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ScaleUp Targets Web Startups with Free Beta of Cloud Computing Solution with Multi-Tier Applications
July 21, 2009 | Filed under Blog
Hamburg, Germany based ScaleUp Technologies announced a Beta launch of its Cloud Computing solution with Multi-Tier Applications. A spin-off of internet4YOU GmbH & Co. KG, which has been offering dedicated IT business platforms for over 10 years, ScaleUp has a unique insight into the problems of the traditional server hosting solutions:
Operating [...]
Jimdo.com Focuses on International Growth
July 1, 2009 | Filed under Blog, Startups, Venture Capital
Jimdo is based in Hamburg, Germany. Founded in early 2007 by three friends, Matthias Henze, Christian Springub, and Fridtjof Detzner, Jimdo provides an easy way for individuals, small businesses, and organizations to create their own websites. This isn’t the first business that these three have started together; In 2004, the three founded a company together [...]
Interview with Markus Witte of Babbel.com
June 2, 2009 | Filed under Blog
The following is an email interview with Markus Witte, Co-Founder & a Managing Director of Babbel.com. It is part 2 of our focus on this fast growing startup out of Berlin. [Check out part 1 here] Babbel.com is a globally-focused Language Learning Platform, with over 300,000 users. I’m impressed with their innovative plan for [...]
Babbel.com - Language Learning Platform based in Berlin
May 18, 2009 | Filed under Blog
I had the opportunity to spend some time with one of the founders of Babbel.com at a recent Next09 TechCrunch party. Babbel is a German startup based in Berlin - one of many innovative web applications launched here in the past few years. It is an Internet application for playful language learning. There are intuitive [...]
Next09 Conference in Hamburg
May 5, 2009 | Filed under Blog
On May 5 & 6 the next conference is taking place at Kampnagel in Hamburg. Organised by SinnerSchrader, the next conference is one of the most important networking and trend conferences within the European web industry.
We’re expecting a hundred international speakers and more than 1500 participants, amongst them will be marketing decision makers of the [...]
German Startups Taking the Stage
March 28, 2009 | Filed under Blog
Several months ago I moved to Hamburg, Germany after spending many years in Austin, TX - a fantastic city and tech startup mecca. I am and have always been in/around the startup world - as a founder, partner, employee or contributor. Nothing amazingly famous, but a number of fun, profitable companies who made some great [...]
To all the US internet startups thinking about going to Europe: Start off in Germany
March 27, 2009 | Filed under Blog, Startups
If you are a US internet startup and are thinking about entering the European market you are likely to consider the UK as the starting point in the old world. Think twice: Germany might be the better choice. Why is that? Let´s have a look at the facts:
Market size (regarding population):
UK: 60 Mio vs. Germany/Austria/Schwitzerland [...]
Welcome to the Germany Startup Blog
February 13, 2009 | Filed under Startups
SpringStage is a new startup founded by David Cohen, Alexander Muse and Micah Baldwin. Our objective is to build a network of online, offline and media properties in an effort to promote entrepreneurship. Our focus is on local community development and in an effort to generate local content we are looking for a writer who [...]