You can change your goal anytime, but don't live a day without a goal.

The founding of the Maschmeyer Group marks the beginning of a new chapter in my life. As an investor, I now passionately support founders in future companies.

In my book “Selfmade,” I describe the principles of success and thus end up in the bestseller lists. I advise major international corporations on strategic issues.

With the newly founded Paladin Asset Management InVag, I am now investing in companies that are undervalued on the stock exchange. The Paladin ONE mutual fund (securities identification number A1W1PH) has received several awards in recent years due to its outstanding performance, for example with the Fund Award 2017 from the magazine €uro.

Professional success is followed by my personal happiness. In France, I marry my great love, actress Veronica Ferres. My wife brings a daughter to the marriage, and I bring two adult sons.

With seed+speed, I am founding an investment company that specializes in early-stage startups in the pre-seed and seed phase, especially in the B2B software sector. The team is growing rapidly and is now (2024) seed+speed invested in more than 50 startups.

My first season as an investor in the TV show “Die Höhle der Löwen”. Founders can present their startup to an audience of millions and, in a pitch, convince investors to join. The show is VOX's most successful in-house production. I'm also publishing my second book this year: The “Millionaire Formula.” I want to help people achieve financial independence.

The Maschmeyer Group is becoming more and more international and is also investing in companies outside the German-speaking region. I am often in Silicon Valley myself and am now very well connected in the American startup and investment scene. In South Park in San Francisco, we are opening our own office for our US fund Maschmeyer Group Ventures (MGV).

Finanzguru is coming to Die Höhle der Löwen and I am so convinced of the business model and the two founders that I am making the largest single investment in the history of Die Höhle der Löwen: one million euros.

“Studydrive” is taken over by Stepstone. The investment of the Berlin-based fintech company “barzahlen” is also being sold. At the same time, new startups are being added — especially from the fields of artificial intelligence, fintech, blockchain, cyber security. The number of startups in the USA is also continuing to grow and “Modern Health” takes first place among the “50 hot tech companies globally.”

My return to the insurance industry is completely digital. Because I am investing in Neodigital AG, the first completely digital insurance company.

The six elements of success are what I call my third book, which goes straight into the SPIEGEL bestseller list. Because success is more than just making a lot of money.

It has been bothering me for a long time that there is no enough space for business start-ups and self-employment neither in curricula nor in children's books. That is why I am publishing the book “The Startup-Gang” together with my co-author Axel Täubert.

The discussion about home office and new work accompanies me throughout the year. In numerous interviews, I plead for giving employees as much freedom and trust as possible, because: If I don't trust to work from home, I shouldn't have hired them in the first place. That's why I like to invest in Deskbird, a Swiss startup that supports hybrid work models through desk and room booking.