CHAPTER 10. Exploring Berlin I book my hotels online, my train or plane ticket and reserve my restaurant table online - so why not my doctor's appointment too?" This is what Samedi is providing you ā the ability to book your doctorās appointment as easily as booking a hotel room. It could seem a simple... Continue Reading →
Team Circuit Connector had the pleasure to interview Hauke van der Meer, Owlin's Buy-side Manager to know about Owlin's innovation and its collaboration with large organizations. About Owlin Owlin gathers more than 3 million global news sources using artificial intelligence and machine learning to monitor, analyze, and visualize different market trends, risks and opportunities.... Continue Reading →
Over the past few years, the fintech sector in Europe has seen a massive inflow of capital, redefining the rules of the finance industry as we knew it a decade ago. But in a matter of days, the current pandemic has changed the way our world works in the short & long-term. We quickly went... Continue Reading →
CHAPTER 9. Berlin Calling Our first exciting meeting was with Christian Schiller at cirplus. Christian has a long entrepreneurial journey starting with being the first employee at BlaBlaCar Germany back in 2013. Currently he leads cirplus, a company he founded to tackle one of the biggest sustainability challenges of our time, plastic pollution. The company... Continue Reading →
CHAPTER 8. Cycling through the Netherlands Itās been more than 3 weeks since we kicked off our start up tour and weāve been to Paris, Milan, and now Amsterdam before heading to our last stop in Berlin. We were lucky enough to have met a lot of cool companies and entrepreneurs on the way. Each... Continue Reading →
CHAPTER 7. Italian Resilience We end our amazing Italian journey with a very interesting call with another part of the Endeavor community: D-heart. The CEO and founder, NicolĆ² Briante, introduced us to their innovation; the first mobile hospital grade ECG device. Their proposition is brilliant and simple: Move data instead of people. This device allows... Continue Reading →
During my time in Paris, I met Simon Laurent, founder of HAVR, a company that digitalizes the door lock by using the Li-Fi Technology. Thanks to the smart lock, one canĀ open, monitor and manage any door in real time, from any smartphone. If I had not prepared the interview, I would have thought Simon was... Continue Reading →
The ongoing global pandemic is the elephant in the room for every conversation we have. Itās the reason weāre having meetings through Zoom instead of in person. Itās the reason calls are being taken from living rooms and kitchens. Itās the reason every conversation starts with checking in that the other party is healthy and... Continue Reading →
CHAPTER 6. The age of personalised care Our journey in Italy continues to live up to our high expectations. Italian startups in healthtech seem to be at the forefront of disrupting technology within the healthcare supply chain through reshaping and customizing both the manufacturing and the delivery of healthcare. Our first inspirational discussion with one... Continue Reading →
What is innovation? To best understand innovation in the present age, we need to go back in time to the nineteenth century. At the time, the term āinnovationā began taking root alongside science and industry, where its meaning was synonymous with ātechnical inventionā. Then, in the mid-1900s, the common understanding evolved to ābringing a new... Continue Reading →
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