Archive of stories published by Innovation Friday

Don’t be afraid of failing with Liz Madaras

Liz is finishing her PhD in Bio-Chemical Engineering and is one of the co-founders of Poliloop. Their mission is to provide an eco-friendly and scalable answer to the plastic problem, so that our environment doesn’t have to suffer.


Focus on your money making activities with Tim Rath

Together with Tim Rath we talk about the benefits of social media advertising and how to measure the success of an advertising campaign. He started as an instagram influencer and is now one of the co-founders of Yoyaba.


Clear role distinction with Bernhard Schlegel and Simon Ilzhöfer

This week’s episode features Simon Ilzhöfer, a former investment banker turned entrepreneur based in Frankfurt, and Bernhard Schlegel, who loves building stuff: Not only with code (front- and backends, brewery controls)…


How to react to sexism with Theresa “Theo” Kauffeld

Theo is one of the co-founders of Equalista, which is building the first gender equality learning app.
In this episode, we talk about social innovation, alternative business models, and benevolent & casual sexism and how to react to it.


Efficiency with Florian Dostert

Florian Dostert is in his early twenties and, when faced with making the decision between continuing his economics studies or working full time for the business he co-founded, he decided in favor of SALES2B.


Understand the difference between 1 euro and 10 cents— Manuel Korfmann

This week episode features Manuel Korfmann from eazy.

Manuel is especially interested in hardware and making computers accessible to all people. That is why he is going to build a…


The importance of networking with Karoline Gross

Together with Karoline Gross, we touched on some interesting themes: why networking is important, how did the pandemic affect Smartzer, or how to get contracts with big brands like Adidas, Sephora, and Burberry.


Cut and Cut Quickly with Annette Muller

Annette was recognized by Forbes as one of the ‘top 10 female tech founders to watch In Africa’ back in 2014. She is an international speaker inspiring people and companies all around the world to do things differently. Currently she the founder of flexyforce…


Stay true to yourself with Andra Stanciu

Andra from Reelwurld (amongst others, she is quite active when it comes to innovation and entrepreneurship), this week’s guest, believes in equal access to knowledge and technology. 
She is working continuously on enabling human-centered innovation through…

These were the top 10 stories published by Innovation Friday; you can also dive into yearly archives: 2019, 2020, and 2021.

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