Human resources departments should be dealing with the effects of the technological and social forces of digitization on the world of work. HR must not impede these changes – instead, it would be ideal if it could act as a further impetus for change,...
In July, etventure and Friendsfactory started their joint venture ‘Friendsfactory by etventure.’ After substantial renovations, the first site was opened in Munich’s Parkstadt Schwabing district in August. In the meantime, the premises are filling up – and not just with the first tenants. The first...
Since October 2015, etventure has been assisting the specialist machine builder Putzmeister with its digital transformation. This has led to the formation of digital innovation projects in a wide variety of areas – including in the segments of machine-to-machine communication and building information modeling....
What is an MVP? Why is it important for your business? In our beginner’s guide to MVPs our Head of Product, Gregor Ilg, explains what a minimum viable product is, how it is developed and how it can help companies to enhance innovation.
Slowly but surely, summer is coming to an end. It’s time for a short update about the most important news items that relate to digital trends and subjects. Despite the slow news season associated with the summer, there have been some exciting developments in...
Great news for CampusScout – the etventure startup has received a six-figure growth funding sum as part of the EU-financed funding program ‘Gründung innovativ.’ With the new funding, the company will further develop its own technology and will expand its staff team. Furthermore, the startup is...
Mathias Weigert is now the CEO of Unternehmer-Schmiede, with immediate effect. As a result, the joint venture between the HR and management consultant Kienbaum and etventure now has a proven expert in leadership and tomorrow’s workplace at its helm. As he begins his new role,...
Let’s make the world a better place. This was the tagline we chose for our first ever etventure hackathon. In part 1 of this series of blogs, we wrote about how the idea came about and explained what a hackathon actually is. Once all of the...
Schacht One was only launched in April this year. With support from etventure, the family equity company Haniel got its digital unit, Schacht One, up and running. The digital unit, which is located at the Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen, was formed...
Following the success of the first event last year, a second Digital Finance Berlin conference will take place on October 6, 2016. This year’s conference, which is organized by the Berlin School of Digital Business and FinTechCube, will focus on the following topic: An open banking platform – how banks can build their own...
What better location for developing digital ideas than in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania? This remote “protected space” in northern Germany is far removed from corporate organizational arrangements, processes and structures. What’s more, it is a calm, green region with lots of lakes and hearty food. A...
For many years, German automobile manufacturers have rested on the laurels of their excellent sales figures and have been somewhat careless in their approach to the topics of digitization and the future of mobility. It now seems that there is some movement at last....
This was the news that everyone in the startup scene was talking about at the beginning of the week: Allianz is joining forces with startup builder Rocket Internet. The details of how this partnership will work have not yet been clarified. It seems that the main...