“We can achieve more together”, says Livia Zimermann, Co-Founder and CEO of Zero Waste Era. In an interview she explains why she decided to join the startup acceleration program High-Tech SeedLab and shares her biggest learnings from the past. She was the first founder to be interviewed for the blog-series ‘Lessons Learned of Startup Founders’.…
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From the very beginning one of the goals of the High-Tech SeedLab was to establish the foundations of peer learning and support. For this reason, the blog-series “Lessons Learned of Startup Founders” features interviews with experienced founders from this year’s batch. They share their ups and downs, tricks and tips to motivate and inspire new…
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The High-Tech SeedLab is a ten-month acceleration program that started in February 2020. In addition to a monthly grant of 1.500 € every team is assigned a startup coach who makes sure that the participants get the support and knowledge they need. The program also includes tailored workshops and at the end a demo day…
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Since 25 May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) offers a unifying framework of data protection laws whose primary aim is to give individuals control over their own data. If you are a startup – or any business really – the GDPR makes you think about how to manage your data in a responsible…
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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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