The Frankfurt founding scene has started to develop much before the background of the Brexit and the ongoing Fintech revolution, but those elements have somehow, given a completely new self-image. 94 percent of the start-ups based in the Rhein-Main metropolis area consider that the founding climate in Frankfurt is now good or even very good. In...
Frankfurter Start-up Acomodeo – An alternative to Hotels
Last week Für-Gründer.de released an interview with Eric-Jan Krausch, one of the Founders of ACOMODEO. Link here Also RMS had the opportunity to produce an article with him, featured here: https://station-frankfurt.de/2017/08/24/eric-jan-krausch-von-acomodeo-unsere-leidenschaft-ist-es-die-uns-antreibt/ The interviews are quite interesting, and there is some key factor highlighted. “At the moment, we are 42 people from more than 12 nations with different...
12min.me – Ignite Talks & Networking Vol. #3 / FFM @ TechQuartier
Heads up for another great event this week. 12min.me – Ignite Talks & Networking Vol. #3 / FFM Next Thursday 24th of August. 19:30 – 21.20 at the TechQuartier How does it work? 3x 12min talk + 12min Q&A Speaker #1: Nicole M. Pfeffer Speaker #2: Olaf Hillesheim Speaker #3: Sandra Mantz Afterwards : Networking &...
Weekend Inspiration: The single biggest reason why startups succeed
As a weekend food for thoughts, a very short TEDTalk about The single biggest reason why startups succeed by Bill Gross. Bill Gross has founded a lot of startups, and incubated many others — and he got curious about why some succeeded and others failed. So he gathered data from hundreds of companies, his own...
MAINTECH STARTUP SUMMIT
How can we change technological sectors, processes & business fields or even make them obsolete? How does Industry 4.0 shape the financial/ insurance industry or law? Trying to answer questions like those, the EXCON Group plans to organize, together with the Frankfurt School and the Executive MBA Program, the first EXCON GROUP & FRANKFURT SCHOOL-MAINTECH...
The Frankfurt International Talent Pool shaping the Frankfurt Mindset
Three days ago, the initiative Frankfurt Main Finance, published a very interesting article, written by Sabine Knöß, that you can read the complete version here: https://frankfurt-main-finance.com/en/frankfurts-international-talent-pool-reaching-new-depths/ For me as an expat in Frankfurt is always good to read this kind of news. It´s great that the International Talent Pool will increase. No, we won´t compete against each...
Reminder: Merck Innovators' Club: Pushing true Innovation in Corporations
It´s going to be tomorrow, August 16th in the Merck Innovation Center in Darmstadt. After a long summer break, the next Innovators’ Club will at 5:30 pm, and it´s the beginning of the next round of their monthly event series. The kick-off event in August is focused on pushing true innovation in corporations even though...
Small Talk Jan Pleser
Today we want to chat with Jan Pleser. Jan is the CMO of Savedroid, a fintech start-up he joined one year ago. He has always been enthusiastic about good, thought-provoking advertising ideas and after his studies of economics, he dived into the advertising industry. There, he recently advised major brands such as Procter &Gamble, Nestlé and...
Bundestagswahl 2017: Wir fragen nach!
Was wollen die Direktkandidaten zur Bundestagswahl für StartUps und Gründer tun? Wir fragen nach!
AndersGründer Pitch – Hosted by Social Impact Lab Frankfurt
The Social Impact Lab Frankfurt is looking for new participants for their program #AndersGründer , funded by the KfW Foundation. Be ready for the public pitch on 20th of September from 5 pm, the teams present in 5min to the audience and the jury asks questions! In the end, you will be able to vote...