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"Nothing would stop me from starting a new company tomorrow"

6.9.2024

Jonas Mückl

Josef Brunner, one of Germany's most successful startup founders, talks about the importance of entrepreneurial capital, role models and the value of gut instinct.

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"Nothing would stop me from starting a new company tomorrow"

The interview

"I made my first PowerPoint presentation at the age of six"

Nils Feigenwinter is something of a child prodigy: first job at the age of ten, first media company at 15, now start-up entrepreneur. What makes him tick? A conversation about families, business phone calls in the school playground and his latest project.

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"No one is born to be an employee"

As the founder of "Happy New Monday", Catharina Bruns advises the self-employed and campaigns for better conditions for the self-employed. In this interview, she talks about being made redundant at the age of 30, annoying weekend moods and why she is angry with the job center.

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"I wanted to do some things differently to my father"

Fabian Kienbaum from Kienbaum Consultants talks about his path to becoming a family business, his career as a handball player and explains why he invests in start-ups.

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"My parents always gave me every freedom"

Anna Kaiser has built up and sold Tandemploy, one of the most successful German start-ups. In this interview, she talks about her childhood on a farm, how she once sent letters to the richest Germans - and what all this has to do with her company.

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"We don't want our students to feel like Robinson Crusoe"

Brigitte Mergenthaler-Walter has been Head of School since the beginning of this year, succeeding Bernd Westermeyer after ten years. In this interview, she talks about the challenge of running a boarding school, how to teach pupils to be financially sensible and how she deals with demanding parents.

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"I strongly advise against home stories"

Patricia Cronemeyer is one of the most renowned lawyers for press and media law in Germany and often represents celebrities and entrepreneurs. In this interview, she talks about her passion for personal rights, protecting the privacy of the wealthy and why she doesn't like talking about money.

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"We had to do a lot of lobbying"

Edda Schröder is the founder of "Invest in Visions" and a pioneer in the field of impact investment. She launched the first German microfinance fund for private investors. In this interview, she talks about how coffee cultivation can enable the education of eleven children and explains why riding a racing bike awakens her ambition.

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"I never asked for a pay rise"

Daniel Goeudevert, ex-VW board member and electric car pioneer, on his rise from teacher to car boss, his love for his wife and conversations with Mikhail Gorbachev.

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Money has always played a role

Jörg Karenfort is a top lawyer, 52 years old and suffers from Parkinson's disease. In this interview, he talks about the really important things in life, how he wants to beat the disease and what hurdles still need to be overcome.

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