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To find out more, read our updated cookie policy and privacy policy. Please log in or register to continue. Registration is free and requires only your email address. Password required Remember me? As a lawyer in the field of venture capital investments, he succeeded in turning his hobby into his profession. Strategic and financial investments in start-ups are always a special challenge in view of the different prior knowledge and interests in the context of negotiations, but they are also the attraction. Team, idea and time to market! Serial Entrepreneur appreciate this from good or bad experience afterwards.

The infrastructure, access to well-trained personnel, the size of the regional sales market, affordable housing and access to large internationally successful companies are still not sufficiently valued! What would Silicon Valley be if Google, Apple and others were no longer there? Frank war schon immer sowohl an der Wirtschaft als auch an zukunftsweisenden Technologien interessiert. Zudem war es ihm auch immer ein Anliegen anderen zu helfen. Strategische und finanzielle Investments in Startups sind mit Blick auf das unterschiedliche Vorwissen und Interessenlage im Rahmen der Verhandlungen immer eine besondere Herausforderung, die aber auch den Reiz ausmacht.

Einer von ihnen mit Schwerpunkt auf den sozialen Auswirkungen im Bildungsbereich. Deshalb habe ich meine sichere Firmenkarriere verlassen und meine eigenen Unternehmungen gestartet. Bleib konzentriert, sei realistisch und bleib geduldig. Furthermore, I support high tech and digital startups with their go2market.

Also, I initiated 2 own startups. One of them with focus on social impact in the field of education. I want to help other enterprises — and most importantly — the people of companies of all sizes: From large corporates to early startups. I enjoy different challenges and want to get the necessary change done.

What are the biggest challenges of your job? The main challenge is to stay focused and not get involved in too many different innovation activities. There are just too many great opportunities to support corporates and people out there… J. What single aspect would you love to announce to any founder?

Stay focus and be realistic. Be patient and endure. How do you think about startup scene ruhr area? Lots of good activities are already up and running. Volker Wetzstein studied business administration in Mannheim and Santiago de Chile, specialising in international management, business taxation and tax law. From he worked for PwC in Frankfurt in the International Corporate Taxation department, advising mainly sales and service companies of large Korean groups.

Volker has been based in Essen since and supports the development of PwC NextLevel in the Ruhr region from there. Tax consulting and auditing have been practically put into my cradle, and through sport I have learned to give something more and never give up — and sport also gives me the balance from everyday office life. On the one hand, to show that PwC is not only able to advise large corporations and, on the other hand, that a sensible tax set-up is also indispensable for founders and start-ups — especially when it comes to growth and internationalisation.

Get as much feedback as possible as early as possible on your idea from outside — from family and friends, but also from potential investors in the context of pitch events. If you fail — fail fast and start over. During his several years as a research assistant at the Fraunhofer Institute UMSICHT, he gained experience in the field of energy storage in publicly funded and industrial projects.

Since September he has been founder and managing director of Volterion GmbH, which produces and sells redox flow batteries for decentralized energy storage. Volterion GmbH, based in Dortmund, currently has 15 employees. In the year Seipp was selected by the magazine Capital under the Top 40 under 40 in the range economics. Time management and prioritization. In your opinion what is the crucial factor for a successful startup an why? A good team, both among the founders and later among all employees. The challenges of a start-up cannot be mastered on your own.

Start-up is not a sprint, but a marathon. How do you thing about startup scene ruhr area? What is your personal will for ruhr area? Networker, originally started as an insurance broker in private health insurance, I found my way to founders in the startup scene in via corporate customer consulting at TK. Consulting in the start-up and growth phase for young entrepreneurs.

My motivation is curiosity and finding solutions. What challenges do I face, what contacts do I need, where is my idea going? Through my unusual approaches I have gone the way from private to statutory health insurance. Today I support entrepreneurs in understanding the social security system, identifying risks and exploiting opportunities. New paths emerge as you walk. There are many ways to get involved, but which are the right ones?

Topics such as health insurance and social security, but also the calculation of ancillary wage costs or labour law are extremely important for all entrepreneurs, but there is often little time available for them. A good mix must be found. It depends on what you learn from it and how you do it better. An idea is constantly evolving, even if content is discarded in the aftermath, it was important for the path.

Believe in your success! And the concentration on your own strengths and abilities. Here we have a down-to-earth founding culture with the heart in the right place. The scale of humanity is very important here and agile work is increasing strongly. Specialists from home and abroad are attracted to the Ruhr area because of the high density. We have a fantastic future ahead of us. Through networking among each other and between start-ups and established companies, the Ruhr area has the potential to change the world.

Welche Herausforderungen kommen auf mich zu, welche Kontakte brauche ich, wohin entwickelt sich meine Idee? Neue Wege entstehen beim Gehen. Es muss ein guter Mix gefunden werden. Es kommt darauf an, was man daraus lernt und wie man es besser macht. Glaub an deinen Erfolg! Das Mindset ist unfassbar wichtig, sich nicht entmutigen zu lassen wenn doch mal was nicht funktioniert. Was dir nicht so gut liegt hol dir in Form von Partner oder Mitarbeiter an Board. Die Skala Menschlichkeit hat hier einen hohen Ausschlag und das agile Arbeiten nimmt stark zu.

Wir haben eine fantastische Zukunft vor uns. Following the postmodern paradigm of Leslie A. He has worked in various management roles Thalia, Douglas and areas that mostly faced digitization or had transformations in processes and organizations as a task. Martin Kiel is currently head of the Dortmund office for codecentric AG and director of the think tank the black frame. Since he has been visiting professor for communication theory at the Berlin University of the Arts. His research focuses on strategy development and narration in cultural studies, digital transformation, and investigative aesthetics.

Dem postmodernen Paradigma von Leslie A. Since the company offers a SEO tool for small and medium sized companies. The tool offers different modules, with which the own web page can improve, purposefully content produce and thus visibility develop can. There SEO topics are explained simply and many Tipps, tricks and inspiration are supplied to the topic. As a SEO tool provider, we strive every day to deliver the best quality and develop our product to meet the needs of our customers and the demands Google places on us.

PageRangers has grown very strongly in the past 2. The targeted development and finding of qualified personnel is currently one of the biggest tasks and challenges. An essential success factor is to make it easy.

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Once the idea for a product is available, you should quickly test the product and bring it to market. Follow the Lean Startup principle and try to keep everything as lean as possible and see if the product is accepted. Listen to your target group, because it is not important that you like the product, but your target group. The courage to go on the market with a not quite finished product will be rewarded. The team around you is one of the essential success factors. If everyone pulls together and has a goal in mind, success can be built up sustainably.

This applies not only to the founding team itself, but also to the future employees to the same extent. If you employ the wrong employees, the company will not be able to take the development steps. It all depends on the team. I am of the opinion that it is no longer only in Berlin that a successful and sustainable start-up can be established.

The Ruhr area also has potential and the bigger and better known the scene becomes, the easier it will be to find potential employees and colleagues there. Das Tool bietet verschiedene Module, mit dem am die eigene Webseite verbessern, gezielt Content produzieren und somit Sichtbarkeit aufbauen kann. Als Entreprenuer habe ich einige Unternehmen aufgebaut und erfolgreich verkauft. So konnte ich meine Expertise in den vergangen Jahren sukzessive erweitern.

PageRangers ist in den vergangenen 2,5 Jahren sehr stark gewachsen — alles eigenfinanziert und aus dem eigenen Cashflow. Ein wesentlicher Erfolgsfaktor ist, es einfach zu machen. Wenn die Idee zu einem Produkt erst einmal vorhanden ist, solltest du das Produkt schnell testen und auf den Markt bringen. Der Mut auch mal mit einem nicht ganz fertigen Produkt an den Markt zu gehen, wird belohnt. Das Team um dich herum ist eines der wesentlichen Erfolgsfaktoren. Wenn alle an einem Strang ziehen und ein Ziel vor Augen haben, kann Erfolg nachhaltig aufgebaut werden.

Auf die Mannschaft kommt es an. Ich bin der Auffassung, dass man nicht mehr nur in Berlin ein erfolgreiches und nachhaltiges Startup etablieren kann. Gerrit Hellwig has worked in various management positions in the energy industry during his career and knows the needs of companies as well as the opportunities offered by the energy market in the context of digitization through the successful implementation of numerous digitization projects. As the managing director and co-founder of DEC, he is the originator of the DEC Direkt platform and is responsible for their conception as well as their development.

I realized at some point that you do not have to accept anything around you, but you are able to design your own solutions that are better than what you have today. In addition, I noticed quite early that I perceive opportunities and potentials differently than the people around me. From then on, I knew that I wanted to solve problems and implement new ideas. To further develop and promote the platform even faster. On the one hand to know and understand why some business models are successful and some do not or when they provide real benefits.

Because a startup can only be successful in the long term if it creates a benefit for all involved players. And you have to have strong stamina and a very high frustration threshold. Get the right partners, supporters and employees on board. If this package does not fit, the startup will not succeed. All parties need to understand and live startups.

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And do not be afraid to do something wrong. It is much worse to regret something you did not do than to have done something wrong. I am always happy to see and experience that the Ruhr area is a vibrant and ever-growing startup region. Meanwhile, it is also noticeable that companies are increasingly concerned with this topic and trying to understand what makes successful startups.

But companies still have a very long way to go here. After all, most companies still only encourage new ideas when they fit into their own comfort zone or route. There is pent-up demand in my view at seed financing. Not only more capital should be available, but also a professional accompaniment of the founders accompanying with the capital.

Die Plattform noch schneller weiter zu entwickeln und bekannt zu machen. Denn es geht nicht darum Dinge einfach nur anders zu machen, es geht darum Dinge besser zu machen. Wenn dieses Package nicht passt, wird das Startup keinen Erfolg haben. Und habt keine Angst davor etwas falsch zu machen.

Es ist viel schlimmer etwas zu bereuen was man nicht getan hat, als etwas nicht richtig getan zu haben. Unternehmen haben hier aber noch einen sehr langen Weg vor sich. Nachholbedarf gibt es aus meiner Sicht beim Seed-Financing. Start-up ist kein Sprint, sondern Marathon. To fall back on networks and inspire people, in order to win customers from the middle class for the digitization.

The retired punk rock drummer also does all this for the organization of the Digital Week Dortmund diwodo18 — the digital festival of the region! Keep it simple — in a highly complex world, how can digitization be translated into stories and a language that everyone understands at the simplest level? Not always easy, but important for every company to understand its own WHY of digitization. Be in the right place at the right time. Find the right partners. Be quick and allow yourself mistakes, but correct them. The Ruhr area has already knocked off a lot of dust. We need to talk more about this!

So many people in one heap, with so many ideas — so many universities and so much potential and diversity. A melting pot for start-ups. Berlin, on the other hand, is a village…. All das macht der pensionierte Punkrocktrommler auch bei der Organisation der Digitalen Woche Dortmund diwodo18 — dem Digitalfestival der Region! Keep it simple — wie kann man Digitalisierung in einer hochkomplexen Welt auf einfachste Ebene in Geschichten und eine Sprache packen, die jeder versteht. Sei zur richtigen Zeit am richtigen Ort. Finde die richtigen Partner. Sei dabei schnell und erlaube Dir Fehler, aber korrigiere Sie.

Finde den Ausgleich zwischen: Das Ruhrgebiet hat sich schon viel Staub abgeklopft. Da ist Berlin ein Dorf gegen…. Therefore, I laid my focus in the creative industry. During my studies, I often found myself in situations where I had to mediate and direct projects. Just as naturally, the urge to work on socially relevant topics developed. Today I am very happy to be able to connect many different areas with each other professionally, I believe in it I will continue to grow.

The balance between work and private life. If the chemistry is in the team and everyone stands for each other, then even the worst idea can become the best product.

This goes hand in hand with the will and the stamina to stand up to thirsty stretches, but here, too, clearly helps the team. There is always a partner or family behind a successful team, who supports you equally and give you strength in difficult times. Speak openly about your problems and challenges!

You need help on a specific topic? Do not hide, but start communicating clearly. Sometimes the next mentor or solution to a problem is just around the corner. The Startup Region Ruhrgebiet has the greatest potential for growth for me. If you think outside the box and understand the Rhine-Ruhr region as a whole, you are confronted with an extremely highly compressed economy, which can be used for any product or service to build a network. It needs more such programs! Daher lag der Schwerpunkt in der Kreativbranche relativ nahe.

Die Balance zwischen Beruf und Privatleben. Ganz klar das Team. Damit einhergeht der Wille und die Ausdauer auch Durststrecken durchzustehen, hier hilft aber auch wieder ganz klar das Team. Ihr braucht Hilfe zu einem speziellen Thema? Nicht verstecken, sondern klar kommunizieren. Es braucht noch mehr solcher Programme! A sustainable alternative to antibiotics. Mark studied law and worked at ING for 10 years — including 5 in Tokyo — before pursuing his passion, moving into biotech. In he founded Micreos, with the aim of developing a sustainable alternative to antibiotics.

The company now has employees. Its technology enables targeted killing of only the unwanted bacteria, while preserving the microbiome. It has already helped over Gladskin and Phageguard are Micreos brands. Because I love it! As the company grows, we need to maintain a truly caring culture.

Key features for a successful startup: I applaud any initiative that helps people take their own responsibility and pursue their own passion. This Ruhr-even fits the bill, good luck! Bloomlife is a mission driven company solving one of the most significant yet underserved challenges today, maternal and prenatal health. We seek to empower moms to have the healthiest pregnancy possible; we want to eradicate preterm birth and stillbirth.

To give every baby a healthy start in life. Recruiting mission-driven talents sharing our passion and values. Know your risks, and organize the business and execution in a way to address your biggest risks first. Fail fast to learn. Daniel Ullrich is a child of the Ruhr area and was born on coal in Gelsenkirchen. Since the beginning of his career, he has always been shaking up old products, procedures and attitudes. As a revolutionary of the co-determination of young people in the company, as one of the first employees of the eMobility activities, as initiator of innoYou the intrapreneur program of innogy and currently as responsible for the transformation to a lean, agile and digital company.

Out of curiosity, the desire for constantly new things and the strong connection to my region and the company I have worked for. I personally believe in the power and magic of man! I personally believe in connecting the power and magic of man with each other. This creates great and sometimes almost magical things on many dimensions. Underestimated — from the outside but also from the inside. Networking and working together is also important here — especially in view of the many initiatives and institutions, it will be decisive whether we manage to work together in the same direction.

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We can revive the founding spirit of the fathers and mothers of the Ruhr area — Grillo, Krupp, Stinnes, Thyssen, Hoesch and many more. Jahrhundert finden, die das Ruhrgebiet wieder zum Innovations- und Wirtschaftsmotor werden lassen — die Menschen mit diesen Namen sind heute bereits in unseren Hochschulen, Unternehmen und Co-Working-Spaces. Willi Mannheims can look back on more than 25 years of experience in founding, venture and private equity. He specializes in IT and data security. In addition, he manages several portfolio companies and is always looking out for new, innovative start-ups.

I work in the field of venture capital because it is an incredibly exciting industry. We promote the ideas and technologies of tomorrow. People are unbelievably curious and has umpteen ideas. Every day we get to see and evaluate the most innovative suggestions, whether they are really so good and have the potential to change something.

Be it resources to to guarantee security in the age of digitalization or to reduce processes and to make life itself easier, e. Our task is to promote the team and create added value. The world is changing. No other time has been so fast moving and is characterized by technological progress like ours. Which technology really has potential and which one has perhaps already tomorrow again been replaced. An example would be Blue-Ray vs. We have to estimate which technology will win the race.

That depends on many factors. Our largest challenge therefore is to assess the totality of trends and innovations, and into our evaluation of individual ideas. And especially to bet on the right team. The decisive factor is always the founders. No matter how good an idea may be, it will not be successful if the founders do not have the appropriate potential and also believe in your idea in case of setbacks and fight their way back to the top and focus on the customers. He has to master the technology, the market, the competitors, the company structure in order to convince the appropriate investors.

There will be a lot of regressions and difficulties. Think about possible risks. What can go wrong? What are the influencing factors? Which external factors you have no influence on can cause you problems? What questions can arise? The more you think in advance and the more information you collect, the better prepared you are for all eventualities.

The Startup-Region Ruhrgebiet is developing. Bochum, for example, has established itself as a location for cybersecurity and has a globally unique ecosystem in this area. Seine Spezialgebiete sind IT- und Datensicherheit. Der Mensch ist unglaublich neugierig und hat zig Ideen. Das ist manchmal gar nicht so einfach. Und besonders auf das richtige Team zu setzten. Was kann schief gehen? Welche Einflussfaktoren gibt es? Die Startup-Region Ruhrgebiet entwickelt sich.

Bochum hat sich z. Digital Empathy as a Service. I think at some points in time, I chose the unconventional path against all odds and dared to take on new adventures. Especially, I could rely on the support of my family and friends, who pushed me to take the first step. As a first-time founder every day offers a whole bunch of new challenges. If I would have to choose right now, I would pick our market entrance as the largest ongoing tasks.

What is in your opinion what is the crucial factor for a successful startup and why? To me the team is most important. And it is not only about having the right people, but more about building strong relationships and trust with an open feedback culture. As your team is steering into the unknown, it is critical to reflect honestly and hold on together. Our main learning is to present even unfinished ideas very early to the right people, namely your customers.

No matter how bad the feedback is, it is the most crucial source of the right ingredients for a functioning product later on. The Ruhrgebiet is actually a strong source for the most important resource of tech-startups: I think startups can profit a lot from the technically focused universities and lower competition for talents, as compared to Berlin. Wenn man zusammen ins Blaue hineinsegelt, ist es wichtig, ehrlich zu reflektieren und zusammenzuhalten. How Finland Became a Startup Superpower: From Nokia to Startup Sauna.

In the German-Finnish Chamber of Commerce he built up the start-up activities for three years starting in The community is the heart chamber of the Finnish startup scene and has produced the Slush Conference and startups like Supercell. I am curious like a child. Therefore I meet people who give me new impulses and I have opportunities to do things that really spark me. Supporting our born global startups to do the market entry in Germany, France, Singapore or the States. That brings amazing challenges all the time. A monolithic team does not get far. You need different talents and steady discourse to do things the best way.

Get out of your own environment and find new perspectives. More courage for disruption and you can do much better. Ein monolithisches Team kommt selten weit. Mehr Mut zu Disruption und das Ruhrgebiet kann noch viel mehr. Very often it is important to be in the right place at the right time. This combined with hard work and passion for what you do are the reasons why I became what I am today. As CFO, you are no longer just an accountant who only takes care of the monthly and annual accounts. The essential factor is the people, founders and employees behind every startup.

It is essential to have the same passion, fun and hard work every day to make the startup a success. Always believe in your own vision and have the courage to cross borders and do something totally crazy. The Start-Up region has undergone an extremely positive change compared to , where I started. Such events as Ruhr Summit help to make the startup scene known here, for investors and even more important for specialists and potential employees.

Sehr oft ist es wichtig an der richtigen Stelle zur richtigen Zeit zu sein. Die Start-Up Region hat einen extremen positiven Wandel vollzogen im Vergleich zu , wo ich gestartet bin. Something with tech startups, entrepreneurship education, and corporate education. Currently working on the next logical step for the NRW startup cluster.

Because I have a compulsion to make stuff suck less, and help great people succeed. Getting German companies to understand that today, as the going is still good, is the best time to get serious about innovation for tomorrow, because the good times are not going to last forever. Intellectual honesty, grit and a good deal of luck. What do you think of the startup scene Ruhr area? What is your personal wish regarding the Ruhr area? How to convince an Impact Investor as a Social Startup? Patrick Ruf is an investment manager at BonVenture. He studied Catholic theology with a focus on philosophy and social ethics and economics together with financial and capital market research in Freiburg and Munich.

He always tried to bring the two perspectives together and therefore has been involved in networks for ethics in economics and practice many years. Prior to joining BonVenture he worked inter alia in an e-commerce startup and in the field of entrepreneurship education. To connect the dots: Because BonVenture is still the pioneer of impact investing in the German speaking countries, my job is even more challenging and fascinating.

This is something new every day. There are many factors. But the most important one is the perfect team. Everyone has to be curious and dynamic, needs a desire to learn and a motivation to perform. Stay curious and flexible. Ruhr area has definitely a good potential to become the next start-up-hotspot. Comparatively cheap costs of living, one of the best infrastructures and an old industry with some pressure to innovate can be a pretty good nutrient medium. Er versuchte stets die beiden Perspektiven zusammenzubringen und sich viele Jahre in Wirtschaftsethiknetzwerken engagiert.

Bevor er zu BonVenture kam, arbeitete er u. Das ist jeden Tag etwas Neues. Irgendetwas Unvorhergesehenes kommt immer. Es sind viele Faktoren. Aber der Wesentlichste ist das richtige Team. Der Pott sollte versuchen seinen eigenen Charakter zu bewahren: I have been working at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics for 18 years, first as a student of logistics at the TU Dortmund and from as a scientific assistant in the department of machines and facilities.

As a trained precision mechanic, I have always been interested in building things and I was able to bring this into the design department. In addition to research projects in the field of intralogistics, I have planned and optimized transport systems in numerous industrial projects. Since , I have been able to take care of strategy development at the institute, which includes in particular the development of new cooperation formats.

Last year, for example, we put the Digital Hub Logistics into operation as one of these new formats. Probably because my parents raised me well and I always liked to invent things. That you have too little time to deal with all, interesting, new things. Finding the problem requires not only cleverness and structure but also luck. For me, professionalism and creativity are the essential success factors for efficient problem solving. Be courageous and clever. Unique opportunities for new technologies and business ideas far beyond app and service development.

We have the universities, the inventors, the industry and, of course, the customers in sufficient numbers — now we just have to take more advantage of the opportunities. Als gelernter Feinmechaniker hat es mich immer schon interessiert Sachen zu bauen und dies konnte ich gut in die Konstruktionsabteilung einbringen.

Neben Forschungsprojekten im Bereich der Intralogistik habe ich in zahlreichen Industrieprojekten Transportsysteme geplant und optimiert. Seid mutig und schlau. Lasst euch nicht von dummen Geld in die Irre leiten. Matthias Parlings has been working as a research associate since After participating in several research and consulting projects in the context of logistics planning and supply chain management with a focus on the automotive industry, he has been leading the Industry 4.

He is a member of the Digital Hub Logistics management-team. Because I am ambitious, have clear goals and I am willing to invest a lot. To maintain an overview of the many initiatives and projects that are pending in the context of digitisation, start-up funding, etc..

A good idea preferably with a tech-feature and an interdisciplinary, harmonious team that consistently pursues this idea. In my opinion, it offers all possibilities for prospering start-ups, especially in the B2B sector. The big challenge is certainly to really bring one region together without all regional princes competing with each other.

What is your personal wish regarding the ruhr area Acting together, combining initiatives, focusing on content in the cities and not constantly competing with each other. Matthias Parlings arbeitet seit als Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter. Weil ich ehrgeizig bin, klare Ziele habe und bereit bin viel zu investieren. Why TV presence and events are essential for the development of innovative business models in Germany.

Tanja Rosendahl is Director at Network Corporate Finance and responsible for tech business models and startups advising clients regarding equity financing and exits. BANK regarding digital business models and tech startups. A total of ten years Tanja worked as an investor and hold several board seats at Startup companies. Coincidence — during an internship I got in touch with Venture Capital and stayed in the ecosystem because it still fascinates me to work with so varying people and ideas. There are a lot of startups searching for equity in a very early stage.

This is still a great challenge to find the right investor; especially for larger amounts or with helpful expertise in the specific industry. Here is still a lot of potential in the market for investors. The right people are crucial for success. It is essential for founders to be conviced of your business model. But sometimes it is necessary to question yourself if you are still on the right way. Therefore founders should stay flexible to change their path if necessary. From my point of view the Ruhr area is a interesting ecosystem for startups.

There are not only large corporates but SMEs as clients. Hier besteht noch viel Potential im Markt. Der wesentlichste Faktor ist Mensch. The Ruhr area — an excellent location for data-driven business models!?! Marc Weimer-Hablitzel has been involved with data science for more than 15 years and was responsible for the development of digital business models and innovations in various positions. Before that he significantly shaped the Data Analytics division at eBay and subsequently supported the development of several successful start-ups up to the exit, including his own.

There are probably 42 smart answers, but it was most likely just my early enthusiasm for technology and entrepreneurship. I have always been following what inspires me. But more and more companies are realizing, that sitting on a treasure box of data does not create value. Companies need to work together to ensure that Europe does not lose the connection in data science.

The DataHub partners realized it and are therefore going a progressive way with us. Focus and the right people. You can overcome any obstacle with fun and mutual drive. Test your critical assumptions as early and as cheaply as possible without writing a single line of code.

The Ruhr area has a lot of potential, especially in the B2B and industrial sectors. But it still needs a few more success stories and courageous founders that are able to realize what drives them in the Ruhr area. From my point of view, the established companies should continue to open their doors for start-ups and invest in cooperation. The regions themselves should create space that can be designed and in which you can simply DO things. Aber immer mehr Unternehmen haben erkannt, dass das reine Sitzen auf einem Datenschatz keine Werte schafft.

Das haben die Partner des DataHub erkannt und gehen daher mit uns einen progressiven Weg. Fokus und die richtigen Leute. Innovations and digital transformation in the energy sector. Here he is also responsible for corporate development and IT. He has been a municipal utility company for more than 20 years and knows the energy market in all its facets. The graduate economist always has an eye on new business areas. To turn a brilliant idea into a success, a startup needs courage, speed and stamina. Burning for the idea and convincingly selling the business model.

To always be one step ahead. To accept setbacks as well. Have fun with what you do and think of the customer and not first the money. Stadtwerke are the players who innovatively implement the energy system transformation. Innovationen und digitale Transformation in der Energiebranche. Hier verantwortet er auch den Bereich Unternehmensentwicklung und IT.

Er ist seit mehr als 20 Jahren Stadtwerker und kennt den Energiemarkt in allen Facetten. Immer einen Schritt voraus zu sein. Stadtwerke sind die Akteure, die die Energiewende innovativ umsetzen. As founder and managing director at etventure, he drives the development of digital strategies and business models for companies and start-ups.

Looking back, I have always been tempted in my life to try something new and to deal with innovations. We have been on a very dynamic growth path with our company for a long time. It always sounds pretty simple, but it requires constant change and rapid structural adjustments. That can sometimes be quite exhausting. Courage, a healthy self-confidence and stamina. Enjoy the time — it will be the best of your life see also question 1. We are still quite at the beginning here, but therefore full of passion. The engaged stakeholder take this journey serious and are getting more and more connected.

The companies, but also the municipalities, are already drivers of the start-up region. But we need many more motivated founders who want to make a difference. In my point of view, the universities play a key role to stimulate entrepreneurship among the students as a valuable opportunity and to provide them with the respective progressive support actions. Wir befinden uns mit unserem Unternehmen seit langer Zeit auf einem sehr dynamischen Wachstumspfad.

Das kann manchmal ziemlich anstrengend sein. Die einzelnen Akteure vernetzen sich zunehmend und meinen es wirklich ernst. Aktuell reicht das noch lange nicht aus. This is the reason for him to talk about the concept of bootstrapping and his two successful crowdfunding campaigns. Because my family gave me all the opportunities to become who I am today. At the moment we are working on a strategic framework for the future of both of our companies.

That brings with it a lot of changes. You got to solve a problem people have. In addition to that people have to be willing to pay for your solution. Stay alert and hungry! Right now we are in a fortunate position. Due to the high density of universities we have a lot of highly qualified employees who more and more understand the concept of start-ups. Compared to Berlin or Hamburg this is a comfortable situation for employers. In addition to that we have a great infrastructure and cheap rents, we probably only lack enough investors. The start-up scene here became quite vivid and is still growing and growing.

More contact to mid-sized companies and big corporations. Mittlerweile betreibt Stefan einige Projekte und Events parallel ohne jemals strategische Investoren oder Banken mit ins Boot geholt zu haben: Wachsam sein und immer hungrig bleiben! Wir befinden uns in einer lukrativen Situation. Zimmerman initially worked as a controller in the hotel industry. While her husband is responsible for production and logistics, she focuses on human resources and controlling. I wanted to pursue my own ideas, shape things and stand straight for my decisions.

To be pressed into a tight hierarchy was difficult and not desirable in the long term. Coordinating the suppliers, providing the right people with the right tasks at the right time and not neglecting my son or family.

Diligence, perseverance, courage, creativity and from the beginning to work only with people who enjoy the task. Fold it, remove it. Anyone who is vain gets tired quickly. Who is tired makes mistakes. Even if you have faster success than expected: As a region with a lot of potential and interesting people who sometimes tolerate mistakes and speak an honest language. In eine enge Hierarchie eingepresst zu sein, empfand ich als schwierig und nicht langfristig erstrebenswert. Die Koordination der Lieferanten, die richtigen Menschen zur richtigen Zeit mit den richtigen Aufgaben zu versorgen und meine Sohn bzw.

Klappt sie, baue sie aus. Auch wenn du ggf. Als Region mit sehr viel Potenzial und interessanten Menschen, die auch mal Fehler tolerieren und eine ehrlichen Sprache sprechen. They were just 22 and 23 years old. They now employ around people and ship luxury watches to countries. The platform lists 26, models from renowned dealers. They are not only pure online dealers, but also sell stationary. In total, the financing volume since its foundation amounts to around 52 million US dollars. Watches have always fascinated me.

After graduating from high school and during my studies I worked for various jewellers and my dissertation on market dynamics in luxury watches further deepened this fascination. In the meantime, the watch industry is slowly opening up to online trading. This path we have taken must be further deepened. We are also faced with the challenge of taking on fair pricing. The price structure that was created online by Ebay etc.

Online trading must be linked to stationary trading. In order to get rid of price discrepancies, distribution must be rethought. For this, the watch industry needs partners who centralize distribution. To bring together the right people, who run together in the right direction and of course perseverance — even in difficult times not to give up and believe in the idea. No founder knows an answer to every question right from the start.

Makes mistakes, also gladly correctly and with the next opportunity better! Setbacks are part of it and strengthen you. Although we are not exactly located in the Ruhr area, we are close to Cologne. While the startup metropolis of Berlin is characterised by greater staff turnover, we are fortunate to have qualified and committed employees on board, many of whom have been part of CHRONEXT since it was founded. Sie waren gerade 22 und 23 Jahre alt. Die Plattform listet Uhren haben mich einfach schon immer fasziniert. Dieser eingeschlagene Weg muss weiter vertieft werden.

Die Preisstruktur, die online durch Ebay etc.

Um Preis-Diskrepanzen loszuwerden, muss Distribution neu gedacht werden. How does a startup change after VCs get started? Stefan Peukert is founder and CEO of masterplan. Already in they founded meinpraktikum. They want to support German corporations in the digital transformation. I have always been a curious guy and had the tendency to question everything. I rather try to consider new perspectives and — if possible — improve things. Most important to me are the people I work with and that is also the biggest challenge, in my opinion.

When your company grows at a constant rate, so will the challenges. But I still want to guarantee a certain degree of sustainability.

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This might come off as repetitive, but speed is the main advantage startups have over large companies in my opinion. Consistent action is almost as important. Less strategy, more action! When we founded meinpraktikum. Fortunately the scene grew much bigger now, better connected and better perceived in the media. That is due to the huge commuter belt of several big universities and long-established companies. Put more old money in new ventures! The Ruhr area has an awful lot of potential on both sides! Ich war schon immer sehr neugierig und hatte die Tendenz, alles zu hinterfragen.

Konsequentes Handeln ist fast genauso wichtig: Besser, man macht Dinge falsch und lernt daraus, als einfach nichts zu tun. Weniger Strategie, mehr Doing! Als wir vor acht Jahren meinpraktikum.

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Steckt mehr altes Geld in neue Unternehmen! Das Ruhrgebiet hat hier auf beiden Seiten wahnsinnig viel Potenzial. Paul has been an Internet entrepreneur since the late s. First as founder and manager in eCommerce eBay Powerseller, Babymarkt, preis24 , later as director and consultant for large companies. Today he is managing director and co-founder of Myra Security, which is an internationally successful IT security company. He is personally very interested in digitization, future-oriented education and cybersecurity. I always wanted to move and tackle things myself.

As a true child of the Ruhrgut, I learned early on to act honestly and directly while always keeping my feet on the ground. This gave me the necessary traction in entrepreneurial life. It helped me with my successes and gave me the valuable reflection of failures. As a hands-on managing director, I am not in an ivory tower, but am involved in everything from strategic orientation and recruiting to the daily important exchange of customers in all acute areas of the company. From time to time, replenishing the coal in the engine room helps you to better understand your own team and your own company.

And, by the way, not to neglect your own friends, family and private interests. This was by far the account that had the best customer ratings in the world, as the eBay management later told me. Thanks to this customer satisfaction, we achieved brutal growth. I see many entrepreneurs who prefer to listen to expensive consultants and copy the competition rather than understand the needs of the target group and really analyse them deeply. Put it into question! In the end, only the satisfied customer pays the bill, comes back, recommends and contributes to the success of the company.

I find the phrase silly and outdated.

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