Doris Bärtle March 07, 2016 etventure News, Trends Digitization and digital transformation – an overview of the most important topics from the month of February Under the heading of “Digitization and digital transformation,” we look back at the most important news and events from recent weeks. Google’s parent company, Alphabet, is now the world’s most valuable company, VW wants to become more digital, Industry 4.0 boosts productivity, and the...
Anna Jakubowitz March 03, 2016 etventure News Berlin School of Digital Business founds an advisory board with experts from Google Germany, Audi AG and etventure This week, the newly founded advisory board for the Berlin School of Digital Business (BSDB) met for the first time in Berlin. In future, the role of the board will be to advise and support the school. With the help of the panel of...
Doris Bärtle March 02, 2016 etventure News, Trends Survey of Germany shows that high-level managers in Germany are failing to make courageous decisions regarding digitization What level of importance do German companies assign to digital transformation and how is digitization being executed? These are the questions that were investigated in the survey of Germany entitled “Digital Transformation and Collaboration with Startups in Large Companies,” which was conducted by etventure...
Doris Bärtle February 29, 2016 etventure News Startup meets corporation – Mobile World Congress meets 4YFN Sunshine and great architecture greeted the team of European Innovation Hub when they arrived in Barcelona to attend Mobile World Congress (MWC) and the startup conference 4 Years From Now (4YFN). Four days of intense networking, workshops, press events and business talks waited for...
Doris Bärtle February 26, 2016 etventure News Successful digitization as a joint venture – looking back at the Digisurance event At the beginning of February, established giants of the insurance industry met with young startups at the Digisurance event in Munich in order to discuss the following question: “What is the sale of insurance going to look like in the future?” Founder and Managing...
Doris Bärtle February 22, 2016 etventure News “Wüstenrot Immowert” is digitizing property surveys W&W Digital GmbH strikes again! After the successful launch of the “Wüstenrot Wunschmieter” service to find “dream tenants” at the end of 2015, W&W Digital GmbH is already launching its second digital business model in the proptech sector, in the form of the “Wüstenrot...
Doris Bärtle February 19, 2016 etventure News Internet of Things – European Innovation Hub coordinates EU project worth 50 million euros A great success for the European Innovation Hub – the etventure subsidiary is coordinating a new European Commission funding program. The goal of the “IoT European Platforms Initiative” (IoT-EPI) is to create common technology standards for the development of successful IoT products. The program...
Doris Bärtle February 17, 2016 etventure News Steel turns digital – etventure at the Handelsblatt “Stahlmarkt” steel conference Startups and the steel industry – how industrial companies can profit from the innovative methods of startups. Alexander Franke, Managing Director of etventure business ignition GmbH, spoke about this topic at the 2016 Handelsblatt “Stahlmarkt” steel conference in Düsseldorf. At the two-day industry convention...
Doris Bärtle February 16, 2016 etventure News Overcoming challenges, utilizing opportunities – etventure at the BVMW annual reception The annual reception of the BVMW (German Association for SMEs) took place yesterday in Berlin. More than 3,000 people attended, including business players and representatives from politics, science and culture. In line with the event headline of “Overcoming challenges, utilizing opportunities,” they discussed what...
Christian van Alphen February 15, 2016 etventure News “Tomorrow’s employees need their own ecosystem” – etventure in the Stuttgarter Zeitung newspaper “Baden-Württemberg has got the message,” says Philipp Depiereux, Founder and Managing Director of etventure, in his interview with Philipp Obergassner and Andreas Geldner, editors at the Stuttgarter Zeitung. The topic for discussion was: “Are innovations more successful outside an established company or within?” And what...
Doris Bärtle February 12, 2016 etventure News Report on Deutsche Welle TV program – How Klöckner & Co became a digital pioneer with the help of etventure The digital revolution is turning the business world upside down. Traditional industries that at first glance have nothing to do with the digital sector can no longer ignore new technology. One such example is the steel industry. This topic was addressed during a program...
Doris Bärtle February 04, 2016 etventure News “Outwitting Google” – etventure in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung “Companies don’t have to simply stand by and watch until newcomers from the Internet economy take away swathes of their business. Even established businesses can take advantage of digital transformation,” writes Editor Dominik Feldges in Zurich’s Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) newspaper. In the article,...
Doris Bärtle February 01, 2016 etventure News Designing the business of the future – Philipp Depiereux and Nils-Christoph Ebsen at Digisurance What is the sale of insurance going to look like in the future? Well-known greats in the insurance sector are meeting up with young startups to discuss this very question at Digisurance on February 5. Philipp Depiereux, Founder and CEO of etventure, and Nils-Christoph Ebsen, CEO...
Doris Bärtle January 27, 2016 etventure News The art of digital transformation – etventure is the official partner of the Handelsblatt Conference Next Level C-Suite “Mission 2016: The art of digital transformation“ – under this motto, CEOs and young executives of German industry are meeting at the Handelsblatt Business Salon in July. etventure is the official partner of the exclusive event. Philipp Depiereux, Founder and CEO of etventure also...