Entrepreneurship
Articles and essays on entrepreneurship and innovation.
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The German Venture Capital Market
Who Is At Fault? If you look at Germany’s startup landscape as an outsider from the U.S. or the UK, you might ask yourself: “What’s wrong here in Germany?” While Germany has the talents to build great things – as you can see in the automotive…
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You always have to put your Customer First
Yesterday a paying customer has been physically assaulted and literally with dragged by force of his United Airlines flight. The video has been recorded by several passengers. And it is shocking enough itself. The worst part was yet to come.
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The Greatest Chance for Entrepreneurs: The Cognification of Everything
Artificial Intelligence? That’s evil might be your first thought. Artificial intelligence has been demonized by many Hollywood movies. From evil robots which are going to destroy humanity and surveillance states who will collect everything about their citizens.
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Better Call Everyone Back!
Two days ago I received several calls during the day. My phone was on mute for a few hours while I was attending a course in university. Usually, I try to call back every call but two days ago I thought: “If it was important they…
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How to deal with nice people who neglect change and think differently?
Every single day I meet very nice and friendly people. The problem is being nice and friendly doesn’t change their situation. When I am talking about their situation I am talking about their financial, professional, and personal situation. I meet them everywhere and every day. They…
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Finding a Partner or Starting Solo?
Today I came up with a strange comparison. Having a training partner in the gym and having a business partner in a company. I thought about it for a while and I came to the conclusion that in the end, it’s both the same.
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We Finally Opened our Company Bank Account
Today we finally received our bank account details. In other words: we opened our company bank account. It was a weird experience. While we had our notary appointment in very late November 2016 we somehow were not able to open a bank account before early February.…
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An Overview to all legal company forms in Germany
Company Forms in Germany Germany is ranked by the World Bank Group on the 17th rank overall when it comes to doing business and on rank 114 when it comes to starting a business. With this post, I would like to introduce the different Germany company…
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The European Union as an Innovation Hub: A Vision
Innovation is a key driver for growth and it is the key to a united European Union. European countries are dominating the “Global Innovation Index” in 2016. Seven out of the top 10 are member states of the European Union, eight countries are European.
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Startup: A Definition
What exactly is a startup? What is the difference between a company and a startup? Is every newly founded company a startup? Recently I was surprised that every newly founded company was called a startup. I asked myself the question of what exactly a startup is.…