Awards & Recognition
★Microsoft Innovate 4 Society Award 2012 (presented by Angela Merkel)
★Apple App of the Year for doo in 2011
★Leading member of German Innovation Council with State Minister for Digitization
Notable Facts
→Serial entrepreneur since 1994, founded 10+ technology companies
→Bestselling author of Startup-DNA and 10xDNA
→TV personality on German Shark Tank for 7 years
→488.9K LinkedIn followers, strong social media presence across platforms
→Founded and sold ip.labs to Fujifilm for 13-19 million euros
→Early investor in major European startups: Wunderlist, Lilium, MyTaxi, Lilium Aviation
→Has Wikipedia page and extensive media coverage in German business press
→Runs Innovation Pulse newsletter on LinkedIn
→Regular speaker at technology and innovation conferences