Born into an entrepreneurial family, I was used to being around all these uncles and aunts telling me from a young age on „how the world works". It always fascinated me how self-assured they seemed to be, and getting to visit our companies in areas as diverse as the production of knives, flour or auto loans intrigued me. It came naturally to me to look into business administration and economics at university, and when I worked as an M&A consultants for one of the large German banks, it was easy for me to connect to entrepreneurs. The frustration always sneaked in on the day of the signing of an M&A-deal when everyone except for the owner and I were happy: the entrepreneur oft