I think you're missing the key point that Germany doesn't have many unicorns or Fortune 500 companies, but a mass of lower tier family-owned businesses. Which

I think you're missing the key point that Germany doesn't have many unicorns or Fortune 500 companies, but a mass of lower tier family-owned businesses. Which is a fair criticism, and I'm not invested in any form, but I guess judging a country's economy on the factors it hasn't optimized for is a bit weird. Btw, I fully agree on the bureaucracy points, I'm not defending anything here :P