Germans don’t do tech startups – more access to capital might change that

Re:Germans don’t do tech startups – more access to capital m... by jayalpha on Sunday September 30, 2018 @04:43AM (#18105214)

Rocket Internet were just the scumbags that ripped off every US based idea and tried to implement it in Germany. A few "me-too" businesses. Okay.

There are very few big ideas that investors in Germany would pour money into.

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Re:Germans don’t do tech startups – more access to capital m... by fulafel on Sunday September 30, 2018 @04:57AM (#18105267)

Very few startups are based on a novel big idea. It's the execution that counts. Dropbox, Google, Amazon, Facebook.. none of those were novel ideas.

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Re:Germans don’t do tech startups – more access to capital m... by yorwba on Sunday September 30, 2018 @04:50AM (#18105244)

Their big idea was to copy every idea in markets where the original company hadn't expanded yet.

It might not be the greatest technical achievement, but it certainly paid off for them, demonstrating that execution is more important than being the first to have an idea.

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Re:Germans don’t do tech startups – more access to capital m... by expertentipp on Sunday September 30, 2018 @04:59AM (#18105269)

By "execution" you mean a wasp nest of POs, PMs, MBAs, friends'-friends and lawyers standing over and yelling at engineers and developers imported from Eastern Europe and India?

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Re:Germans don’t do tech startups – more access to capital m... by zby on Sunday September 30, 2018 @05:13AM (#18105314)

Facebook was not an original idea either.

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