In the 2nd episode of the anniversary season of “Die Höhle der Löwen” (The Lion’s Den) one can observe extremely opposing opinions of the investors: While one strongly doubts the harmfulness of electro-magnetic radiation and thus the sense of one of two presented products, for the other it is almost too good to be true. …
Early-stage startups in particular need to base their valuation to a large extent on future prospects. That is why financial planning is so important. This is where the investor sees where the figures come from and tries to assess how realistic it all is. This is where the opinions between the startup and the investor …
“Gründen ist auch Frauensache”: The event series of the Fresenius University of Applied Sciences There are still fewer women than men who dare to start their own business. Still only 15.1 % of the founders are women. Many different theses are put forward for this: “Women are more cautious”, “Women prefer to start a family. …
Even before the pitch, the lions were overflowing with superlatives about the gaming market. The backdrop of the start-up Zaunkönig left no doubt as to what the pitch would be about. But such an exciting market also harbours dangers, as became clear a little later. So even a start-up in the gaming sector has to …
Founders often think that if they don’t get investment, they did something “wrong” in the pitch or in the negotiation. But as the case of Primoza with its “growing calendar” shows, this is not necessarily the case, because sometimes it just doesn’t fit. For one it might be the sales channels, for another the topic …
The start was good, the portable tripod was particularly well received by amateur photographer Dagmar Wöhrl. The Q&A session also got off to a promising start, but then the talk turned to the figures and the dream of a lion deal was shattered. The founders were surprised by the details of the questions. But did …
The big plan: to finally send chicken on permanent holiday, to abolish battery cages as far as possible. But at first things didn’t look so good for master confectioner and baker Chris Geiser. The taste of his vegan egg substitute was not really convincing as a fried egg. Dr. Georg Kofler then thought the market …
Rarely do you see all the lions so unanimously enthusiastic as in the case of rePAQ, Ralf Dümmel even took a bow. But at a certain point the mood seemed to tilt a bit and in the end they couldn’t agree on a deal with the founders. What was it that was missing, alt-hough the …
When investors are really impressed by a founder, the phrase “That’s a good founder” often comes up. But what exactly do they mean by that, and, more importantly, how do you get them to talk like that about you? Skills4Schools founder Rubin Lind embodies one of Eric Ries’ (“Lean Startup”) most important pieces of start-up …