Librería Samer Atenea
Kálamo Books
Librería Elías (Asturias)
Librería Kolima (Madrid)
Librería Proteo (Málaga)
THE HONORABLE ENTREPRENEUR is the unvarnished memoir of physicist Philipp Baaske, who-together with fellow PhD student Stefan Duhr-turned a benchtop prototype into NanoTemper Technologies. This €56 million global biotech-tools leader remains 100 % founder-owned and VC-free.From a near-fatal Swiss Disaster that almost stole their patents, to selling 29 hand-built instruments before a product even existed, to walking away from a US $60 million buy-out while still a 35-person firm, Baaske shows how trust, focus, and a seven-point Code of Honor can beat venture capital and power sustainable deep-tech entrepreneurship.WHO IT’S FORScientists and engineers turning research into biotech startups or deep-tech venturesFounders bootstrapping global companies from Europe and beyondLeaders scaling technical teams without losing culture, control, or profitabilityReaders of The Hard Thing About Hard Things or Lost and Founder seeking a European twistWHAT YOU’LL LEARNFunding & ownership: how pre-selling, grants, and disciplined reinvestment financed growth while keeping equityProduct & customers: why real pain, not clever tech, drove every pivot and launchPeople & culture: lessons from a 24-hour lay-off, firing a toxic star, and running a company on a Code of Honor, not bureaucracyCrisis leadership: daily pandemic calls that lifted revenue to €56 million without Kurzarbeit abuseGlobal sales: the messy reality of exporting lab instruments to 45 countries from a Munich basementM&A reality check: the SAW Instruments deal that flopped and why culture fit mattersTRUE STORIES INSIDEA fraudulent family 'partner' nearly tanks the company before it begins (the Swiss Disaster)Christmas Eve 2009: a data-driven all-nighter wins the first €10 000 pre-payment and sparks 29 prototype salesSaying 'No, danke' to $60 million and betting on independence instead of exitWritten with self-deprecating humor and Michael-Lewis-style narrative drive, The Honorable Entrepreneur offers scar tissue, hard data, and repeatable frameworks you won’t find in any MBA classroom.Ready to build a deep-tech company that lasts and stay honorable while you do it? Start reading The Honorable Entrepreneur today.
