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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 wish that someone would give us a successful company

Markus Seidel, head of the Off Road Kids Foundation, talks about young people without a home, the willingness to donate during the crisis and why his foundation is generating a crazy return, which unfortunately nobody will ever notice.

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"The competition in the film business is brutal"

Florian Gallenberger started his career as a director with an Oscar win. After that, however, he was faced with the question of how to build on this. A conversation about success, pressure and insecure salaries.

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"You can't have a hobby"

In this interview, TLGG founder Christoph Bornschein talks about the digitalization of the German government, why he can't do without work and what all this has to do with virtual swords.

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"Earning a lot of money was never my motivation."

There are probably more classic Porsche 911s in Manfred Hering's workshop than in the car manufacturer's museum - even though Hering is not a car enthusiast, as he says himself. In this interview, he explains how the former advertiser came across the Porsche - and why customers sometimes pay him a million euros for a restored car.

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"We didn't have status symbols"

Verena Pausder, née Delius, could have taken over the family textile company of the same name. Instead, she became a start-up founder and thought leader. In this interview, she talks about succession, money in her youth and her first investment: federal treasury bonds.

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"We will probably never get rid of our bad reputation"

Player consultants are often referred to as the locusts of soccer. Thorsten Wirth is one of them, advising the two German stars Kai Havertz and Serge Gnabry, among others. In this interview, he talks about the public image of his profession.

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"I don't think it makes sense to sit on a huge bag of money at the end of my days."

Joachim Schoss built up Scout24. Then he lost an arm, a leg and almost his life in an accident. Today, he is committed to helping disabled people through two foundations. A conversation about entrepreneurship, near-death experiences and philanthropy.

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"What's the point of all this money if I end up in a wheelchair?"

Andreas Mies won the doubles at the French Open for the second time in a row in October. This makes him and his partner Kevin Krawietz the most successful doubles tennis players in Germany to date. In this interview, he talks about prize money, success and pain.

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"My father taught me never to forget where I come from"

Felix Haas is one of Germany's most successful investors. In this interview, he talks about patents from bond labs, photos with Barack Obama and explains which companies he regrets missing out on.

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