advice. Fri, 02 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/q-codes https://klinger.io/posts/q-codes I use apple’s keyboard “text” shortcodes to setup a lot of things i have to type regularly. It’s easily one of my favorite productivity hacks! Fri, 26 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/how-i-make-investment-decisions https://klinger.io/posts/how-i-make-investment-decisions The goal of this article is to break down how i make investment decisions in the hope that it helps founders to see their fundraising effort from the “other side”. Fri, 26 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/managing-people-%F0%9F%A4%AF https://klinger.io/posts/managing-people-%F0%9F%A4%AF I believe almost all first-time founders burn out their first employees – maybe this article helps you avoiding this Sun, 06 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/%F0%9F%99%8F https://klinger.io/posts/%F0%9F%99%8F Over the years i met several people that left quite an impact on me and in many cases helped me along the way. I tried to summariz... Thu, 25 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/joining-hypergrowth-startups-%F0%9F%98%AC https://klinger.io/posts/joining-hypergrowth-startups-%F0%9F%98%AC I am writing this for a friend joining an early-stage breakout startup (year 2; $200M+ valuation). I wrote it as bullet points as... Mon, 21 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/adhd-%F0%9F%A7%A0 https://klinger.io/posts/adhd-%F0%9F%A7%A0 I want to preface this by saying that I have only a mild case of ADHD, eg I don’t take any medication. I get regularly asked about... Tue, 22 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/how-i-think-about-code-management https://klinger.io/posts/how-i-think-about-code-management You might have the worst codebase in the world. It was written by people who had no standards or didn’t care about code quality. H... Wed, 25 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/quick-tips-for-hiring-remotely https://klinger.io/posts/quick-tips-for-hiring-remotely You are most likely already experienced with hiring so think of this more as a quick FYI focusing on hiring remotely… What issues... Fri, 20 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/close-your-office-now-how-to-operate-your-startup-under-lock-down https://klinger.io/posts/close-your-office-now-how-to-operate-your-startup-under-lock-down What a week. The US declared the state of emergency. Many leading startups closed their office. And I expect that all startups in... Sat, 14 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/fyi-how-founders-can-avoid-drive-by-management https://klinger.io/posts/fyi-how-founders-can-avoid-drive-by-management Suggestions by founders, managers, or anyone with authority in a startup, might often be misunderstood as directions or decisions... Sun, 17 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/refactoring-larger-legacy-codebases https://klinger.io/posts/refactoring-larger-legacy-codebases This article is based on a comment of mine to a HackerNews question. Thought it might be useful to explain it here a bit more in d... Thu, 28 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/a-model-thats-mental https://klinger.io/posts/a-model-thats-mental Maybe… This anxiety isn’t anxiety it’s just your raw excitement that you are misunderstanding. This creeping imposter syndrome jus... Sun, 03 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/managing-remote-teams-a-crash-course https://klinger.io/posts/managing-remote-teams-a-crash-course Hey folks, I haven’t been blogging for quite some time, so everything is a bit rusty for me, but i thought this article might be u... Mon, 10 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/the-simplest-and-most-important-dashboard-for-early-stage-startups https://klinger.io/posts/the-simplest-and-most-important-dashboard-for-early-stage-startups This blogpost is part of a small series of posts that cover the basics of startup metrics. My personal goal is to help early stage... Mon, 24 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/easy-but-easy-to-fuck-up-3-rules-to-setup-analytics-tools-correctly https://klinger.io/posts/easy-but-easy-to-fuck-up-3-rules-to-setup-analytics-tools-correctly As a consultant for analytics i see a fair share of integrations of analytics tools. One of the most common mistakes is how people... Wed, 19 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/a-primer-on-startup-metrics-which-analytics-tool-to-pick https://klinger.io/posts/a-primer-on-startup-metrics-which-analytics-tool-to-pick As a analytics consultant I am working with a lot of startups and help them in the topics of metrics, analytics, retention and gro... Mon, 06 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/how-to-use-gmail-more-efficiently https://klinger.io/posts/how-to-use-gmail-more-efficiently I usually I blog about Angellist but I have shown this “lifehack” to so many people that I thought it’s worth it’s own blogpost... Mon, 30 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/why-lean-startup-sucks-for-startups https://klinger.io/posts/why-lean-startup-sucks-for-startups If you go to Lean Startup events you will find first time founders, consultants, accelerator managers, r&d people, enterprise intr... Thu, 12 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/angellist-is-the-nasdaq-of-our-generation https://klinger.io/posts/angellist-is-the-nasdaq-of-our-generation It’s fair to say that Angellist is the most exciting (web/mobile) tech startup in 2013. Even before they launched syndicates, earl... Thu, 05 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/drafting-your-first-investment-round https://klinger.io/posts/drafting-your-first-investment-round The topic of investing is omnipresent in our startup world. Sooner or later most startup founders look for external funding. And i... Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/why-the-future-needs-a-brandname https://klinger.io/posts/why-the-future-needs-a-brandname There is a disenchantment in our generation. We are still sitting on our lonely planet without space travel nor flying cars or at... Fri, 04 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/startup-mentoring-sessions-how-to-be-a-decent-maybe-even-good-startup-mentor https://klinger.io/posts/startup-mentoring-sessions-how-to-be-a-decent-maybe-even-good-startup-mentor How to be the perfect startup mentor? I don’t know. But following the best practices mentioned in this article I got personally at... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/startup-mentoring-sessions-how-to-get-the-most-out-of-it https://klinger.io/posts/startup-mentoring-sessions-how-to-get-the-most-out-of-it Everyone is doing pitch training. Almost no-one does training for the mentoring session, but this is where most startups get the m... Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/the-founders-lie-about-comfort-zones https://klinger.io/posts/the-founders-lie-about-comfort-zones There is a lot of talk going on about the endurance and struggle that startup founders go through. How long the hours are, we all... Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/about-the-other-startup-hubs https://klinger.io/posts/about-the-other-startup-hubs There is an energetic discussion going on in the Web-Tech Startup World. Each city wants to know - “Can we become the next Silicon... Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/why-i-am-leaving-my-own-company https://klinger.io/posts/why-i-am-leaving-my-own-company Fortunately I was able to tell this already to many people in person. But a quick public blog post might help to clarify and simpl... Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/how-global-media-communication-changes-in-a-transparent-world https://klinger.io/posts/how-global-media-communication-changes-in-a-transparent-world These are crowdaggregated pictures from Syria (across basically all social media channels). No media publisher inbetween. Authenti... Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/peter-thiels-startup-class-notes-as-pdf https://klinger.io/posts/peter-thiels-startup-class-notes-as-pdf @bgmasters created an awesome series of blog posts covering his notes of Peter Thiel’s startup class CS183. Personally i try to re... Thu, 26 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/my-addressbook-keep-it-telephone-numbers-are-a-disgrace-to-our-generation https://klinger.io/posts/my-addressbook-keep-it-telephone-numbers-are-a-disgrace-to-our-generation There is all this talk going on about Path uploading address books and privacy here privacy there. I understand the fact that Star... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/shit-twitter-is-exciting-again https://klinger.io/posts/shit-twitter-is-exciting-again Every epoch in the history of humanity had a raw resource that became the key to commercial success that time. Similar to companie... Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/the-things-first-time-founders-do https://klinger.io/posts/the-things-first-time-founders-do Last week @robfitz asked me on short notice to join a panel at #foundersexchange about what first time founders shouldn’t do. I qu... Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT https://klinger.io/posts/the-unannounced-updates-to-facebooks-social-plugins-and-how-to-use-them https://klinger.io/posts/the-unannounced-updates-to-facebooks-social-plugins-and-how-to-use-them Since the launch of platform, Facebook has the approach of shipping features early, very early. They ship first, ask later and doc... Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT