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Berlin startup exit, it is dearly needed! We almost have no first generation entrepreneurs here, all we got is basically Samwer brothers.
by wellboy 12y ago
Berlin startup exit, it is dearly needed! We almost have no first generation entrepreneurs here, all we got is basically Samwer brothers.
- k-mcgrady 12y agoIMO it's cooler that Berlin has a company like SoundCloud that makes money! I don't know the numbers but base don what they're charging and the number of people I see with pro accounts they've got to be making decent revenues. Much cooler than a company that makes no money and gets bought by one of the big tech companies.
- wellboy 12y agoI don't think they actually make a lot of money as they have to pay a lot for infrastructure, though they have a LOT of traffic and imho that's not a bad thing. Products with a lot of traffic like Snapchat or Secret are amazing. They could all make money if they wanted, but they choose to build up the community instead.
- TillE 12y agoBerlin has a number of great smallish tech-oriented companies that have been around for a while, like Native Instruments and Ableton AG. It's interesting, and good for SoundCloud, but I don't think Berlin has any particular need for that kind of "startup" culture, where you create some internet service and sell it.