Interview with Ramzi Rizk – Co-founder of EyeEm Mobile GmbH. Credits:

• Directed by Sandy Hathaway
• Directed by Hannah Sturm
• Produced by vogelfrei MedienProduktion

SCB12 Video: Ramzi Rizk – Co-founder of EyeEm Mobile from Entrepreneurs Club Berlin e.V. on Vimeo.

Video interview with Conrad Fritzsch – Co-founder and CEO of Tape.tv GmbH. Credits go to:

• Directed by Sandy Hathaway
• Directed by Hannah Sturm
• Produced by vogelfrei MedienProduktion

SCB12 Video: Conrad Fritzsch – Co-founder and CEO of tape.tv from Entrepreneurs Club Berlin e.V. on Vimeo.

“Social isn’t a product,” she told me after I gave her a demo, “social is people and the people are on Facebook.”

Excellent post by James Whittaker and the quote above by his teenager daughter says it all: Sharing isn't broken, it just not happening on Google…

Innovation processes, lean startup, agile management, scrum – there is a lot of buzz around the core process of all startups: how to make products that customers love.

And why is that so? Because people in the startup community are realizing that an exit is much easier–and significantly more lucrative–when users love the product.Not to mention, it's more fun too. Much more…

There are some proven methodologies that support your quest for the right product, and Ahmet, Stefan and me would like to introduce you to them at the SCB12. Not by death by PowerPoint, but in form of a game. A game for fun & profit, so to speak. However, there will only be three groups of up to 5-6 players each that will be allowed to actively participate in the game.

When and Where?

We will be offering the game on Saturday, March 17th, during the StartupNow Track.

The Trainers:

The two workshops will be hosted by us:

Ahmet Emre Acar – Co-founder/Partner at Ingosu.

Stefan Haas - Freelance trainer & consultant.

Stefan Wolpers – Founder at Entrepreneurs Club Berlin.

The Application:

If you like to participate, please apply via the form below. You can also apply for each workshops separately; there is no need to attend both workshops. Anyway, the deadline for your application is Wednesday, March 14th.

Ever wanted to start-up in Berlin? Here's your chance: Apply for the bitcrowd CampChamp 2012 at SCB12 and win your prototype worth more than 40,000 USD…

Welcome to the bitcrowd CampChamp 2012 - the pitch competition of Startup Camp Berlin 2012. Submit your idea and win an incredible: 1. 40 days of development time for your prototype or minimum viable product by Berlin’s best agile software agency bitcrowd 2. 16 hours of first-class legal advice by the Berlin based legal firm lindenpartners 3. 6 months of office space for 3 team-members at Humboldt Innovation, the technology transfer office of Humboldt University.

The Prize:

The total value of this year’s bitcrowd CampChamp 2012 prize is approximately 40.000 €! Best of all:

• No equity,
• Neither loans…
• …nor future procurement commitments.

How to apply:

1. Applications start now! Fill out the form below and prepare a 30-60s video pitch for the bitcrowd CampChamp 2012 jury. The earlier the better. Remember: Less is more, so keep is tight!
2. If your idea sounds compelling to the jury, we’ll post it on the SCB12 blog, starting Monday, 27 February.
3. Now it’s time to go social! Get as many votes for your video as you can. The top-10 startups with the highest public vote by Monday, 12 March, 24:00 will be invited to pitch their idea to the bitcrowd CampChamp 2012 jury on Friday, 16 March, 2012. Applications can continue coming in until the final voting deadline. A pitch training will take place on Thursday afternoon (15 March).
4. What are the winning criteria?
   • Innovativeness: be original – no one needs another facebook clone.
   • Market feasibility: who will pay to use your product or service?
   • Technical feasibility: can is be developed in 40 days of work?
   • Financial feasibility: it's attractive, it's technically feasible - but will it pay off?

To the application form of the bitcrowd CampChamp 2012

Ron A. Hillmann – Co-founder/CEO at 10START GmbH (Yachtico.com), BVP Berlin Venture Partners GmbH. Theme: Panel member – Clones: value or waste?
Andreas Kottmann, CEO at DriveNow GmbH & Co. KG. Theme: TBA.
Prof. Tobias Kollmann – Professor, BA at Universität Duisburg-Essen, Lehrstuhl für Entrepreneurship. Theme: E-Business Generator Model; Panel member – Clones: value or waste?
Christoph Kappes – Co-founder/CEO at Fructus GmbH. Theme: TBA

Dominik Faber – Co-founder/CMO at softgarden GmbH. Theme: TBA
Matthias Hornberger – CFO at Kizoo AG. Theme: TBA
Samuli Siren – Investment Manager at K – New Media GmbH & Co. KG. Theme: TBA
Julia Soergel – Co-founder/CEO at Yolk GbR. CampChamp jury
Jens Tönnesmann – Author at WirtschaftsWoche. Theme: Panel member – Clones: value or waste?
Christoph Gerber – Co-founder/CEO at Lieferando.de. Theme: TBA
Oliver Beste – Partner/Co-Founder at FoundersLink GmbH.
David Khalil – Co-Founder/CEO at eDarling.de & betterDate.de.
Conrad Fritzsch – Co-founder/CEO at Tape.tv GmbH.
Edial Dekker – Co-founder/CEO at Gidsy GmbH
Ehssan Dariani – Founder/CEO, BA at Gruschel GmbH. Theme: TBA
Ijad Madisch – Co-founder/CEO at Research Gate GmbH. Theme: Going research to entrepreneurship & Why Berlin
Ramzi Rizk – Co-founder at EyeEm Mobile GMBH.
Marc Korthaus – Co-founder/CEO at SysEleven GmbH. Theme: The cloud and its benefits
Axel Fries – Co-founder/CEO at YouCue GmbH. Theme: How to sell
Dr. Horst Joepen – CEO at Searchmetrics GmbH. Theme: Internationalisation
Andreas Reiffen – CEO at crealytics GmbH. Theme: Profit Driven Search Marketing
Stefanie Hoffmann – Co-founder at aka-aki networks GmbH. Theme: TBA
Itamar Weiss – VP R&D at Upcload GmbH. Theme: TBA
Julia Derndinger – CEO at Imedo GmbH. Theme: TBA
René Maudrich –Founder/CEO at Fastbill GmbH. Theme: Startup Tour
José Matías del Pino – Co-founder/CEO at Ondango. Theme: From V-Check 2011 to CampChamp 2012. What happened?
Ahmet Emre Acar – Co-founder/Partner at Ingosu. Theme: Design Thinking
 Bastian Koch – Co-founder/CEO at [ *] keksbox - marketingagentur GbR. Theme: Money doesn't make you happy. How founders can keep their team and themselves motivated.
Nico Hagenburger – Founder at Hagenburger GmbH. Theme: Usability
Jan Hendrik Senf – Freelance consultant at Social Media Marketing Berlin. Theme: Social Media Marketing
Stefan Haas - Freelance trainer & consultant. Theme: Agile management- und development methods
Shermin Voshmgir – Founder/GM, Cinovu. Theme: Start-up Do's and don'ts - insights into our learning curve after one year of doing business.
Toni Klätke – Founder at textsave. Theme: SEO im Jahre 2012 – Techniken, Tipps, Tricks für eine erfolgreiche Optimierung
Anke Reinert, Freelance coach at Reinert Training. Theme: Sales processes and offline communication basics.
Dirk Holzapfel – Co-founder/CEO at Bitcrowd UG. Theme: Agile Management- und development methods
Christoph Beck – Co-founder/CEO at Bitcrowd UG. Theme: Agile Management- und development methods
Benjamin Übel – Co-founder/CEO at Userlutions UG. Theme: Usability
Gregor Groß – Co-founder/CEO at Tigr Solutions GmbH. Theme: Lean Startup / Lean Methodologies
Matthias Patz – Freelance coach, www.matthiaspatz.de. Theme: Lean Startup / Lean Methodologies
Jorge Reyes, Freelance Consultant. Theme: The top 20 mistakes in SEM (SEA) and how to avoid them
Stefan Wolpers – Co-founder at Entrepreneurs Club Berlin. Theme: Scrum in distributed teams or near-shoring at its best.

In recent years Berlin has become known as the Startup-Mecca of Germany. Entrepreneurs and VC’s, local and foreign, flock to the city and as a result we’ve witnessed the birth of an already impressive, but steadily growing entrepreneurial ecosystem. After only one previous event, we’re proud to say that Startup Camp Berlin has already made a name for itself as a not-for-profit event that successfully captures the entrepreneurial spirit of Berlin and brings together some the most renowned thinkers and doers of Germany and beyond. The organization of the camp is in full throttle, so more info is soon to come. For now we’re happy to announce that

Startup Camp Berlin 2012 will take place on 16-17 March at the Mediadesign Hochschule in Kreuzberg.

Entrepreneurs Club Berlin e.V. and media.net berlinbrandenburg are excited to once again co-host the conference. Lessons learned in 2011 have led to an improved format:

• Friday, 16 March will be a full conference day with a focus on more experienced entrepreneurs.
• Saturday, 17 March will be dedicated to up-and-coming entrepreneurs.
• Those of you who deserve to go, but have little to give can apply for a scholarship.

Ticketshop:

Tickets are once again available via amiando:

Presentations and workshops:

The SCB12 has an awesome program in stall for you, among others covering the must-have topics:

• Law (contracts, term sheets, investments)
• Funding, Taxes
• Online marketing:
  • Affiliate marketing
  • SEO, SEM
  • Mobile marketing
  • Social media marketing (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Monitoring)
  • PR for Startups
• Best leadership practices (e.g. agile management, design thinking, recruiting)
• Software developement:
  • Offshoring und nearshoring
  • Software frameworks (e.g. Magento)
  • Agile development methods (Scrum).

To tackle German‘s fear of failure, that still stands in contrast to the successful startup mentality of the U.S., we’re bringing you a special track dedicated to failing.

Organisation & input by you:

Startup Camp is a not-for-profit initiative that depends on the help of a few remarkable volunteers. If you’re keen on contributing to our 10-person team we’d be happy to welcome you aboard. There’s much to do:

• Blog
• Facebook, Twitter
• Helping hands at and after the event
• You name it.

We’re also always happy to receive hints or introductions regarding sponsoring, workshops and awesome speakers.

Stay up to date:

Join the newsletter, RSS-Feed or follow us on twitter @ecbln.

Sponsoring:

Startup Camp offers a great way for companies and individuals to give back, make interesting contacts, promote themselves and much more. Seize the opportunity and contact Sascha Schubert (schubert[at] entrepreneursclub [dot] de) or Stefan Wolpers (wolpers[at] entrepreneursclub [dot] de) for more info. (Translation by Wilken Bruns and Andree Huk)

Great video by Michael Jordan and Nike on success. And all the work that’s needed to deliver, despite all the talent you might have got. And how failure drives you. 62 seconds everyone in the startup community should watch:

Do you like to meet the entrepreneurs of the Berlin startup scene?

Then join the ECBrunch of the Entrepreneurs Club Berlin on December 4th, 2011, from 10 o'clock on. We meet at 12 Apostel in Charlottenburg:

• What: ECBrunch XMas edition
• When: December 4th, from 10 o'clock on
• Where: Bleibtreustraße 49, S-Bahn station Savignyplatz
• Cost: 18€ incl. juice, coffee and prosecco
• Registration: by email to Sascha.

Steve Jobs on life, death and goals – nothing more to add: