Iteration is key and you need to iterate fast. So when there’s a big idea, you just need to start somewhere and make improvements as you go along. But passion is the underlying difference. And a strong desire to continue learning. Thomas Holl is the co-founder and president of Babbel,…
Always monitor your financial outlook! Always talk to your employees and clients! Always have fun! Miriam Rupp, a true Berliner, found her calling in public relations for online startups right after university. It was 2007, a time when the concept of Web 2.0 was still in need of explanation to…
Step away from your daily business and talk to your staff and the real people surrounding your business. Christian Plagemann is one of three founders and Managing Directors of the Classic Trader GmbH. The extremely classic car enthusiast is responsible for sales, customer support and cooperations at classic-trader.com . In…
[quote style=”boxed”]It’s important that you feel good when doing things. Watch out that you be faithful to yourself and never bend yourself![/quote] With a clear conscience alugha founder Bernd Korz can be called a Jack of all trades. Already during his education as master concrete worker and master mason as…
Susanna Gebauer is one of the founders of exploreB2B, a social platform for business that focuses on writing articles, creating discussions and creating connections among users. She has lived in Berlin most of her life; she went to school in Berlin, studied mathematics and worked as a scientist for 5 years at…
[quote style=”boxed”]Put simply, my friends, family and colleagues. You could be the smartest person in the world and have the best product in the world, but it’s worth nothing without the love, devotion and motivation of those closest to you.[/quote] Charlette Prevot is a co-founder and the Corporate Manager of…
Tom Churm abandoned his career as an advertising copywriter to seek truth and punk rock… But instead, he ended up moving to Berlin, Germany where he invented the world’s original online alarm clock website. What are you working on right now? Right now I’m scanning the web for interesting clocks to…
[quote style=”boxed”] A new idea starts out as one small note taking during whatever occasion and is refined constantly over time. [/quote] Robert Boehme the CEO Part Time Scientists, a German based team of over 100 scientists, engineers and researcher that are working in cooperation with over 50 industrial partners towards…
Christian Reber is the heart-driven founder, serial entrepreneur and driving force behind 6Wunderkinder. With his main roles as CEO and product manager he is fully realizing his childhood dream of building a company that not only creates software that is functional, but also cutting-edge and sexy. Christian has been a…
[quote style=”boxed”]In my experience, what distinguishes a successful idea from an unsuccessful one is most often not the actual idea in question but rather the nature of the execution.[/quote] As SponsorPay’s CEO, Andreas Bodczek is in charge of the overall evolution of the company, in particular finance and advertiser relations. He…