The Berlin startup ecosystem: Success? Failure? Blueprint?

Me, 1996.

A little bit of

History.

(1900)

= 200.000?

6,9 % 12,8%

X

X = my first start up. Good timing.

Friendsurance.de Returbo.de

Lokali.de …

Burckhardt Bonello

1999 2006 2013

Markus Berger-de Leon

1999 2006 2013

Eco

nia

.de

BSA Startup World

Heureka … …

Stephan Schambach

1999 2006 2013

15 Mrd. $!

2009 2013

Why?

1 3

No money Good corporate offers Daily emergencies No stability Failure (personal!) No vacations

Parents against it

Girlfriend against it

„Baaaah!“

Status

16.5.2013.

Sales Cycle:

1 May 3 10 Teams

April 24 16 Teams

May 14 18 Teams

May 13-17 20 Teams

May 16 50 Teams?

May 12 5 Teams

119m 133m

Deutsche Telekom

Axel Springer

Daimler Benz, Bosch

Bertelsmann

Bayer

Telco Publisher Automotive Media Healthcare Super Market Retailer

Rewe

Klingel

4

There are

problems.

Lure of Big Business.

Few great ideas + great guys.

5 Lack of developers.

Few IT success stories.

Bad follow-up financing.

No big Initial

financing.

LACK OF MONEY!!!

So…

what works? What doesn‘t?

We have no clue.

But we have the best laboratory.

Experience.

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