
News from VCM


Trainee or founder? Why not both? – Entrepreneurial spirit at IKEA
Younes Sakali and David Kittel-Hellriegel from IKEA Kamen talk in the Startup Contacts podcast about how much entrepreneurial spirit is present in a global corporation.

From a 3.0 to an A average – How structure in college became a business
Productivity creator Luis Newton tells in the Startup Contacts podcast how a university experiment turned into a full‑time job and why good systems in college are just as valuable as when scaling a company.

USA vs. Germany – Insights into Two Startup Worlds
Andreas Deptolla (Atari Europe) and Dominik Lohle (May Ventures) compare the startup worlds in the USA and Germany in the Startup Contacts podcast – from the perspective of founders and investors.

What keeps founders in Münster? – The mayor in conversation
Münster’s mayor Tilman Fuchs talks on the Startup Contacts podcast about how innovative a town hall can be and what it takes to keep founders in Münster.

Female Founders, twice as strong – The story behind Geminos
Twin sisters Amelie and Leena Kaijo share in the Startup Contacts podcast how they built the LinkedIn agency Geminos together.

From Impostor to Werewolf – The Story Behind SPLASH Partyspiele
Hannes Kessel and Jason von Splash talk in the Startup Contacts podcast about how viral Impostor videos turned into a party games app with millions of users.
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