Comments on: WTF Berlin http://www.signed.vc/2016/02/wtf-berlin/ Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship from Berlin Fri, 05 Feb 2016 13:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.2 By: simonschmincke http://www.signed.vc/2016/02/wtf-berlin/#comment-37 Fri, 05 Feb 2016 13:32:00 +0000 http://www.signed.vc/?p=586#comment-37 Ultimately, build your company where it works for you. The stuff you learn from spending time in a thriving startup environment where you get inspiration from other founders through daily exchange is a reason to start your thing in an active startup environment. No matter if Berlin or not.

]]> By: Nuno Brito http://www.signed.vc/2016/02/wtf-berlin/#comment-36 Fri, 05 Feb 2016 10:08:00 +0000 http://www.signed.vc/?p=586#comment-36 The Berlin that I know was struggling to be seen as credible, we’d often hear people mocking that you just get funded when pitching about any crappy idea related to e-commerce, IoT or bitcoins.

That was one of the reasons why we started and simply stayed in Darmstadt, the proximity to heavy-weights in engineering (Software AG, SAP, Telekom, …) and focus on building something different. Only over time realized that Berlin was VERY good in other things not-directly related to heavy engineering. For example, Berlin is great on UX, marketing, life-style and just about anything consumer-oriented.

In overall, made us consider to get closer with what happens in Berlin and learn from what they have to share. Plenty of good stuff happening there.

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