by Peter Horsten | May 29, 2020 | Business, Entrepreneurship
It is a cold Friday evening, February 2006. My wife, Kasia, and I are sitting on a sofa, enjoying a warm glow of our open fire and a beautiful glass of red wine. We are reflecting on our life, what we have achieved, how happy we are with our beautiful family and...
by Peter Horsten | May 23, 2017 | Entrepreneurship, Life thoughts, Post
I guess you just thought: “No Peter, you made a mistake in that title”. But, I didn’t and soon you will realise why. The proverb you thought off is one of the indications that the patient, our society, is ill, seriously ill. We cherish safety and...
by Peter Horsten | Nov 30, 2016 | Business, Entrepreneurship, Goyello, Post
10 years ago our adventure began; our great leap into the unknown. Our luggage: our own ideas, motivation and energy, our hard work, trial and error, good luck and determination to overcome any setback. The outside world saw an unstoppable TGV passing by at speed....
by Peter Horsten | Jan 30, 2015 | Entrepreneurship, Life thoughts, Post
How do you like Poland? What do you think about Polish people? – these are the questions any foreigner living in Poland or staying here for a while has to answer, sooner or later. What do I, a Dutchman living in Gdańsk, think about Poland? Some weeks ago I was...
by Peter Horsten | Sep 15, 2013 | Business, Entrepreneurship, Post
This week the Startup Pirates Gdansk takes place. A one week event to launch multiple new startups. After yesterday’s party this morning the group gathered at Inkubator Starter for the first workshop. I had the honour to introduce the group to “Vision and...
by Peter Horsten | Jun 10, 2013 | Business, Entrepreneurship, Post
An important part of the Hy! show in Berlin on Sunday 2 June was the startup competition. European startups were invited to send their pitch. From the applications five companies were chosen to pitch their solution to convince the jury they would make best use of the...
