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This week’s key ideas
This week’s key ideas
Practical insights from our latest research. Connecting behavioral science, valuation, and business strategy.
VC funding and gender: What the data reveals about European tech in 2025
Female and mixed-gender founding teams receive 6-28% of European VC funding despite equal performance. The gap is widening, not narrowing. Data from 2025.
· Ruben van Putten
Three questions that reveal if your moat actually exists
Three practical tests to validate if your competitive advantage is real. Score pricing power, replication risk, and founder dependency before diligence does.
· Ruben van Putten
Seven behavioral traps that inflate valuations
Seven behavioral traps quietly inflate M&A valuations. Use a four-step protocol to counter bias, haircut synergies, and keep discipline at the bid table.
· Ruben van Putten
When founders become bottlenecks
Founder dependency kills scalability. Spot it in diligence and replace with systems that protect revenue and decisions in 90 days.
· Ruben van Putten
Why some €2M companies outperform €20M ones
Research shows small focused companies often outperform larger diversified ones. Why complexity costs exceed scale benefits, backed by strategy research.
· Ruben van Putten
The silent killer of small business acquisitions
Why most business acquisitions fail: information asymmetry isn't just seller deception. Learn how to build verification systems that protect against biases.
· Ruben van Putten
From research to results
From research to results
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