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

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STEVE JOBS: HOW MANY OF YOU ARE CONSULTANTS? OH... THAT'S BAD!

Consulting is broken.

A lot of smart people…
 _Sell you a PowerPoint.
 _Disappear when it’s time to execute.

_No skin in the game.
_No responsibility.
_No results.

Consulting can feel like hiring someone to build you a sandcastle…
 …and finding out they only brought a whiteboard.

Big ideas. Fancy slides.

And when it’s time to actually do the thing — poof — they’re gone.

We prefer a different game: roll up sleeves, build stuff that works, and maybe get some sand in our shoes.

Because in innovation, the fun part is not talking about the castle.
 
It’s standing in front of it saying: 

“Yep. We made that.”

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The strategy 7 of Germany's most innovative companies already follow
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#innovation #innoweek #venturestudio #companybuilder #startupstudio #vc 

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

STEVE JOBS SAID ONE DECISION IN LIFE SEPARATES SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE FROM THOSE WHO ONLY DREAM

That decision? 

PERSEVERANCE.

Steve Jobs put it perfectly:

"I'm convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.... Unless you have a lot of passion about this, you're not going to survive. You're going to give it up."

Jobs knew this from experience. He was fired from Apple, started over with NeXT, then came back to build one of the world's most valuable companies.
Here's what separates dreamers from achievers:

_Passion fuels persistence - Without deep passion for your mission, you'll quit when things get tough

_Setbacks become feedback - Every failure reveals what customers really want and where you need to improve

_Long-term vision beats short-term pain - When you're anchored in your "why," you can weather any storm

_Persist, but pivot - Stay committed to the goal while being flexible in your approach

Research backs this up: Angela Duckworth's studies show that grit and sustained perseverance predict success better than IQ or talent alone.

The next time you want to quit, ask yourself: Am I facing a dead end—or just the natural friction of progress?

The leaders who refuse to quit, who show up one more time after setbacks, are the ones who ultimately cross the finish line.

What's one time perseverance made all the difference in your journey? 

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The strategy 7 of Germany's most innovative companies already follow
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#innovation #innoweek #venturestudio #companybuilder #startupstudio #vc 

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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

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Parents share over 60 photos of their kids every month. AI needs as few as 15–20 images to generate a realistic deepfake face. What rules do you follow before posting photos of your kids online?


And once something is online, it can be copied, scraped, indexed, and stored forever.
The Pause Before You Post campaign from Data Protection Commission Ireland highlights a reality many families still underestimate:
We are raising children in the first generation where
their digital identity exists before they understand what privacy means.
Some numbers that should make every parent think:
+ Parents post on average 63 photos of their child per month
+ Research shows AI models can recreate a face with 20 or fewer images
+ Over 70% of parents share kids’ photos publicly at least once a week
+ Billions of images are scraped online to train AI systems every year
+ Studies found ~50% of child images on criminal forums originated from public social media posts
+ Over 80% of photos contain metadata or visual clues about location or routine
+ By age 13, many kids already have thousands of images of themselves online

The campaign shows how small details become data points:
A school logo → location
A birthday cake → date of birth
A sports uniform → schedule
A street sign → home area
A group photo → social circle
With modern AI, these are not random details.
They are structured data.
Face recognition, generative AI, and large-scale scraping systems can now connect identity, location, habits, and relationships in seconds.

We are entering a world where:
🔹 Every photo can train an AI model
🔹 Every face can be cloned
🔹 Every post can be archived forever
🔹 Every detail can be cross-referenced
🔹 Every child can have a digital footprint before adulthood

What should parents do today?
✔ Make accounts private
✔ Avoid posting school names, uniforms, and routines
✔ Disable location tagging
✔ Don’t post full names + birthdays together
✔ Ask kids before posting their photos
✔ Assume anything public can be reused by AI
This isn’t paranoia.
This is parenting in the AI era.

#Innvation #Ai #ChildSafety #Privacy #Deepfakes #GenerativeAI #DataAwareness #TechEthics #SocialMediaSafety #ParentingInTheAIera #OnlineSafety #CyberSecurity #ProtectKidsOnline

The Most Underrated Role in Business - The Goalkeeper. Would you agree?

In Ice hockey, the goalkeeper doesn’t score.
Doesn’t lead rush attacks.
Rarely gets the spotlight.
But remove them — and the team collapses.
Business is no different.

The “goalkeeper” in a company is:
• The leader absorbing pressure
• The CFO protecting cash flow
• The CTO preventing system failure
• The risk manager seeing threats early
• The CEO making the final call when everyone else hesitates

Here’s what great goalkeepers teach us about business:
1️⃣ Anticipation beats reaction.
 Elite goalies read the play before the shot happens.
 In business, winners read markets before disruption hits.
2️⃣ Calm is contagious.
 When the goalie panics, the defense collapses.
 When leadership panics, the organization freezes.
3️⃣ You’re remembered for the one miss.
 That’s the job.
 Pressure is part of the contract.
4️⃣ Your role is to give others confidence to attack.
 When teams trust their last line of defense, they innovate harder and move faster.

The paradox?
The better the goalkeeper performs, the less people notice.
Same in business.
Strong defense isn’t passive.
It’s what allows bold offense.
In volatile markets, the companies that win aren’t just aggressive.
They are protected.

#Leadership #BusinessStrategy #RiskManagement #HighPerformance #CEO #Management

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