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From the monthly archives: September 2008
HHL Alumna Julia Derndinger talks about the Accelerator program of the Entrepreneurs Organisation. this program provides teaching and training for young start-ups with the aim to catapult them over the 1 Mio $ top-line.
Read more about the Accelerator Program here and
HHL alumnus Malte Paul started browser-based gamin portal playnik. Only on the market a view months, Malte has already developed an impressive track record as you can see from the awards and pr he already received (e.g. Venture Lounge).
Playnik founder Malte Paul is featured in this version of "10 questions" at deutsche-startups.de
HHL alumnus Thorsten Becker entered an agreement with Albermarle group, the worldwide leader for interim management solutions to become part of their network. In a deal including the sale of 51% of his assets, Thorsten further strengthened the position of his company Management Angels as a premier provider for [...]
On August 21st we revived the HHL Entrepreneurs meeting. As guests of Christian Angele we met at the imedo.de office in Berlin and spent a whole day with interesting and challenging discussions.
Participants were HHL entrepreneurs (both recent startups, outgrown startups and family business) as well as Prof. Torsten Wulf and myself. [...]
The editorial team of deutsche-startups.de visited HHL alumnus Dirk Graber and his startup, online-optician Mister-Spex.de. Check here if you are interested in how his offices look like.
trivago expanded its features to become the first real meta-search engine for hotel accommodations. Already until today you could check prices from over 35 different hotel websites (including hrs, hotel.de, expedia etc.) – recently trivago added another feature: hotel reviews from other sides in addition [...]
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The nationwide competition "Gründerchampion" evaluates young companies for successful market entry, growth and innovative capability. This year, HHL alumnus Daniel Goldmann managed to achieve this award for his company Gollmann Kommissioniersysteme, one of only three companies in Germany that have been distinguished in 2008.
Another startup from HHL, and this time in an industry where we have not been active in before: our first own art gallery: Toshina Art HHL-Alumnus Nico Mateev opened up this Summer in Leipzig.
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Did you know?
In its "European Business Schools 2009" ranking the Financial Times ranked HHL's full-time MBA Program No. 1 in Germany and No. 34 in Europe.
HHL graduates have also started over 120 businesses! They have been financed by Earlybird, Apax, Grazia Equity, Wellington, Holtzbrinck and many others.
Earned recognitions include the Wirtschaftswoche Startup of the year, KfW-Gründerchampion, Weconomy winner, Venture Lounge winner, RedHerring Top 100 winner.
