Free healthcare.
Free childcare.
Berlin Spätis.
Free education @TU_Muenchen@cdtm_munich
Oktoberfest.
Bio everything.
Bikeable cities.
Hidden champions in cities you have never heard of.
The alps.
Christmas markets.
@edeka_gmbh.
That grumpy neighbour who has every single tool and always helps out.
Culture of remembrance.
Public transport @BVG_Kampagne.
@dm_drogerie.
@isaraerospace@bfl_ai@HelsingAI@FlixBus and @MarvelFusion
Children walking to school by themselves.
Käsespätzle.
@MUC_Airport.
Nice parks.
Our police force.
BioNTech.
Leitungswasser.
Sprudelwasser.
FKK.
Good Döner.
Did I mention @dm_drogerie.
„It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.“ - Charles Dickens
From Europe, for the world.
Langdock (YC 23) is now a Societas Europaea, registered in Germany.
US Inc. → European SE
We believe it is possible to build one of the world’s biggest technology companies from Europe and that doing so matters for the prosperity of the continent and society.
One of the most exciting companies in Europe just flipped from a US inc to a European SE.
This is one of the first times I've seen this happen.
Usually it goes the other way - European companies "flip" their legal top co from a European one to a US one.
In its annoucement the company has said:
"We believe one of the world's great technology companies can be built here. One that helps people shape the future of their work with confidence.
We're putting our ambition, our work and our company's legal home behind that belief.
With ambition,
Langdock SE"
@langdock also announced surpassing €50m ARR
This is HUGE. I hope this inspires many more great European companies to do the same.
Massive shoutout to the team. Lots of people say they're pro-europe. Very few are taking action.
NICE:
@DadaJudith@ld_hendrik@jbeissw@emmakudlich@balazscsomor@lenschmi@tobiaskemkes
LETS GO 🇪🇺
Many of our customers are Mittelstand companies and large enterprises across Germany and Europe. In Germany alone, small and medium-sized firms make up over 99% of all companies and employ around 55% of the workforce.
Among them sit roughly 1,500 hidden champions: family-owned companies in towns you'd drive past without noticing, holding the world's number one position in something wonderfully specific. Somewhere out there is a company that dominates the global market for a screw you have never once thought about. And they are on generation four.
They think in decades because they intend to still be here in a few.
There's a lot of criticism of the European economy right now, and a lot of frustration. Some of it is deserved. But the way many of these companies think about quality, about continuity, about standing by what they say, is something I find truly inspiring.
Miss it in a lot of other places these days.
Best thing I did lately?
Asked A LOT of questions. About AI, tech, what people actually do all day.
Not knowing isn’t failure, it’s the starting point.
So I wrote about why we need to ask more questions & stop making people feel stupid for it.
https://t.co/KyxTalq4bs