October 11, 2012
myTaxi goes America
By
Sebastian
The big (well) news today is that German startup myTaxi has entered the US market (article in English on GigaOm, German on mobilbranche.de). I think this is very good news for several reasons. Firstly, for once a German company is on the forefront, not the copycat. Let’s just say there was a propensity among certain […]
September 22, 2011
This Week in Startups – 180: The History Lesson
By
Sebastian
Like Ken Auletta’s Googled gave the backstory on Bill Campbell and the Google part of early 2000s, these 80 minutes with Jason and Travis Kalanick give you all the backstory of Scour (p2p music, even before Napster), Red Swoosh with Marc Cuban and other internet history stories. Seriously, if you can’t wait for the Encyclopedia […]