Finance Intermediaries

today’s post addresses less FinTechs themselves and more about those intermediaries who often help us get to the financial services that we need. The inspiration for this post came after overcoming a general resistance I have. Basically I had an ad come up on my Facebook timeline, which is something I don’t remember agreeing to and more often than not …

TED talks – form, content and role of ideas

Ideas worth spreading is the motto behind TED talks. Last week I focused on understanding a bit better how you prepare such a talk, and got insights into some of the implied rules as well as what makes some of the talks special. My goal with this text is to share some insights – as well as of course links …

The Power of Communities

A lot of attention is dedicated nowadays to social networks, but it’s easy to forget that the main underlying reason for such networks to exist and thrive is to leverage the power of communities. This post aims at describing the multifaceted potential of communities, going from the different types you might encounter all the way to concrete examples, also touching …

Informing yourself in a practical way: Podcasts

This post is about another cross-topic hint that has helped me a lot to get current news from different fields I am interested in – and the best part is the way this source fits into a wide variety of routines, as long as you can make your earbuds regularly available: podcasts! For those who barely know what a podcast …