LECTURA RECOMENDADA PARA MAYORES DE 15 AÑOS BERLIN PRINMET, LA REYNA DE ZORR*S Eso fue escrito en los baños de las mujeres un 7 de mayo. BERLIN PRINMET, LA ENVIA ¿Quien demonios no envidia a Berlín? Es guapísima, hija de multimillonarios, su novio es el capitán de americano, viste GIVENCHY cada día. BERLIN PRINMET, Y LOS VIDEOS El equipo de porrista monto un vídeo falso para adultos de Berlín Berlín Prinmet toma el metro solo los viernes a las seis de la mañana para ir a la escuela. Y de ida lo toma a las ocho. Todos los días, ve al mismo chico. En el mismo asiento Con el mismo peinado Con el mismo periodico Y todos los días la sigue. BERLIN PRINMET, HA MUERTO Oh bueno, eso dijeron en las noticias una noche de Junio, cuando no volvió a casa. Pero Berlín solo se enamoro. BERLIN PRINMET solo es joven Y no tiene una vida tan perfecta como todos piensan.

The activity in Berlin has been relevant during the last 5 years, and now it has become one of the main hubs for startups in Europe, fighting for number one with London. And not only for startups. Berlin is becoming the center of Germany for “digitization,” the movement that connects startups and innovation with big […]

Not everything’s about money. Being part of an amazing project is a must for workers here. Also creating or using new technologies, feeling the respect of the boss and having talented co-workers. More than with money, the best way to attract talent is with talented people. Many people prefer to stay in small or medium […]

Even though we’re talking about entrepreneurship, salaries are an important topic. Firstly because many people are coming to the Berlin startup scene as an employee and not a founder, and secondly because startups should pay according to the standards of the city. It’s difficult to talk about averages. Technical people are the most highly demanded […]

It’s the perfect moment to keep talking about the Berlin Startup scene. This week some news (info in German, and more) indicates that Berlin could benefit from the British Brexit. This is a real opportunity for Berlin, but I guess it’s not going to happen immediately. In the long term there are some problems. Many […]

Es el momento de hablar de Berlín como centro de las startups europeas. Esta semana algunas noticias (más en alemán) apuntan a que se podría beneficiar del Brexit. Creo que es una oportunidad real para Berlín, pero que no va a ocurrir de forma inmediata, aunque pronto veremos los primeros cambios. A largo plazo hay problemas para […]

The quality of life in Berlin is good but the winter weather is not (although it’s not been bad the last 3 years). The city is still cheap – a bit less than Madrid or Barcelona and half the cost of Paris, a third of London. You’ll pay for renting an apartment, but probably you […]

How to manage legal issues is one of the most common questions for new companies arriving in the city, and also one of the bigger fears. But for people who have already gone through the process, it was not a barrier and they remember it as a single step in the development of their business. […]

Getting the numbers of the market is quite complicated. When you read different sources you may get contradictory information, and the scene is constantly changing so that it’s difficult to keep them updated. Here is a first approach. The entrepreneurial ecosystem of Berlin has between 1,800 and 3,000 startups, more than 50 acceleration programs and […]

As in many other cities coworking is more than a trend, it’s a reality. There are many places where you can work in many different ways: part or full time, flex or fixed, or with your own office. Personally I think it’s much better working from one of them than staying at home, in order […]

Berlin is an amazing place, and not really complicated to get into, at least not in the beginning. Probably the first question is about the language: no worries. In the startup world English is enough, and of course for daily life German is useful, but it’s not a barrier if you don’t know it. And […]

—¿Con quien hablás, Tobías? —pregunta mamá, intentando ocultar el tono de preocupación en su voz. —Con mi amigo —contesta el joven y señala un rincón vacío en su habitación. —¿Y cómo se llama tu amigo? —Tiene muchos nombres, pero a mi me gusta decirle Yahvé. Mamá y papá discuten en la cocina, mientras Tobías espera […]

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Photo taken at the Reichstag's roof, Berling during a summer sunset.