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Video: Global Founders Capital’s Fabian Siegel on career changes and working with the Samwers
It’s been a whirlwind of a year for former Delivery Hero co-CEO Fabian Siegel. In January, he announced he would leave the food delivery platform, despite its status as a rising success story from
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Video: DN Capital founder Nenad Marovac – “Great companies are not always great investments”
One of Europe’s leading VCs, DN Capital has accumulated an impressive list of portfolio companies including Shazam, JustBook, Mister Spex and ApSmart since its establishment in 2000. DN Capital is headed up by founder
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Video Heureka 2013: “Don’t do anything stupid” and other essential business tips from the experts
The Heureka Conference on Tuesday saw 500 guests from the startup and tech industry gather to listen to keynote speeches and get involved in expert-run workshops. We asked the big-name attendees what the best
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Video: Eventbrite’s Kevin and Julia Hartz “Don’t spend too much time on the competition”
Fresh off the back of yesterday’s announcement of a $60m late-stage funding round, the future is looking bright for online event ticketing platform Eventbrite. Founded in 2006, the San Francisco-based company plans to use the
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VIDEO: “The Italians are our best learners” – Babbel co-founder Markus Witte
Markus Witte is the co-founder and CEO of language learning tool Babbel. Hailing from the music industry, Witte managed to grow his company to a presence in 190 countries and 13 languages since launching
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Need an animated LOL? Loopcam launches version 2.0 with brand new features
Are you a fan of looping your LOLs? Today Berlin-based Loopcam – a predecessor to Twitter’s Vine app – has released version 2.0 of its GIF-animating app with a stack of new features, including
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VIDEO: “I’m constantly surprised by what people can make with their hands” Caroline Drucker of Etsy Germany
Caroline Drucker is the Country Manager for Germany, Switzerland and Austria for online crafter’s marketplace Etsy. Born and raised in Toronto, based in Berlin, Drucker set foot in the German capital in 2001, and has
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VIDEO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel shows first signs of support for Berlin startups
Tech entrepreneurs and investors rubbed shoulders with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin last week, in a move which some say is a greater shift in addresssing the burgeoning startup sector. During her speech,
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Video: Wooga – inside the social games wonderland of Jens Begemann
Between the cut-outs of monsters and knights at Wooga’s office in Berlin, under the banners and giant fake leaves, about 280 people from 40 different countries are working to craft the next big social
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VIDEO: “What would you tell your younger self?” European founders and VCs step back in time
Look back to when you started out in your career – fresh-faced and ready to take on the world. What’s the biggest piece of advice you’d give to your younger self? We posed the
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