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0 pointsbakuninsbart6y ago0 comments

Urbansportspass is a great example of a german startup: They have steady growth, good revenue flows, a great app and content customers.

I feel like in recent years the startup scene in Berlin has gone rather off rails, with obviously flawed projects getting funding. The truth of the startup scene is that >99% of projects are pretty bad, and never deserved to leave the brainstorming phase in the first place.

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ahartmetz6y ago

I also see a lot of hare-brained stuff in Berlin, fairly transparent money grabbing schemes with little hope to make a positive difference for anything and little innovation / originality.

Germany's most successful former startup is Zalando - they sell clothes online. Notably its success isn't selling the company to a stronger US rival who could have as well crushed it, but saved time and maybe money by buying instead.

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0 pointsbakuninsbart6y ago0 comments

Urbansportspass is a great example of a german startup: They have steady growth, good revenue flows, a great app and content customers.

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ahartmetz6y ago

I also see a lot of hare-brained stuff in Berlin, fairly transparent money grabbing schemes with little hope to make a positive difference for anything and little innovation / originality.

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