> always start in one place and explore others ... German engineering culture It's said that Germany has almost 50% of the world's 'hidden champion' companies

> always start in one place and explore others ... German engineering culture It's said that Germany has almost 50% of the world's 'hidden champion' companies (revenue less than 5 Billion Euros, unknown to the public, market leader in a niche domain globally (among the biggest three) or leader at the home continent). People coming from the outside might overlook these companies. More than 1300 hidden champions are distributed all over Germany, often in rural areas and acting globally (examples: Herrenknecht for tunnel boring machines or Lürssen for superyachts). Germany in general is a very decentralized country with lots of successful small and midsized cities (Examples for large companies: VW headquarter is in Wolfsburg, Audi in Ingolstadt, Adidas in Herzogenaurach, SAP in Walldorf). https://hbr.org/2017/05/why-germany-still-has-so-many-middle-class-manufacturing-jobs https://hbr.org/2017/05/why-germany-still-has-so-many-middle...