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Pitching the state of NRW as a great place for startups in Warsaw, Poland

Evangelist #1 for startups in NRW in action…

Previously, we had been visiting Moscow to spread the good word and recently I was invited back by the city of Düsseldorf (the capital of NRW) and NRW.INVEST to be a part of the delegation with the Lord Mayor of Düsseldorf, Thomas Geisel and others, to spread the gospel about why the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW) is a great place for startups in Warsaw, Poland (twin city of Düsseldorf).

We also visited a lot of interesting tech / startup places like here at Google Campus / Techub Warsaw



These were my slides:

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entrepreneurship, Events, speaking, startup

Pitching the state of NRW for Startups in Moscow, Russia

So that’s what my name looks like in Russian

Recently I was invited by the city of Düsseldorf (the capital of NRW) and NRW.INVEST to be a part of a delegation with the Lord Mayor of Düsseldorf, Thomas Geisel and others, to spread the gospel about why the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW – where I have now been living for the 12 last years) is a great place for startups in Moscow, Russia (sister city of Düsseldorf).

Talked a little bit about why NRW is a good place for startups, the biggest exits we’ve seen and which startups who could be having the next big exits here

As you might know, this has been a pet peeve of mine for years and I was delighted to be able to help shed some light on why this region has a lot to offer and why I have been staying on here as a foreign startup founder all these years.

Some impressions:

Yup. That guy again…

Fun fact; Turned out Sigmar Gabriel was also staying at Ritz Carlton Moscow – so we photobombed his press conference

Here are the slides I used:

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Education, pitching, startup

Pitch Please! with MTP Köln

Pitch Please! with MTP Köln @ STARTPLATZ Cologne 17.06.2017

Recently I was invited to coach and prepare the startups participating in the “Pitch Please!” event and we had a lot of fun.

Pitch Please! is a startup pitching event during the CAMPUS Startup-Days organized by MTP Cologne in cooperation with Hgnc – hochschulgründernetz cologne, Entrepreneurs Club Cologne – ECC, Gateway – Gründungsservice der Universität zu Köln and STARTPLATZ.

You can find more pictures from the event here.

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