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Phil Chambers and the trouble with a quiet room
He helped build Peakon so employees could tell their bosses the truth. After a $700 million sale, a spell building rockets and a move into venture capital, Phil Chambers is still learning what happens when people speak up.
Andreas Bodczek and the business of getting through
Before Fyber connected app developers to advertisers, it was almost called Bacon. Andreas Bodczek’s career runs through a more durable idea: making the complicated exchanges behind everyday digital life work.
Tom Michels and the appointment that kept getting bigger
Tom Michels wanted to book a haircut online. Years of salon visits, late-night coding and shared decisions turned that small inconvenience into Salonkee, now used by more than 10,000 salons across Europe.
Thomas Ohr and the nine-year pause
He started EU-Startups after work, gave its readers a conference, and brought its podcast back after nine years. Thomas Ohr’s career follows the patient business of getting Europe’s founders into the same conversation.
Thomas Kösters’s case for a dozen people
From Microsoft Ventures to DEEP Ecosystems, Thomas Kösters has spent his career working on the conditions around a startup. His argument begins with a small group of people willing to build something where they live.