Editor’s Note: This article has been created in collaboration with Leaf. As a company focussing on how brick & mortar stores can better engage with their customers, Leaf, a Berlin-based fintech startup, has been in close contact with retailers for the last couple of months. Thus, when closures were first discussed as a possible…
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Many entrepreneurs incorrectly believe that they will receive startup financing just because of a big, bright idea alone. But the fact of the matter is that they don’t necessarily have a better idea than competitors. They hardly ever are the ones coming up with the idea themselves. They happen to work on a similar wavelength…
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One digital device can help us do different things at the same time, at a speed that we never would have imagined. With a single click we can set several services in motion that make our lives easier. The speed of technological advancements seems unstoppable. Behind the seemingly virtual world that digital technologies create lies…
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If you google search for German female startup founders, chances are high the results will bring up women like: Franziska von Hardenberg (founder of flower delivery service Bloomy Day), Delia Fischer (co-founder of interior design online shop Westwing), and Ida Tin (CEO and co-founder of female health app Clue) – she also coined the term…
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The internet allowed the global sharing of information. The blockchain technology will allow the global sharing of assets. The blockchain is an unchangeable ledger of online records. This ledger is public and shared among a network of computers all around the world. You can only add, not change or remove data. This means that no…
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It is the common notion that big companies are the drivers of economies and creators of jobs. However, more often than not startups and SMEs are the main actors creating ample economic opportunities in their local ecosystems. Berlin is the perfect example. The city has 3000 startups – there is no other German city with…
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Entrepreneurship is positively associated with economic growth. In 1979 the relaxation of investment rules for U.S. pension funds led to historically large inflows (3% of GDP) to the venture capital asset class. As a result, many forward-looking tech companies were funded. Today, their revenue is equivalent to one-fifth of the country’s GDP. The importance of entrepreneurship…
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International Women’s Day is coming up on 8 March. This is a good occasion to take a look at the current status of gender equality in leadership positions. On the invitation of Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, experts from small and large companies and the digital economy gathered on 4 March. The…
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Peer support is an essential factor in growing successful businesses. Learn about the different formats of peer learning the High-Tech SeedLab has anchored in their acceleration program in Berlin.
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Paying the slightest attention to China in recent years, it is hard to overlook its burgeoning tech ecosystem. The three most noteworthy, giant internet companies with a global presence — Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent, or BAT as they are loosely called – are creating rich, multifaceted digital platforms that touch almost every aspect of people’s…
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