Category: Essays

Company Forms in Germany

Germany is ranked by the World Bank Group on the 17th rank overall when it comes to doing business and on rank 114 when it comes to starting a business. With this post, I would like to introduce the different Germany company forms to you.

What exactly is a startup? What is the difference between a company and a startup? Is every newly founded company a startup? Recently I was surprised that every newly founded company was called a startup. I asked myself the question of what exactly a startup is. For me, there was a contradiction between how I defined a startup and how some authors and journalists defined a startup. Is a freelancer with his own homepage really a startup? Is a company who wants to produce a few bottles of wine a startup? What follows is my own definition of a startup. I also collected the opinions of a few startup authorities.

Refugees are seeking asylum in Europe in large numbers. They are dividing societies and politicians are raging without any facts about possible solutions to solve this crisis. Populism arises in every corner of Europe. People are afraid of the disorganized arrival of millions of migrants and refugees. One thing for sure: Europe needs to enable the integration of accepted refugees by offering high-quality language courses, education, and job training. But what most politicians are overseeing are the possibilities and chances of entrepreneurship.

From a Joke in Silicon Valley to $25.5 Billion

“In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.” Dalai Lama

Entrepreneurs from around the globe seem to base their strategies differently than most business books and business schools teach us. It seems that successful entrepreneurs craft their strategies based on their own mental thoughts, their own intuition, their judgment, wisdom, and experience rather than on strategy-formulation theories you can find in numerous business books.