Yesterday I had the pleasure and honor to be invited to present the case why Germany and specifically the state of North-Rhine Westphalia make sense to French startups to a trade delegation from France.
Here are the slides I used:
Rheinland Pitch Winter Finals 2015 in Cologne
And the winner is…
Yesterday saw the first ever winter finals of the Rheinland Pitch event series – and a spectacular success it was!
The Rheinland Pitch is a monthly startup event where regional startups receive professional pitch training and a stage to present themselves to investors, media and the general public – for free. I’ve been involved from the start in April 2013 and thus far I have trained over 270 startups to pitch – and counting!
Once in a while we pick the best of the best to pitch in a grand finals. This summer the first ever Rheinland Pitch finals took place in Düsseldorf and was a rip roaring success and we were very excited to bring the finals to Cologne, hosted by the wonderful Wallraf-Richartz Museum.
Quiet before the storm – The foyer of our awesome venue, the Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne
The very first Lean Launchpad Dusseldorf successfully launches
This Wednesday evening saw the very first meetup with 9 regional non-funded early-stage startups attending the very first Lean Launchpad Düsseldorf powered by PwC.
Here are some impressions from our first meetup:
About the Lean Launchpad Program
The Lean Launchpad (LLP) is a highly experiential educational program created by the father of the Lean Startup, Steve Blank at Standford and Berkeley. It helps startup founders gain a crucial base of entrepreneurial skills and knowledge to be better prepared and to build more successful startups.
It’s the world’s premier pre-accelerator program rooted in the scientific methodology, driven by mentors and unique educational content aims to make early-stage startup ready for applying to an accelerator, a first seed investment round, setting them off on a healthy self-financed (bootstrapped) path or launching their first Minimum Viable Product (MVP).
Coaching at Startup Weekend Women Dusseldorf
This weekend saw the first ever Startup Weekend Women in Düsseldorf, Germany and I had the honor and pleasure to be invited to coach the participants.
The New Innovation Metrics, KPIs and Management Tools
Recently I held a talk about the new metrics, KPIs and management tools large companies can use to achieve innovation as a process as a part of the ongoing talk series on Corporate Entrepreneurship at Startplatz, Cologne.
Here are the slides I used: