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Lessons Learned Reflecting

2024: A Year That Awoke Me to Forces I Was Not Aware Of

December 28, 2024January 16, 2025 Juriaan Karsten

This year has been transformative—a journey of self-discovery, growth, and realizing my potential. Looking back, 2024 feels like the year I started to awaken to the forces within me, propelling me toward a better version of myself. Here’s my year in review.  Running: A Catalyst for Change In

Lessons Learned Writing

10 Lessons from writing 10 blog posts in the past 2 months

June 26, 2022March 26, 2022 Juriaan Karsten

It’s a lot of fun to publish a new article every week. Try tofind joy in publishing instead of validation through likes and comments. Once you get rolling, it gets less and less hard everyday. I’m really starting to feel it now. I’ve pumped out this post in

Business Finance Lessons Learned Productivity

How to get maximum value out of your investor meetings

May 29, 2022May 29, 2022 Juriaan Karsten

The last company that I built from the ground up has a capable roster of angel investors ranging from ex McKinsey consultants to captains of industry.  Together they’ve funded our company for more than 1 million dollars. Their help resulted in a market-leading IoT business in the vehicle detection

Business Lessons Learned Self Help

The Five-Year Rule for Life

May 15, 2022May 15, 2022 Juriaan Karsten

You get plenty of shots to make it BIG. I hear many peers make the following statement “I’m not doing the right thing. I’m wasting my time. I’m not in the right spot, job, project, or not with the right people.” The statement implies that starting early or

Business Lessons Learned Productivity Writing

The only ’10-Minute Rule’ you should know about and use

May 8, 2022May 1, 2022 Juriaan Karsten

A multi-millionaire friend once told me a secret on how he consistently delivers his best work.  In this essay, I will tell you how he does it. But first, let me tell you what effect his secret Rule had on my own work:  I spot more errors in

Business Lessons Learned Self Help

I am not afraid of failure. I embrace it.

April 17, 2022March 30, 2022 Juriaan Karsten

In January 2020, my former business had 10+ employees and record-breaking earnings. But unfortunately, 18 months later (during the covid pandemic), we only had 3 employees left, and revenues were dwindling. The business has bounced back tremendously and is doing better than ever, but back then, the company

Finance Lessons Learned

How much money do you really need?

April 3, 2022March 30, 2022 Juriaan Karsten

Everyone thinks they need to be a billionaire to have a luxurious lifestyle.  I beg to differ. You need to know your ‘number’. With your number, I mean the net income you need to support a highly luxurious lifestyle on your own terms. Find your number by doing the

A new start Blogpost
Lessons Learned Reflecting

It is time for the next step in my journey

March 5, 2022March 5, 2022 Juriaan Karsten

I am stepping down from my role at Parkeagle. Six years ago, I started as an intern at Parkeagle during Startupbootcamp after selling my first internet business. We had no customers and zero revenue back then, but we had a working prototype and a solid vision to help customers succeed

Most business advice is bad advice
Business Lessons Learned

Most business advice is terrible advice

April 1, 2021March 6, 2022 Juriaan Karsten

It’s probably outdated Most advice comes after the facts.  When someone comes with advice 9 out of 10 times, it comes after their success. So when someone says they were successful. They probably did these things a while back. What worked for someone in the past will likely

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Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned from Last Week: 46 | Hanging Questions | Love the Proces and you’ll win in life

November 15, 2020December 25, 2020 Juriaan Karsten

Hello Friends! I hope you’re doing well in these strange but interesting times. Here is my weekly dose of lessons that I’ve learned in the past week. Use them, abuse them, like them, hate them, praise them.  How do these lessons affect you? A few questions that kept

The Five Year Rule Blog Post Juriaan Karsten
Lessons Learned Self Help

Lessons Learned from Last Week: 45 | The 5 Year Rule | Impactful quotes | A rant on Free Speech | Group Consensus

November 7, 2020December 25, 2020 Juriaan Karsten

Hello Friends! Here is my weekly dose of lessons that I’ve learned in the past week: The Five Year Rule: You get plenty of shots at life to make it BIG I hear many peers make the following statement: “I’m not doing the right thing. I’m not focussing

Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned from Last Week: 44

November 1, 2020December 25, 2020 Juriaan Karsten

I’ve written 350+ diary entries in the past year. That’s a record for me. I’ve written a lot in the past, but never this much. The difference is that I’ve kept a strict journaling format this year. My format is standardized and easy to use. I ask myself

What I learned this week
Lessons Learned Reflecting

What I’ve learned this week (week 13 of 2020)

March 28, 2020December 22, 2020 Juriaan Karsten

As of today, I’m starting a weekly series in which I go over all the lessons that I’ve learned this week. I collect my personal and business lessons on a daily basis when I write in my evening journal just before going to bed. I have this theory

Business Lessons Learned

My Experiences with Resellers as a Hardware Startup Founder

March 25, 2020April 13, 2020 Juriaan Karsten

It’s hard to align your interest with those of a reseller or integrator. An integrator just wants to sell services and close contracts. They would seriously not care if they sold your hardware or the product of your competitor as long as they make and close the contract.

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