Dipl.-Ing. Lars Behrendt

//CEO@GRANNY&SMITH, DE-RISKING INNOLAB FOR THE MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANIES

I’m an inventor, innovator and investor. I turn real problems into real companies.My career changed the moment I realized most innovations fail for the same reason: everyone talks about ideas - almost no one builds them.In boardrooms and workshops, I watched brilliant concepts suffocate under politics, process and PowerPoints. The spark in people’s eyes faded the moment reality entered the room. I couldn’t unsee it.So I stopped helping people discuss the future and started building it.Over the past 15 years, I’ve created products, ventures and business models that didn’t exist before. What began as engineering evolved into a practice: recognizing real unmet needs, inventing the solution and forming a company around it.Today, I operate where invention, innovation and investment meet. I don’t manage portfolios — I create the companies they’re built from.How I work: • real-world problems • physical + digital products • validated demand • scalable models • long-term ownershipWhat drives me: If you can see a better future, you’re responsible for building it. I work with people who believe progress comes from creating, not talking — and who want to bring things into the world that should already exist.That’s why I build.More: grannyandsmith.com

We are here to help you develop, test, and grow new business ideas in a few weeks instead of months. We specialize in innovation development, constantly keeping up with the latest trends, methods, and ways of working.

We have been developing innovation for our customers for more than 15 years now. Our teams, consisting of designers, engineers, software developers, and business model experts, have tried a lot and gained much experience. Today we know what works and what does not - so you don't have to make all those experiences again.

Our INNOWEEK® method is the result of more than 15 years of continuous development and project experience with well-known DAX groups and Fortune 500 companies and helps you to develop, test, and grow new business ideas in a few weeks instead of months.

HERE IS MY APPROACH TO INNOVATION DEVELOPMENT

The difference between bringing your product to market in theory?

VS

Bringing your product to market in practice?

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In "the theoretical" way, you tried to be perfectly prepared and get hit by the market, and it´s over.

In "the practice way", you are learning step by step. (Like small hits that won't knock you out)

In "the practice way", you get feedback from the market and learn to iterate.

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After +15 years in the innovation business, I will never go "the theoretical way" anymore. 

It just hurts too much ;-)

You get that one hi,t and it's over.

It´s your choice.

#innovation

Dipl Ing Lars Behrendt 

INVENTOR · INNOVATOR · INVESTOR - Building Companies. Not Slide Decks. We build and scale industrial ventures. At own risk.

YOU FEEL TIRED?

If you are feeling tired in your life...

...then you should take a good look at this video*!

Don't ever let somebody tell you you can't do something. 

_You got a dream? 
_You gotta protect it. 
_You want something, go get it

P.S.
*Actually, this movie is based on a true story by Chris Gardner
He is also here on Linkedin

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This is how we bring your ideas to market in 2025:
https://lnkd.in/dexsVrw8

#innovation

THE FOUNDER OF NETFLIX LITERALLY DROPPED HIS BEST BUSINESS ADVICE IN UNDER A MINUTE 🔥

The most valuable business advice I've heard in years 💡

Netflix's founder just dropped this truth bomb that every entrepreneur needs to hear:

"Nobody knows anything when it comes to new ideas. I've started seven companies, including Netflix, and I promise you - I could never have predicted which would succeed and which would fail on day one."

His solution? Stop overthinking and START DOING.
→ Take the risk → Build something
→ Test something → Try something

Because here's the reality: 
You learn more in one hour of action than in three months of planning.

This hits different when you realize Netflix was just one of his seven attempts. 

Imagine if he'd stopped at attempt #6 because he was afraid of failure.

The companies that win aren't the ones with perfect plans - they're the ones brave enough to test their imperfect ideas in the real world.

What's one idea you've been overthinking that you could test this week?

P.S.
This is exactly the approach we are taking with our startup studio and family office. Reach out if you're interested in collaborating to build startups systematically.  

#innovation #vc #familyoffice

FOLLOW ME for breaking tech news & content • helping usher in tech 2.0 • at AMD for a reason w/ purpose • LinkedIn persona •

Senior business leader with a proven track record of driving growth and transformation across the global IT landscape. With deep experience at industry leaders including AMD, Apple, Intel and Axir Consulting, I specialize in developing and executing large-scale Go-to-Market strategies across the ecosystem and value chain.

A natural influencer and strategic thinker, I excel in building high-impact external partnerships while driving cross-functional performance internally. My passion lies in leveraging emerging technologies—such as Cloud, AI, and Blockchain—to open new revenue streams and enable long-term innovation.

I bring a change-ready mindset and a hands-on leadership style, thriving in complex, fast-moving environments where innovation meets execution. 

Core expertise includes:
High-Volume Sales | Strategic Planning | Customer & Partner Relationship Management | Solution/Co-Selling | P&L and Budget Oversight | Product & Marketing Strategy | Cloud (AWS, Google Cloud) | Blockchain & AI | ERP & SCM Solutions | Channel Development | Project & Program Management | Cross-functional Team Leadership | Global Business Development

Singapore Citizen | Open to collaboration, advisory roles, and speaking opportunities in Ai, high-performance computing, cloud innovation, and emerging tech ecosystems.

Alexey Navolokin

AI isn’t upgrading house design. It’s rewriting the rulebook. Homes are no longer designed once — they’re generated, tested, optimized, and evolved by AI. Would you live there?

Layouts that adapt to your life.
Materials chosen before problems exist.
Energy, cost, light, airflow — simulated before a single brick is laid.
Blueprints are static.

AI-designed homes are alive.
This is how housing becomes faster, smarter, cheaper, and sustainable by default.
The future won’t live in houses.
Houses will think.

#AI #FutureOfLiving #PropTech #Architecture #SmartHomes #GenerativeAI #HousingInnovation via @rithy.virtual.lab

Traffic jam? BYD just flew over it. Would you use this tech?

In China, a BYD SUV stopped people mid-scroll after the driver launched a built-in roof drone—without leaving the car—to check traffic conditions ahead.

No gimmicks. No aftermarket hacks.
The Lingyuan system, co-developed by BYD × DJI, turns the vehicle into a mobile aerial platform:
+ One-touch drone launch from the roof
+ Live video streamed directly to the dashboard
+ Drone follows the car at speeds up to 54 km/h
+ Auto-returns, docks, and recharges while driving

This isn’t a concept car.
This isn’t “coming soon.”
This works today.
It’s a glimpse of what happens when automotive + robotics + consumer drones converge:
Cars don’t just drive anymore.
They see, scout, and decide.
The future of mobility isn’t only autonomous.
It’s aerially aware.

#BYD #DJI via @technology #SmartCars #FutureOfMobility #AutomotiveInnovation #ChinaTech #ADAS #AutonomousVehicles #Robotics

Most people think hobbies are a distraction from “real work”.
They’re wrong. What do you think about this DIY mini laser?

A hobby is one of the best investments you can make—for your mind and your business.

Mentally:
Hobbies put your brain into flow.
Stress drops. Focus returns. Creativity wakes up.
That’s not laziness—that’s neurological recovery.

Professionally:
Hobbies train the same muscles great businesses need:
• Experimentation without fear
• Learning through failure
• Systems thinking
• Precision and patience

New DIY Mini Laser Level Project
Perfect straight lines for walls and ceilings.

You don’t “waste time” when you’re building.
You’re training your brain to solve problems end-to-end.

People who protect time for hobbies often:
• Make sharper decisions
• Burn out less
• Spot opportunities earlier
• Turn side projects into real value
Hobbies aren’t time wasted.
They’re mental infrastructure.
Sometimes they’re just fun. Sometimes they become tools.
And sometimes… they turn into your next unfair advantage.

#Innovation #Technology via @rodaolok #DIY

Everyone thinks smartwatches were born in the 2010s. Wrong. By 40 years. Have you seen this watch?

In the early 1980s, Casio built a watch you didn’t press.
You touched it. Drew on it. Interacted with it.
No buttons.
No menus.
Just gesture input on glass — decades before iPhone, before Palm, before the web.

This wasn’t a gimmick. It was a statement:
👉 Interfaces should adapt to humans — not the other way around.

Fast-forward to today and the same idea is everywhere:
+ Touch-first smartphones
+ Gesture navigation
+ Voice and multimodal AI
+ On-device inference
+ Spatial computing and wearables

What we call “AI-native” or “natural interfaces” today…
…were already being prototyped on a wrist, in the analog era.

Most breakthrough tech doesn’t appear overnight.
It waits — until compute, software, and timing finally catch up.

Yesterday: drawing numbers on a watch face
Today: talking to LLMs, gesturing in mixed reality
Tomorrow: interfaces we don’t even notice anymore

The future isn’t invented. It’s rediscovered.

#AI #HumanComputerInteraction #Wearables #UX #TechHistory #Innovation #SmartDevices #EdgeAI #FutureOfComputing

Everyone’s talking about AI composing music. Meanwhile… mushrooms already do. Facinating?


Fungi send continuous bioelectrical signals through their mycelium — a living network that reacts to light, touch, temperature, and environmental change.

When those signals are connected to a synthesizer, each pulse becomes a note.

Change the environment → change the melody.
That’s real-time biological signal processing.
No prompts.
No training data.
Just a distributed, adaptive system responding to inputs — exactly how we want AI to behave.

Projects like Bionic and the Wires turn these signals into music, reminding us of something important: Nature figured out networks, feedback loops, and resilience long before silicon.

AI isn’t replacing biology.
It’s finally starting to learn from it.
Maybe the future of intelligence doesn’t sound like a machine…
Maybe it sounds like the forest. 🌲🎶

#AI #BiologicalIntelligence #SystemsThinking #FutureOfComputing #BioMusic #Fungi #Innovation #TechInspiration

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