Move Slow and Fix Things

Growing up as a kid in rural Bavaria, I always dreamed of moving to the US to run a startup.
Many kids in my generation shared that dream.
To me, it felt like the only way to combine my two greatest passions: writing code and building things.

As I got older, I became disillusioned with the narrative surrounding Silicon Valley.
The hockey stick growth, the VC money, the “get rich quick” mentality – it was all one big illusion.
For a long time, I couldn’t put my finger on what exactly bothe...