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 âinnovationâ began taking root alongside science and industry, where its meaning was synonymous with âtechnical inventionâ. Then, in the mid-1900s, the common understanding evolved to âbringing a new... Continue Reading →
CHAPTER 5. BENVENUTI IN ITALIA We will conquer the world but letâs first have a plate of burrata! This is our motto during the Italian phase of our tour, which we open with a visit in Milan - the city, internationally known mostly for food, fashion and design, but also as a developing centre of... Continue Reading →
And it is not just because we coincidentally went on a startup tour this summer. Entrepreneurship is more tempting than ever thanks to the infrastructure and system in place today. If you have a brilliant idea or not, it doesnât matter anymore. There is support available for any and every kind of profile that was... Continue Reading →
âSSUP! Team 53°N interviewed Jörg Rheinboldt, former business angel and Managing Director of Berlin-based APX â a joint venture between Axel Springer and Porsche. We met Jörg in an almost empty APX office in Berlin, that houses several of their participating start-ups. âNormally there are a lot more people here, but you come here in... Continue Reading →
Team SaaSEADâs interview with Marnix Broer, Co-founder of Studocu â a platform for students to find the study resources shared by their fellow students. By just typing the name of their university, students can access summaries of books, past exams, and tons of lecture notes. The idea of a student note-sharing platform was born, perhaps... Continue Reading →
53 Degrees North interviewed Roman Sick, CEO of Holoplot, in his office in a warehouse building in Berlin, and got a demo of this brilliant new sound technology in their own showroom. Itâs not the first time Roman has been participating in innovative projects as an entrepreneur, but this one is definitely one of his... Continue Reading →
Team SaaSEAD's interview with Erinn Collier, CRO and Co-Founder at Just3things How many entrepreneurs do you know that started off as professional ballet dancers? Well, team SaasSEAD only knows one and thatâs Erinn Collier, CRO and co-Founder at just3things, a unique platform that enables organizations to align cross-functionally and to work more efficiently by empowering teams to prioritize their most important goals. The platform addresses some key... Continue Reading →
Team SaaSEAD's interview with Peter-Paul founder and CEO of AmberScript and an INSEAD alumni class of '17 July Located at Venture Builders in Amsterdam, AmberScript uses state-of-the-art speech recognition technology to quickly transcribe your audio automatically. Basically, the technology is composed of 2 parts, the first part is the speech to text engine, which automatically transforms your audio to text in 29 languages. The second is an... Continue Reading →
An interview by 53°N with Copenhagen-based Plant Jammerâs founder and CEO, Michael Haase. A story about reducing food waste and meat consumption, AND becoming a more playful and creative cook. We met Michael at his office in Copenhagen, a building with a hippie feel to it, like a home that houses multiple start-ups. âA nice... Continue Reading →
An interview by 53°N with Marieke Wassing and Alain Kummer from NLC â The Healthtech Venture Builder We already knew about VCs, incubators, accelerators, but lately a new species was created by humankind: the venture builder. With increasing volatility in markets, the acceleration of innovation and growing competitiveness in tech, the start-up model is in... Continue Reading →
