Blog, Entrepreneur Corner, Globalisation

Building A Business In The Online Space – Part V

Building A Business In The Online Space – Part V – Online Businesses

The World has changed completely and opened up possibilities that did not exist when I started my entrepreneurial journey.

In this series of articles, I am introducing new ways on the internet to work when your job will get blown away through the disruption announced.

My ideas and statements are driven by real-life experiences, applicable to different situations and industries. They are not just theoretical constructs but lead to empirical theories that can be substantiated by statistics and common methods.

April 18, 2019/by Christian Liebich

Blog, Entrepreneur Corner, Globalisation

Building A Business In The Online Space – Part IV

Building A Business In The Online Space – Part IV – Retail Sales and Franchises

In this series of articles, I am introducing new ways on the internet to work when your job will get blown away through the disruption announced.

I, first of all, write about the current mindset most of us carry around with us and the options we think we have to then dive into the new world setup.

My ideas and statements are driven by real-life experiences, applicable to different situations and industries. They are not just theoretical constructs but lead to empirical theories that can be substantiated by statistics and common methods.

April 18, 2019/by Christian Liebich

Blog, Globalisation, Tech Corner

In The Trenches Of Change

We are in the trenches of change.

The accelerating speed of change in any industry driven by the tech space, in my point of view requires a big mindset shift and a new balance between constantly learning and in-depth deep dive.

I have no idea about how the human brain could possibly handle this constant fight against becoming a dinosaur and being irrelevant over the next decades.

If someone decides to go deep in one profession, technology or any science she/he exposes to a dangerous vulnerability of becoming obsolete when the system moves on.

If we found our truth, it is hard to accept when it gets outdated and we have to move towards a change.

March 31, 2019/by Christian Liebich

Blog, Globalisation, Social Cause

Providing The Infrastructure For Everyone – An Alternative To Minimal Income

Providing the infrastructure for everyone – an alternative to minimal income

What I am writing here is an alternative to the ideas of Minimal Income as we have to find new ways to handle the distribution of wealth and our entire infrastructure.

What will happen, when 50% of our population will lose their job?

You think you are entitled and will get away with it? Security and entitlement is a dangerous place to be!!

We will not get around it, to find a way to provide the basic infrastructure for anybody! You want people marching in the streets?

Better act before this will be the case as they probably kill the beautiful things we have achieved.

March 28, 2019/by Christian Liebich

Blog, Clean Energy, Entrepreneur Corner, Globalisation

How Will We Change The Waste Problem?

How will we change the waste problem?

WE HAVE TO MAKE A BUSINESS OUT OF CLEANING OUR PLANET FROM THE WASTE PROBLEM!

Investments have to start flowing into the right directions!

The climate change topic popped up a long time ago. I remember well the initiatives about even worse greenhouse emissions through gases in sprays, being identified for causing the atmospheric ozone leak when I was a kid in the 80s.

Then the waste problem was not getting too much awareness. The world was not global like it is today. Plastic was the driver of our wealth and just becoming the solution to everything in our consumption-driven society.

Waste was still not considered as the big issue it has become over the last 40 years of my life.

Society came out of world war 2 and was starving for wealth. Consumption started to arise through the new possibilities of the 3rd industrial revolution.

The generation of my parents, being born in the time of world war 2 still used mostly natural products when being kids. Electricity was still far away from being mainstream in all households.

Since then, their generation and my generation mainly caused pollution and waste on our planet. We introduced this consumption craze to the next generations, leaving them without a Joyce.

Don’t you feel a responsibility?

March 23, 2019/by Christian Liebich

Blog, Clean Energy, Entrepreneur Corner, Globalisation

Climate Change – A Bigger Picture

It is incredible how many people from normal to celebrities still deny climate change but fortunately, awareness is rising.

Some days ago I took the elevator in our building and it was cold outside. There was this couple in the elevator and I just dropped the comment that it is cold outside. Just some small talk. It was the moment when temperatures dropped to -45°C this year in Chicago. I lost the context but the girl said: „Oh everybody is shouting out when it gets a little cold. I grew up in Kanada and changes in the climate have always existed“. What I want to point out, is that it is not just Donald Trump denying climate change. Normal people also defend our behavior to be decoupled from the current climate change we obviously face and the destabilization of our ecosystem.

Global warming is proven now by scientists. I think we should not just worry about global warming but about cumulation of extreme climate situations and coupled effects.
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March 22, 2019/by Christian Liebich

Blog, Entrepreneur Corner, Globalisation

Education Is The Market Of The Future

Education is the market of the future.

About education and lifelong learning

How do you react to the constant change in your profession and in the entire markets? Education is the market of the future!

Angela Merkel mentioned her idea of lifelong learning at the WEF in Davos. Technology is changing incredibly fast, also driving the education market.

Stuart Ross started the discussion about this topic in the last SFM monthly visionary call. I would like to provide some additional context.

Who will be Apple in 2030?

December 4, 2018/by Christian Liebich

Blog, Entrepreneur Corner, Globalisation

Profiles of Greatness: Jeff Bezos

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is one of the greatest entrepreneurs of our times.

Jeff Bezos started Amazon in 1994, was an angel investor of Google in 1998 and has built one of the biggest businesses on the internet since then.

Initially, he studied Physics but changed to Electronics where he graduated with excellence. He then became involved with the hedge-fund industry and focused on quant trading while the internet started to grow at very high rates at the time.

His decision to leave the financial industry, borrow 300’000 from his parents and start selling books online turned into a long run decision and leading to the hall of fame in the entrepreneur space.

May 9, 2018/by Christian Liebich

Blog, Entrepreneur Corner, Globalisation

Profiles of Greatness: Jack Ma

Jack Ma is one of the greatest entrepreneurs from China.

Jack Ma founded Alibaba in 1999 with 19 people in his team and was one of the first Chinese persons who has seen the potential on the Internet early on and became a technological leader in the world.

Alibaba changed Chinas position in the world as a manufactural hub and is exploring new fields in finance through Alipay and in education.

Jack Ma came from a poor family, was a teacher and claims that he had been an average student while he got involved with leadership from his early days on.

His motivational speeches he gives around the globe, especially also focusing on emerging markets, the youth, the position of women and working in favor of the masses to build opportunities together with his futuristic outlook makes him a true leader.

May 6, 2018/by Christian Liebich