Lead with Purpose My updates for founders, executives, and creators who want to lead with vision, not noise Issue #36 • March 9, 2026 Sending out a special SXSW message There's a moment I keep coming back to A kid from a small village in Germany, no money, no connections, no roadmap, lands in America age 18 with three tennis rackets and a toothbrush. He doesn't know what he's building yet. He just knows he's not going back. That kid was me. If you've never read that story, this is the piece...
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Lead with Purpose My updates for founders, executives, and creators who want to lead with vision, not noise Issue #35 • March 3, 2026 My dad sent me a photo this weekend; my latest investment decision and FREE meditations for you My dad just sent me this photo. It stopped me cold. Austin, TX 2013 It popped up in his Facebook memories this week and suddenly I was back in 2013.That's my dad, Albrecht, who had just flown in from Germany to visit us in Austin. That's my son Luca. And that's a...
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Lead with Purpose My updates for founders, executives, and creators who want to lead with vision, not noise Issue #34 • February 17, 2026 New logo. Five podcasts. A SXSW jury seat. And two Austin events you don't want to miss. Big week. A new chapter has a new look I'm launching a new logo. But before you scroll past thinking this is just a design update, let me tell you what it actually means. Over the past year I've been building something bigger than any single program or project. Coaching...
28 days ago • 3 min read
Lead with Purpose My updates for founders, executives, and creators who want to lead with vision, not noise February 17, 2026 There's something deeply uncomfortable about trying to put yourself into a symbol. A logo sounds simple it's just a little image, right? Pick some colors, find a font, call it done. But when you've spent years building businesses, coaching founders, and figuring out who you actually are underneath all the titles and roles, suddenly that "little image" carries a lot of...
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Lead with Focus - Mathias Ihlenfeld For founders, executives, and creators who want to lead with vision, not noise There's a moment in every entrepreneur's journey where the fantasy meets reality. For me, it happened in 2014, staring at a garage full of unsold bikes. I had what I thought was the perfect formula: the best product on the market, a strong brand, crystal clear vision. My brother and his business partner had built these incredible children's bikes in Vienna - woom bikes - and I...
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Lead with Focus - Mathias Ihlenfeld For founders, executives, and creators who want to lead with vision, not noise Hi everyone, Two conversations recently showed me something I couldn't ignore: we're not meant to do this alone. First: A Podcast About Building Community I sat down with Sam Huntington on the Hill Climbers Show thinking we'd talk cycling and business. Within minutes, we were past the surface - talking about family, purpose, mental health, and what it actually costs to build...
about 2 months ago • 6 min read
Lead with Focus - Mathias Ihlenfeld For founders, executives, and creators who want to lead with vision, not noise Who You Are Matters More Than What You Do Hi everyone, I wanted to share something special with you - I recently sat down with Sam Huntington and Stephen Cunningham for the Hill Climbers Show, and it turned into one of those conversations that reminded me why authentic connection matters so much. How It Started I was introduced to Sam thinking we'd talk cycling and business. What...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Lead with Focus - Mathias Ihlenfeld For founders, executives, and creators who want to lead with vision, not noise I'm Starting Something New—And Last Thursday Proved It's Exactly What People Need I'll be honest: I was a little bit nervous going into last Thursday. Hosting the first Birthing of Giants info session for Central Texas, introducing Lewis Schiff to a room of business owners I'd invited, putting myself out there as the Regional Cohort Leader for a program I deeply believe in. What...
about 2 months ago • 7 min read
Lead with Focus - Mathias Ihlenfeld For founders, executives, and creators who want to lead with vision, not noise Over the years, I've invested heavily in my own development. Spiritual Coaching certification with Awakened Academy. Multiple coaching programs. Thousands of hours learning frameworks, tools, and practices that actually work. And through all of it, I kept coming back to the same core truth: Without a solid foundation in energy management, nothing else sticks. That's why I created...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read