Let’s meet Katja, the girl behind a startup Sunny Office! Who are you? I am Katja, a young sun lover who’s been living in Berlin for a while. I love working in the sun, chocolate, running, being free and having wine with friends. These loves determine the directions the story goes… After 5 years in… Read more »
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KREU(T)ZBERG HAS A NEW DRINK! *DEVELOPED AT BETAHAUS*
After six months of working at betahaus, “6 people like this” can’t wait to present their baby named: Kreutzbergs Rezeptur – Regenerativum. “6 people like this” are six students from Berlin University of the Arts studying Communication in Social and Economic Context. On their search for a project to prove their skills and knowledge for the Bachelor’s degree,… Read more »
BETAPITCH SOFIA SEARCHING FOR THE BEST STARTUPS!
Betapitch is coming to Bulgaria! For the first time you can experience it on the 30th of May 2013 in betahaus | sofia. betapitch is the startup contest of betahaus in which promising teams get a head start and get a chance to work in lively home-like environment. The winning team will stay in betahaus for… Read more »
HACK THE CITY THIS MONDAY!
Monday, April 1st is where HacKidemia will kick-off their one-day ‘Hack The City’ event where all children are welcome to experience a new way of learning and get their hands dirty on the latest technology out there. Drones, 3D printing, laser cutting, video game programming, hacking the standard systems, that’s what you can expect here…. Read more »
ARTISAN WEEKEND AT BETAHAUS, APRIL 25TH-28TH
Join us for a weekend of classes and events celebrating the marriage of technology and craftsmanship in Berlin. We have the the city’s most prominent artisans and tech experts to educate emerging entrepreneurs on how to leverage technology to grow their businesses and expand their craft. And we gonna party!
SPACE 2.0 OPEN!
We have a new space ready for you! As you have noticed from the signs, betahaus opened the first coworking RECEPTION ever! It is located on the new 1st floor – right above the café. From now on, there will always be somebody to give you a warm welcome smile when you’ll come to work!… Read more »
MAKER WEEKEND #2 REFLECTIONS
This past weekend was a Maker Weekend. The workshops started on Saturday with a Coding Jam by Graffiti Research Labs and ranged from turning your old plastic bags into cool new textiles in the Melt-a-Bag workshop, to building your own Rocket Stove! There was even a chance to take a load off at the Natural… Read more »
STUDYING ARTS AND SELLING COPY MACHINES – RALPH RIECKE AND HIS OFFICE HOUR
Who are you? I am a business analyst at hub:raum, the incubator program of Deutsche Telekom. Prior to that I worked as a strategic consultant and have many years of marketing and sales experience. I spend two years in San Francisco working as an consultant on ICT innovation projects and scouting for potential businesses. Before… Read more »
CAFÉ OPENS ON SATURDAYS!
Always looked for a cozy place where to have the coffee with your friends on Saturday? Or just wanted to work very much but had nowhere to sit with your laptop? Always frustrated that betahaus is closed during the weekend? Good news for you! The betahaus| café is opening on Saturdays soon! From 2nd of March on, every… Read more »
HUB:RAUM DEMODAY: HOW DO THE ACCELERATED STARTUPS LOOK LIKE?
8 weeks of acceleration, 3 days of intense venue preparation, media, cameras and a live stream, 15 well trained pitches and 130 people in the audience. No need for judges, the audience full of investors and corporates took over the startups’ questioning. These numbers and the nice booklet predicted an interesting event. The event was already… Read more »
GUEST BLOGPOST: WHY MOST STARTUPS THAT GOT BOUGHT DON’T HAVE A VC FUNDING
From time to time we’ll publish a guest blogpost by the editors at Fueled. The first one is from Chrissy Giglio. Enjoy: Why Most Startups that got Bought Don’t Have VC Funding: With new data from 2012, we’re able to see some interesting trends that are occurring in the world of startups. This past year there were… Read more »
AZUBI WANTED
Our event dreamteam is looking for an trainee (in German we call it Azubi zum “Veranstaltungskaufmann/frau). You would love to become an event manager one day? Then start your 3 year trainee program at betahaus | Berlin. You can apply for it via our profil at somewhere. And this is what we are looking for:… Read more »
BOND’S BUNTE WELT – MAGAZINE
“Bond´s bunte Welt” is a fascinating new magazine published by our member Marcus Bond. There are only 200 pieces on sales. Get your issue in betahauscafé for only 6,- Euro! Alessandro our intern did an interview with Marcus Bond: Please provide a short description of the Magazine “Bond´s bunte Welt” is a mixture of GEO,… Read more »
PEOPLE IN BETA (SESSION) AT CONVENTION CAMP 2012
You can’t get creative insights sitting behind an office desk.
DO STUFF – JOIN MAKER WEEKEND
The core of betahaus is doing stuff. It’s doing projects, doing it yourself, learning by doing, making things, producing or getting things done. We figured out that this is the perfect way for people to learn things, improve their skills and stay motivated on the way. Talking – Hell now! Let’s do more stuff.
A YEAR OF `MAKING THINGS HAPPEN` ALL OVER THE WORLD
One of our good startup friends, Gidsy, is turning 1 and to commemorate this milestone, they are organizing Gidsy Day – happening all day on November 10th in cities all over the world. What is Gidsy Day? On November 10th, there will be Gidsy activities happening all day long all across Berlin & beyond –… Read more »
NEW FLOOR ALMOST FINISHED
Good news, the summer of construction at betahaus is almost over! Since weeks Kim Wang and his team are working hard on our new floor. 5 of 9 teamrooms are already finished and the first teams moved in. From now on you will meet the teams: Somewhere, Car2Go and Wahwah.fm (doing a restart soon) in their new… Read more »
PROUD WINNERS, THANK YOUS AND SHOUT OUTS!
Two weeks ago the latest edition of betapitch went down, and it was a blast! The house was packed, the audience great, the jury experienced and the pitches awesome. Just like last time, the Jury was a tiny bit indecisive (the pitches were good and it was hard to decide) and chose two proud winners:
EXHIBITION: KEVIN GRAY
Unsere Freunde von Reign of Art haben uns wieder mit einer tollen Ausstellung beschenkt! Diesmal zeigen sie Kevin Gray (*1982, Bremen). “Seine Sozialisation als Sprüher ist auch nach dem Studium (Meisterschüler 2009) an der KH Berlin noch deutlich spürbar. In Kevin Grays Arbeiten werden scheinbar idyllische Szenen untermalt von einer unterschwelligen, bedrohlichen Atmosphäre. Diese Gegensätzlichkeit bildet den zentralen… Read more »
IF COWORKING DIDN´T EXIST..
Where were you working before you got a desk at betahaus? Optionally, you were wearing a suite preparatory to making a decision to change your life completely and uncompromisingly. Or you have always been a freelancer and experienced all the hell and heaven of working wherever your lap top lands.
