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5 reasons why Germany is the best country for startups

The Next Web

Germany has been a startup ecosystem on the rise for quite some time now. EY reported that Germany’s top 100 startups received a total of $11.1 It’s produced a number of global success stories including SoundCloud, Zalando, Flixbus, and HelloFresh. In 2019, the country was ranked number one in Europe for startups by NimbleFins.

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What Should You Make of the Web Summit Controversy? A View Behind the Scenes

Both Sides of the Table

Like many of you I read the Is Web Summit a Scam article making the rounds this week. I have attended Web Summits three times – it is not a scam. I even wrote about my experiences attending Web Summit , something I rarely ever write about. That’s why so many people come to DreamForce and so many come to Web Summit.

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Times Square Strategy Session – Web Startups and Customer Development

Steve Blank

I was in New York last week with my class at Columbia University and several events made me realize that the Customer Development model needs to better describe its fit with web-based businesses. In it, I got asked a question I often hear: “What if we have a web-based business that doesn’t have revenue or paying customers?

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Peter Thiel says the Dublin Web Summit isn’t representative of ‘slacker’ Europe

The Next Web

Following comments to the Financial Times two months ago criticising the continent, venture capitalist Peter Thiel today dismissed Dublin Web Summit with its 20,000+ attendees as “not representative of Europe”. How would my life have turned out if I grew up in Germany instead? This story continues at The Next Web.

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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Germany

The Next Web

Just last year Germany’s startups collected a record €4.6 During… This story continues at The Next Web. billion in investments with Berlin-based scale-ups alone responsible for €2.64 billion of the intake. At the same time, we’re now seeing other major German cities catching up faster than anyone could have imagined.

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Mattress company Emma is fastest-growing startup in Europe

The Next Web

For the fifth year in a row Adyen and TNW teamed up to find the fastest growing companies in Europe’s six hottest startup ecosystems: the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Germany, France, Spain, and Sweden. The winner, mattress business Emma (Germany), was announced tonight at TNW Conference Founders Dinner in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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Techpreneur and CEO Leads a Company to Reign in Testing of Software For Tech Companies

Hearpreneur

They also wanted someone who was willing to move to Germany for a while to get to know the business and to get it in shape for that expansion. The Germany angle was intriguing for me. We provide crowdtesting for mobile and web apps using a network of people around the world who are good at testing software.