We said it before but we can’t say it enough: We are super happy with the betapitch last week. We were inspired by the pitches of the startups, comforted and buzzed by the vibe in our ‘haus and amazed by all the people that came. Continue reading
STARTUP OF THE WEEK: GOURMIE
Gourmie is a culinary project by Fumiko Suzuki. She focuses on French, Italian and Japanese cuisine, yet always tries out new things. If you know the menu card of Gourmie , you can see there are no limits to the flavours she uses – from savory quiches to sweet tarts; vegetarian and meat curries, to drinks; small macaroons to wedding cakes. Fumi studied Humanities at the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle. Later, she finished her studies at Volkshochschule in Berlin, and completed a diploma in Food Aesthetics. She always took pleasure in cooking for friends and family, which is why she decided to become a chef and start Gourmie. Fumi has been a member of betahaus for one year. Continue reading
BETAPITCH – THE 10 STARTUPS WE WANT TO SEE PITCHING
Yesterday the betapitch – crew finally got together to cast the final vote on who is gonna present next thursday. First of all: YOU WERE ALL AWESOME, THANK YOU FOR YOUR APPLICATIONS. WE COULDN’T BE HAPPIER.
MEMBER OF THE WEEK: ANDRE OTTLIK
Andre Ottlik, is a consultant, coach and trainer for entrepreneurs, self-employed persons, and small and medium-sized enterprises. Since 2005, he has been interested in vision and determination appeal, goals and management, as well as the topics of corporate communications and marketing. Since 2011, he has been teaching social and methodological skills at the HWR Berlin School of Economics and Law as a visiting lecturer. Andre is trained in business computing, and previously worked at IBM; where he worked in sales, marketing and business networking as well. He has acquired several years of extensive sales knowledge – from door-to-door to business-partner sales. Andre has been a member of betahaus since September 2009. Continue reading
MEMBER OF THE WEEK: ALESSANDRO MAGGIONI
Alessandro Maggioni is a visual designer, and founder of Astra – Design. He has a Bachelors in Industrial design, and specialises in communications. Alessandro works as a freelance designer, and also as a consultant for aspiring architects – people who are in the process of establishing their own style. His portfolio show us examples of the various services that he offers; from traditional works done on paper, to digital art and design. Alessandro has been a member of betahaus since October. Continue reading
MEMBER OF THE WEEK: VASSILIOS P. BARTZOKAS
Vassilios P. Bartzokas is an innovator and entrepreneur. He likes discovering business ideas and leading them to success. He was the CEO of CARTECO in Greece a company awarded as one of the 10 best in Europe at the European Business Awards, together with companies like Air Berlin, Deutche Telecom and others. He founded The Archive, a design library for young designers and creatives, and started a design collective called 39.22, which promotes and develops ideas into products for the creative community. He launched a Greek e-magazine for architecture and design called Archisearch.gr. in 2011 which is also available as a free app at app store. Vassilios is also the founder and Chairman of the non-profit organization Brainlab, which organized the Green Design Festival in Athens. He also organized the Athens Architecture Workshop in 2009, which was attended by 100 students from European Universities. In February 2012 he organize ESW [eso ] Conference for Interior Design at the Onassis Cultural Centre. Now he is based in Berlin, and is running his startup, DESIGNLOBBY.ASIA, a platform promoting talented designers and people from the creative sector in Asia. He has been a member of betahaus since the middle of February.
MEMBER OF THE WEEK: JULIO SANTOS
Interview by Mateja Plaskan
Julio Santos is a software engineer with a Master in Informatics and Computing Engineering. His main interests are web and mobile development, interaction design, and building Facebook applications. He is based in betahaus Berlin as lead developer and founder of the Facebook application, Gruvi. Gruvi is a platform that helps entertainment brands build and manage their communities by allowing users to give and receive movie recommendations within a network.
BETAPITCH BERLIN 2012 – MEET THE JURY: JOAKIM BARNEUS
On the jury this year will be Swedish entrepreneur and business leader Joakim Barneus. In 2001, Mr. Barneus co-founded the European branch of Monster, and served as European COO until 2002. He is also the founder of the student staffing company, Komet, which employs over 5,000 students, and helped develop the business-oriented personality test Validero.
THE PERFECT PITCH: A HOW-TO GUIDE
By now, you and your startup team may already be underway with your one-pagers, soon to be sent to our betapitch jury, and you may be wondering just how you can improve your chances of making it into the top-10 and, eventually, the winning spot.
Our jury will soon be swamped with one-pagers from all sorts of startups. From this mess of papers, 10 of the best will be chosen to pitch at betapitch on May 3rd.
Your applications will be evaluated on 4 criteria: your business model, your team, the purpose of your startup, and, finally, your originality and innovativeness. Continue reading
BETAPITCH | BERLIN: WE WANT YOU!
It’s almost time – the next betapitch will soon take place right here, in the ‘haus!
This year, betapitch will be held in two different locations: in Köln on March 10, and finally, in Berlin on May 3rd.
For betapitch Berlin, we’ve gathered together an impressive jury with several highly-accomplished figures in the world of business and entrepreneurship, as well as a prize package with just about everything you need to bootstrap your way to startup stardom. All that’s left is your application!
Applying to betapitch is simple. All we need from you is a one-pager, in PDF format, showing us your idea, business model, market, timeline, and team. If you’re nominated, you’ll be invited to betahaus to pitch your startup against 9 other nominees in front of our jury.