Essays and writings by Chris Ked.https://chrisked.de/https://chrisked.de/writings/how-to-find-a-notary-for-your-gmbh/https://chrisked.de/writings/how-to-find-a-notary-for-your-gmbh/You can't found a GmbH or UG without a notary. What to put in your first email, the full list of what a Notar needs, and copy-paste templates in German and English.Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTcompany formationoutreachhttps://chrisked.de/writings/diversify/https://chrisked.de/writings/diversify/Venture math says concentrate to 15-30 companies where you can actually be useful. Diversification past that buys almost nothing — and the whole disagreement about it is one parameter.Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTangel investinghttps://chrisked.de/writings/building-in-the-open/https://chrisked.de/writings/building-in-the-open/Working in public sharpens the work. Not for the audience, for the discipline it imposes on your thinking.Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTengineeringcrafthttps://chrisked.de/writings/lighthouse-100/https://chrisked.de/writings/lighthouse-100/This site gets a perfect Lighthouse result in every category: 100s in performance, accessibility, best practices and SEO, plus 2/2 on the agentic browsing checks.Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTengineeringcrafthttps://chrisked.de/writings/on-simplicity/https://chrisked.de/writings/on-simplicity/Simplicity isn't the absence of complexity. It's the result of understanding what matters and discarding what doesn't.Sun, 02 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTdesignhttps://chrisked.de/writings/eu-size/https://chrisked.de/writings/eu-size/The EU raised company size thresholds by ~25% via Delegated Directive 2023/2775. Many companies now qualify for reduced disclosure, audit, and reporting obligations.Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTcompany formationcrafthttps://chrisked.de/writings/how-to-create-a-brand-name/https://chrisked.de/writings/how-to-create-a-brand-name/A step-by-step system for coming up with a viable brand name and finding a matching domain that's actually still available.Mon, 14 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMTbrandingcrafthttps://chrisked.de/writings/healthy-internet-habits/https://chrisked.de/writings/healthy-internet-habits/A short personal list of healthy internet habits — contributing to OpenStreetMap and Wikipedia, archiving with archive.org, and self-study on Coursera or edX.Sat, 21 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMTinternethttps://chrisked.de/writings/ask-me-for-advice/https://chrisked.de/writings/ask-me-for-advice/How to ask anyone for advice by email and actually get a reply: get to the point, give context, and ask one direct, well-formed question.Sun, 01 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMTcommunicationhttps://chrisked.de/writings/evaluate-startup-ideas/https://chrisked.de/writings/evaluate-startup-ideas/How to evaluate a startup idea like an investor: treat it as a hypothesis, break it into problem, solution and insight, and find your unfair advantage.Tue, 13 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMTstartupsangel investinghttps://chrisked.de/writings/making-introductions/https://chrisked.de/writings/making-introductions/The right way to make an email introduction — the difference between 0-sided, 1-sided and 2-sided intros, and how to do them without wasting anyone's time.Wed, 03 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMTcommunicationhttps://chrisked.de/writings/effective-meetings/https://chrisked.de/writings/effective-meetings/The cultural and organizational norms that make meetings effective, treated as testable, modifiable habits — from ground work to healthy conflict.Sat, 01 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMTteamshttps://chrisked.de/writings/lessons-on-startups/https://chrisked.de/writings/lessons-on-startups/Field notes on running an early startup — operating rhythms, management style, and team norms distilled into a short set of practical lessons.Fri, 31 May 2019 00:00:00 GMTstartups