UP Summit 2014 in Las Vegas – Gathering of an awesome community!

by Kathleen Fritzsche | 11.06.20142014 | Featured, International

This is a slightly adapted post from the original blog post on Startup Weekend Europe. One week ago, this year’s UP Summit in Las Vegas came to an end after three intense days of connecting, discussing, experiencing and, of course, partying. One week after and I still...

Silicon Forest vs. Neckar Valley: Do entrepreneurs have a predictable set of values without regard to their home culture?

by Kathleen Fritzsche | 4.06.20142014 | Featured, International

Guest post by Simon Jessen __ Are entrepreneurs from Stuttgart, Germany, culturally wise different from their counterpart in Portland, Oregon or are they much the same? I asked that question in my MA-Thesis (‘Silicon Forest vs. Neckar Valley – A cultural...

Founders from abroad: John B. Stewart talks about starting F(ph)resh in Stuttgart

by Kathleen Fritzsche | 15.04.20142014 | Featured, International, Nachgefragt

This week, we spoke with John B. Stewart about his entrepreneurial journey – from being a student from the US spending his foreign semester in Stuttgart to starting his company F(ph)resh in Germany. __ John, as an American, you came to spend a foreign semester...

German Silicon Valley Accelerator bringt deutsche Startups ins Silicon Valley, Bewerbungsfrist: 15.3.2014

by Kathleen Fritzsche | 13.02.20142014 | Events, International

Getting in the Zone: Der German Silicon Valley Accelerator (GSVA) bringt Tech-Startups aus Deutschland für ein 3-monatiges Mentoring-Programm in die Brutstätte der Innovationen – ins Silicon Valley! Bis zum 15. März 2014 können Gründer, die mit ihrem Business...

Insights from an Italian Founder in Germany – Interview with Antonio Scribano

by Kathleen Fritzsche | 11.02.20142014 | Featured, International, Nachgefragt

This week, Antonio Scribano from Fattelo! gives us some highly interesting insights into his experiences as Italian founder in Germany. Who are you and what are you doing? My name is Antonio Scribano and I am a 29 year old Italian designer interested in innovation and...

unroll.me scans your complete mail data and has a tremendous security hole

by Kathleen Fritzsche | 10.01.20142014 | International, Verein

As everyone else, I got engaged in the recent hype around unroll.me, the tool which promises to unclutter your e-mail subscriptions and newsletters by doing a daily rollup of mails marked as such after scanning your inbox. Alternatively, you can go to the Unroll.me...