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Category: Business & MBA

  • WeWTF, Part Deux

    We, the company behind WeWork, went from unicorn to distressed asset in less than 30 days. Prof Scott Galloway, who made some news by suggesting Amazon, Apple, Facebook, And Google to be broken up, shares his thought on the event on his blog.

  • Automattic’s Series D

    Automattic, the company behind both the popular WordPress Software and Service, that owns Tumblr as of recently, closed a $300 million Series D today. Matt Mullenweg, founder and CEO of Automattic, shares a few thoughts on the near future on his blog.

  • Github acquires Semmle

    Github acquired Semmle, a service to scan code for vulnerabilities with a semantic code analysis engine. According to The Next Web, no financial details have been disclosed. Github Blog”Welcoming Semmle to Github“ The acquisition happened only one day after Github became a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)

  • Bill Gates about Steve Jobs

    Bill Gates reveals the one thing his tech ‘rival,’ the late Steve Jobs, was always better at — enthralling an audience Via Business Insider.

  • Wunderlist

    In 2015, it was big news to the Startup and VC scene, when Microsoft announced it would acquire Wunderlist. Back then, 6Wunderkinder was one of the most promising StartUps in the German Capital. The social media bubble immediately started debating the future of the product and whether Microsoft would spoil it or even shut it…

  • TC Sessions: Enterprise

    During a fireside chat, SAP CEO Bill McDermott, spoke with TechCrunch news editor Frederic Lardinois at TechCrunch Sessions: Enterprise. Source: TC Sessions: Enterprise | TechCrunch

  • Cloudflare sets IPO price range

  • What People Hate About Being Managed by Algorithms

    Uber ran a study to figure out, how people feel about being managed by ‘the platform’. And to no surprise, Captain Obvious helped with the results. Drivers working for the company, feel like they are managed by a micromanager, watching every small step and worse, criticising every small mistake, leads to worse, sometimes toxic results.…

  • Of listening and contributing

    With knowing marketing personal and products, I particularly liked the image/text link on the article. Listening to your customer is a skill that most organisations lost in their size and product managers never learned in their bubble. Your customer doesn’t express his experience in KPIs nor does he respond to NPS surveys. Frontal address only…

  • 10 Munich-based startups

    As one of the top technology hubs in Europe, Munich is an economic powerhouse, hosting the presence of international corporations, strong VC support, top universities and of course, the Oktoberfest. Many startups choose to make the city their headquarters each year – and here are 10 of the most promising Munich-based to watch in 2019.…