Jakob Freund – Co-founder and CEO of Camunda – responsible for the company’s vision and strategy. He’s also the driving force behind…
#63 We were more interested in the press release than in the revenue of this kind of business – Jörn Leogrande
Jörn Leogrande, former head of Wirecard’s global innovation department. Now consultant and author. Since the early 1990s …
#62 The risk is not that someone steals your idea, The risk is that you have a wrong view on the things that you are doing – Alexander Rohr
Alexander Rohr, Co-founder and Head of Marketing & Sales at the start-up LILIAN LABS. He is a physicist and a Ph.D. engineer. Alexander founded…
#61 How to convince a board of directors to adopt a certain technology – Sven Siering
Sven Siering is the Managing Director of vent.io GmbH. This company builds and invests in digital solutions for Deutsche Leasing Group…
#60 Digital expansion vs. digitization, experiences from a CTO – Jacob Fahrenkrug
Jacob Fahrenkrug, Managing Partner at Tektit Consulting, Jacob started his professional career at Hypoport Group, where he took…
#59 Let’s talk about diversification – Julia Kümper
Julia Kümper is founder & managing partner of Match-Watch GmbH and was awarded with the New Work Award by XING and named as role model entrepreneur by the BMWi. Since 2018, Julia has been Managing Director …
#58 Digitalization is overall the process of renewing and transforming things – Mico Pütz
Mico Pütz is the founder and a managing partner of the Young Digitals Consulting Agency in Berlin. After finishing his…
#57 If you have an open mind and ear for the needs of team members and give everybody space to develop – you will be amazed what happens – Julia Hitzbleck
Julia Hitzbleck is an innovation consultant, trainer and entrepreneur in …
#56 As a quality manager you are helping to support the system as good as possible – Florian Frankl
Florian Frankl is Head of Quality for a dairy powder company named MILEI. In parallel, he is building up his own…
#55 You not only guide young people, young people also guide you – Mark Noordhoek Hegt
Mark Noordhoek Hegt, Global Director Digital Innovation at Vopak Mark has a career of more than 20 years with Vopak and since…
#54 Be kind to yourself and don’t put too much pressure on yourself – You are enough – Kristin Bauermeister
Kristin Bauermeister currently works as an Innovation Manager at Startup Colors. She is responsible for the IntellIot project – an EU…
#53 How to be a (corporate) entrepreneur – Tilman Sauter
Tilman Sauter is both innovation manager at Evonik Industries, a chemical company, and Co-Founder of Fior, one of worldwide two companies producing picture-based artificial grass. As a scientist…
#52 Innovation is an invention paired with value – Julia Doll
Julia Doll is Head of Innovation & UPLIFT for Vodafone Germany. She drives multiple innovation topics in an open innovation approach and is Founder and CEO of Vodafone UPLIFT. Vodafone UPLIFT is the…
#51 What is 5G – Insights & opportunities – Jens Pilz
Jens Pilz, Spectrum specialist, worked at the Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institute in Berlin he managed several research projects in the 5G field. He looked very closely into the 5G NR physical layer, had overlap with…
#50 Just learning what you are personally interested in leads to a very narrow point of view – Philipp Kleine Jäger
Prof. Dr. Philipp Kleine Jäger is Managing Partner at CORE a European Technology Think Tank, and accompanies the management ….
#49 Trust your people, listen to them, create together a common motivating goal and let the fun begin – Pascal Scheffler
Pascal Scheffler is Innovation Manager at Uniper, in Düsseldorf. There he contributes with his experience in the areas of…
#48 First thing to take into consideration: Is the technology mature enough? – Victor Thoma
Victor Thoma is a former start-up founder and works as product manager within ERGO Digital Ventures ERGO is one of the major insurance groups…
#47 Transforming the culture of Otto group – Tobias Krueger
Tobias Krüger, Head of Culture Change 4.0 at the Otto Group, reports to CEO Alexander Birken. From his previous position in the group strategy, he recommended to the board of directors to…
#46 What happened at Y Combinator – Daniel Dinh
Daniel Dinh is the CEO and co-founder of Laserfocus.io. Before that, he was at Delivery Hero, where he was responsible for the international markets and CEO of Delivery Hero Austria…
#45 How innovation is done in the traditional housing business – Oliver Falk-Becker
Dr. Oliver Falk-Becker, Head of Business Development at Gewobag AG, Experienced Head of New Business Development with a …
#44 Digitalization will be the make-or-break factor for small and midsize enterprises – Marc Dönges
Marc Dönges is deputy head of the Mittelstand 4.0 Competence Center Berlin, Gemeinsam digital, a project …
#43 Make sure that you work on something that’s really energizing you – Pero Mićić
Prof. Dr. Pero Mićić is the founder and CEO of the Future Management Group. In 1991, he founded the first …
#42 Whatever you do, you’ll have to find the money for it yourself – Thomas Bachem
Thomas Bachem, founder and chancellor of the CODE University , he has been an internet entrepreneur since 2000. Thomas founded …
#41 There is a lot of super talented ladies that do not dare to dream big – Mali M. Baum
Mali M. Baum is one of the People Shaping Female Founders Future and opportunities at the Startups Ecosystem in Berlin and …
#40 Once you’ve gone through such an experience, you will not go back to the old way of working – Emanuele Baldacci
Dr. Emanuele Baldacci is director of EU digital services.This covers innovation in new technologies, data services, development of….
#39 No business failed because it didn’t have this one great idea – Lars Giere
Lars Giere an expert in digital growth, Co-Founder felmo, is the former Head of Financing and Incubation at eBay subsidiary mobile.de GmbH…
#38 Challenge stupidity in the workplace – Christoph Magnussen
Christoph is a filmmaker at heart, a keynote speaker and has been an entrepreneur since high school. After graduating from St. Gallen University, he co-founded…
#37 Transformation works from the future – Klara Sucher
Klara Sucher is Managing Director of the consultancy firm unlearn She is passionate about understanding the inner dynamics of groups and systems and…
#36 Banking is lifestyle – Johann-David Starck & Sebastian Dimler
Johann-David Starck and Sebastian Dimler are part of an internal unit to accelerate the digital transformation of Commerzbank AG. The team, consisting…
#35 Strengths of female product managers – Magdalena Zadara
Magdalena Zadara is currently the product manager of Fernarzt , a telemedicine start-up based in Berlin. Trained originally in…
#34 It’s the market risk that takes most companies down – Javier Rincon
Javier is an entrepreneur and lean product innovation expert. After a stay at Wunderlist, he …
#33 Product managers are the rather entrepreneurial type of people – Jana Schellong
Jana Schellong is a Senior Product Manager at heycar. As one of its first employees, she has been…
#32 The constant change, is the stability of today. – Martin Wezowski
Martin Wezowski Chief Designer at SAP Innovation Center, have been loving and living design and tech his whole career…
#31 About digital identity – Al Lakhani
Al is the founder and and CEO of IDEE GmbH.. Prior to founding IDEE, he founded the forensics & cyber practice at…
#30 Finding market fit – Jens Rieken
Since 2017 Jens Rieken is Head of Sparkassen Innovation Hub and responsible for developing…
#29 Innovation comes at a price – Stephan Heller
Stephan Heller is the founder and managing director of FinCompare, a fast-growing online platform for SME financing since..
#28 Start as soon as you can – Doreen Huber
Doreen Huber is Founder & CEO of LEMONCAT. As one of the most respected female entrepreneurs in Germany she is..
#27 The world is getting better, not worse – Roman Weishäupl
Roman has been living in Silicon Valley for over 7 years, co-founded two companies, released three products; currently…
#26 My fundamental value in life is growth – Vadim Pikarevskis
Vadim is a senior product manager at Omio. Vadim has been doing product management and product analytics for over 5 years
#25 Relationships are the most important ingredients for a happy life – Holger Seim
Holger Seim is co-founder & CEO at Blinkist. At Blinkist, he focuses on growth and business development.
#24 How Deutsche Bank Innovation Labs operate – Niklas Grunewald
Niklas Grunewald joined Deutsche Bank in 2016, working out of the Deutsche Bank Innovation Labs on various technological …
#23 Fighting climate change with data – Lubomila Jordanova
Lubomila Jordanova is the founder and CEO of Plan A, the first data-driven crowdfunding platform in the fight against climate change. …
#22 Be curious and courageous in order to succeed and even more importantly … enjoy the journey – Olaf Koch
Olaf Koch CEO at Metro AG has been with METRO AG since 2009, when he was appointed a member of the Management Board…
#21 Love is where your Focus is – Mal Harrison
Mal Harrison is a clinical sexologist, eroticism philosopher, TEDx speaker, and founder of the Center for Erotic Intelligence. In 2011, she served as resident …
#20 Being creative is a state of mind that cannot be forced – Arnd Pickhardt
Arnd Pickhardt former CMO for Lidl (UK and Germany) and former UK Marketer of the Year as well as Visionary Marketer of the Year…
#19 If you feel too comfortable, push for a change – Kirsten Oppenländer
Kirsten Oppenlaender is responsible for digital solutions for commercial clients at Deutsche Bank AG…
#18 Why New Work is not really new but changes everything – Jörn Hendrik
Jörn Hendrik develops workshop concepts, designs interactions and enables groups to create the best results …
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#17 How women improve a company culture – Carolin Gabor
Dr. Carolin Gabor is managing director at FinLeap. She steers the strategic development and …
#16 How to get from Founder to Venture Capitalist – Jan Miczaika
Jan Miczaika is Partner at HV Holtzbrinck Ventures. Previously Jan was COO at Wooga, a Berlin-based developer of mobile games…
#15 Tipps&Tricks to carry out a successful PR campaign – Olivia Czetwertynski
Olivia Czetwertynski from Becomewide is an international PR consultancies specializing in global PR and growth strategy expert…..
#14 How to get better outcomes with data, Insights from a Data Analyst – Jan Kyri
Jan is a data analysis freelancer combining a business background and a solid tech understanding. Having worked …
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#13 [QuickTipp] Why you should Always Track your Data – Julien Etchepare
Julien Etchepare is a traffic manager and data analyst. One part being the creation of successful advertisement campaigns to develop the traffic….
#12 How to create your own role in a IT company (without an IT background) – Sabela Garcia
Sabela Garcia at next media accelerator she helps media tech startups to connect and grow in Germany. She is a creative mind passionate about….
#11 What is innovation? A new way to think about it – Rolf Schumann
Rolf Schumann is SVP and Global General Manager of Platform and Innovation at SAP, he is known as a leading technology and innovation…
#10 A sexologist’s journey to pioneer the erotic store world – Sabina Elvstam-Johns
Sabina Elvstam-Johns founder of Lust.dk started her first store in Copenhagen in 1998. Sabina’s wish to make…
#09 How to initiate and maintain 4x growth every year – Felix Plog
Felix Plog is SVP of Global Operations for Delivery Hero, and previously co-founded Foodpanda (acqu. by the group in 2016) …
#08 Insights from an experienced Product manager – Mike Silley
Mike Silley Product Manager at GetYourGuide. His unique product development style focuses on maximizing impact within teams…
#07 Disagreeing is a lack of information – Andrey Salomatin
Andrey Salomatin Productive Mobile is making sure his company is building the right thing. He always searches for …
#06 Be conscious of the time you have, don’t always say yes – Karl Alomar
Karl Alomar COO at DigitalOcean is a serial entrepreneur with extensive experience in developing high growth …
#05 How to create an internal demand for change in big companies – Marcus Nagel
Marcus Nagel CEO of Zurich Group Germany since March 2016. Prior to that, he had …
#04 The difference between Big companies and Startups – Michael von Roeder
Michael von Roeder CEO of Sensorberg, works both as entrepreneur and corporate executive. Currently he …
#03 Growth Hacking: How soundcloud grew from 1 to 100 million users – Thom Cummings
Thom Cummings CMO of Grover (Former Soundcloud), responsible for all things marketing, product and design. Having joined …
#02 Don’t forget the fun – put it in your calendar! – Robin Wilfert
Board Member of ABCD Agency (Former Marketing & PR Manager at GoEuro), helps companies of all sizes to scale …
#01 How to build a great company culture – Alan Duric
Alan Duric CEO from Wire also co-founded Camino, as well as Telio. Alan Duric is an …