article thumbnail

Be Careful not to be Penny Wise, Pound Foolish

Both Sides of the Table

I learned everything I know about startups in these lean years: 2001-2004. I frequently travelled to Frankfurt, Germany but found it much cheaper to stay 20 minutes south of the city in Neu Isenberg. I felt like I had survived The Great Depression and I never wanted to go there again.

Warrant 333
article thumbnail

4 Best Websites To Apply For Accelerators And Incubators

YoungUpstarts

Based out of San Francisco with offices in Santiago (Chile) and Munich (Germany), YouNoodle showcases startup competitions and programs from around the world since 2010. Started in 2004, it has helped over 500,000 startup founders to receive seed money and has raised over $1 billion in investment capital for them.

Incubator 114
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Go-Getters Showcase

Mike Michalowicz

We are “El Tucano”, a catering business for children’s meals in schools and kindergartens in Germany in the central region around Frankfurt. My wife Mirta, a professional chef from Paraguay, and I started the business in 2004. Simon Rothschild. Now we have 70 employees and serve 5000 children every day. or 608-542-0880.

article thumbnail

4 Best Websites to Apply for Acceleration and Incubation Programs

Kodorra

Based out of San Francisco with offices in Santiago (Chile) and Munich (Germany), YouNoodle showcases startup competitions and programs from around the world since 2010. Started in 2004, it has helped over 500,000 startup founders to receive seed money and has raised over $1 billion in investment capital for them.

article thumbnail

Why Venture Capitalists Are Investing in International Startups

David Teten

According to the NVCA 2017 Yearbook , in 2004, 77% of global VC fundraising went to US VCs, and 85% of global VC dollars went to US startups. In addition, HOF has backed 10 companies with roots in Canada, China, Estonia, Finland, India, Germany, Denmark and Russia. Source: NVCA, Pitchbook.

article thumbnail

Why Venture Capitalists Are Investing in International Startups

David Teten

According to the NVCA 2017 Yearbook , in 2004, 77% of global VC fundraising went to US VCs, and 85% of global VC dollars went to US startups. In addition, HOF has backed 10 companies with roots in Canada, China, Estonia, Finland, India, Germany, Denmark and Russia. Source: NVCA, Pitchbook.

article thumbnail

Why Crunch Modes Doesn't Work: Six Lessons

www.igda.org

From the Work Less Institute of Technology, “ Psychophysics in Cyberia ” (written in response to the ea_spouse posting): It was over a century ago that Dr. Ernst Abbe conducted his observations on working time and output at the Zeiss Optical Works in Jena, Germany. Green, York University, Toronto, Canada.