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.

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
https://lnkd.in/dexsVrw8

#innovation #innoweek #venturestudio #companybuilder #startupstudio #vc 

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I am an accomplished Product Management expert and instructor. After working 15 years in small and FAANG companies, I moved on to helping others excel in their product career. My online courses were attended by over 20,000 people, and hundreds of them got a new job thanks to my help. I am also a co-author of a best-selling book, "Next-Gen Product Manager," and a successful live event speaker.

I'm currently focusing on growing my Newsletter, tending to live cohort training I lead with Aakash Gupta, a fellow product creator, and growing as a speaker and in-house trainer for companies that seek my help.

If you need my help, make sure to contact me today on LinkedIn or email me at contact@drbartpm.com.

Bart Jaworski

𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝟭𝟮-𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 technical skills 𝗠𝗕𝗔 for Product Managers (better than any $117K program):

Month 1 - APIs pt.1 

- API and REST API Fundamentals - https://lnkd.in/dNxEqYhq
- API Methods - https://lnkd.in/dvwe7v-g
- API Terminologies - https://lnkd.in/df3YfuVE
- API Authentication - https://lnkd.in/d3hHb-i6
- API Status Codes - https://lnkd.in/d4WPEnaU

Month 2  - APIs pt. 2 

- REST API vs GraphQL - https://lnkd.in/djFFF3rS
- API Integration - https://lnkd.in/dgBujEPJ
- API Testing - https://lnkd.in/dPEHs_k6
- Testing APIs with Postman - https://lnkd.in/d7BnDcmi

Month 3 - SQL

- Get access to an online SQL practice environment: https://lnkd.in/dkjj7iDv
- All the queries you will ever need: https://lnkd.in/dfBSNe-4

Month 4 - Design pt. 1

- UI/UX crash course: https://lnkd.in/dQzTn_fa
- Web Design Course: https://lnkd.in/drd7fA5E
- Full Mobile App Design course: https://lnkd.in/dfrwauzA
- Google UX research course: https://lnkd.in/drfhNSNz

Month 5 - Design pt. 2

- Design thinking course: https://lnkd.in/dv8S4wAx
- Figma course: https://lnkd.in/d3pSBcZs
- Balsamiq Mockups course: https://lnkd.in/ddjnyYdp
- Photoshop course: https://lnkd.in/drHp3m8d

Month 6 - Design pt. 3

- Midjourney AI course: https://lnkd.in/dS4msjSY
- Website designs: https://lnkd.in/dzhu_fUT 
- Mobile designs: https://lnkd.in/d_j7J8D4

Month 7 - AI pt. 1

- Generative AI: https://lnkd.in/dpkZWbv2
- Large Language Models: https://lnkd.in/dASQSy2w
- Responsible AI: https://lnkd.in/d_Y-_BS8

Months 8-12 in the comments section!
  
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