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Edition 23 · 24 Oct 2026What We Pass On: Money, Ideas and Legacy
This week I shared two posts that looked very different at first. One was about a yellowed folder from 1994, the other about a breakfast in Vienna and the …
Edition 22 · 17 Oct 2026Building in Europe: What Has to Change
On Thursday I spent the day at the AustrianStartups Summit in Vienna. The motto was "No Risk, No Fun(ds)", and someone had even taped it onto the asphalt as …
Edition 21 · 10 Oct 2026Five Days, One Table: Lessons from the UK
This edition is a little different. For the last five days I have not been writing from my desk in Austria, but from trains, coffee shops and restaurant …
Edition 20 · 3 Oct 2026Community Before Scale, AI Leadership and the Power of Plain Language
Every week, we use this space to step away from the daily noise and look at the principles that decide whether a business lasts. This week connects four …
Edition 19 · 26 Sep 2026Connecting the Dots: Location Optimism, Serendipity, and Mobile Office 2.0
Every week, we use this space to step back from short-term market noise and look at the broader mechanics of building a sustainable, execution-driven …
Edition 18 · 19 Sep 2026Behind the Scenes: The School of Life, Bootstrapped Passion, and Timeless Mentors
Every week, we use this space to step out of the daily transactional noise and look at the core principles that drive long-term business success. This week, …
Edition 17 · 12 Sep 2026Behind the Scenes: Of unpolished milestones, blind trust, and FBI fingerprints
Every week, we use this space to step out of the daily transactional noise and look at the core principles that drive long-term business success. This week, …
Edition 16 · 5 Sep 2026Forced Reboots, Ledger Restorations, and the Co-Creation Premium
Every week, we use this space to step out of the daily transactional noise and look at the core principles that drive long-term business success. This week, …
Edition 15 · 29 Aug 2026The Digital Lektor, Sustainable Recovery, and the Unyielding Urge to Build
Every week, we use this space to step out of the daily transactional noise and look at the core principles that drive long-term business. This week, we …
Edition 14 · 22 Aug 2026Dilution Realities, Shaking Hands, and the Silent Engine of Success
When we build in public, we often talk about numbers, code, and financial rails. But this week, I want to connect the dots of three highly personal moments …
Edition 13 · 15 Aug 2026The Demographic Void, Smart Leverage, and the Apple Founder Who Walked Away
Building a regulated, global financial ecosystem from scratch requires relentless execution. But as builders and investors, we must constantly look beyond …
Edition 12 · 8 Aug 2026The Micro-Dose of Recovery, the Illusion of the Perfect Moment, and the Mandate to Adapt
This week, we examine the fine line between relentless execution and operational longevity. We look at the unglamorous reality of disconnecting as a …
Edition 11 · 1 Aug 2026The Mathematics of Scaling, the Illusion of Charity, and the FinTech-Manufaktur
. This week, we step away from daily operations to look at the macro perspective of corporate growth. We are exploring the mathematics of scaling, why …
Edition 10 · 25 Jul 2026The Roots of Execution: Content Pioneers, Breaking the Status Quo, and the True Foundation of Sales
. This week, we looked back at the very roots of execution. We explored why raw documentation beats polished theory, what it actually takes to break out of …
Edition 9 · 18 Jul 2026The Power of Kind Candor, Airport Resilience, and Closing Mental Apps
. Building a regulated fintech ecosystem from scratch requires relentless execution, but sustainable growth is impossible without the right culture and …
Edition 8 · 11 Jul 2026The Hustle Myth, The 100% Rule, and the Real Math Behind an $86 Billion IPO
. This week, we dismantle the illusions of rigid morning routines, share the gritty execution principles of a billionaire builder, and look deep into the …
Edition 7 · 4 Jul 2026The "Trading Places" Lesson, Institutional Talent, and the Mindset of Tech Giants
. This week, we dive deep into the realities of risk management, the future of trading as an asset class, and the true "Builder Mindset" that drives …
Edition 6 · 27 Jun 2026The Real Profit Engine, Information Fast Food, and the Power of Early Believers
. This week, we are looking at the realities of investing and building - from the unseen profit engines of fintech ecosystems to the dangers of "Information …
Edition 5 · 20 Jun 2026The Builder Mindset: Beyond Headlines, Diversification, and the Solo Founder Myth
. This week, we step away from the daily operations to look at the bigger picture. We are exploring the "Builder Mindset" - how founders and investors …
Edition 4 · 13 Jun 2026Opening the Engine Room: Building a Community-Driven Ecosystem
. This week, we did something we rarely do: we opened the doors to our engine room and invited people outside of our inner circle to join our bi-weekly …
Edition 3 · 6 Jun 2026Valuation Realities, Birthday Lessons, and the Power of Taking Action
. This week brings reflections from the Malta Stock Exchange, some hard truths I shared on my birthday, and a moment of gratitude for the unseen work that …
Edition 2 · 30 May 2026Building Traders, Connecting Dots, and the True Foundation of Resilience
. This week, we dive deep into the core of what makes a successful trader, how small habits build billion-dollar visions, and the personal foundations that …
Edition 1 · 23 May 2026From User to Builder: The Engine Behind the App & The Value of Early Visions
Welcome to the first edition of Inside 25/8 Fintech ! From now on, I will be sharing unfiltered weekly insights into our journey: how the SKYTRADERS team is …