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Startups operate in environments characterized by extreme uncertainty, rapid change, and intense pressure. Traditional...

DeepTech, or Deep Technology, refers to startups and companies that focus on creating groundbreaking innovations...

As 2024 is coming to an end, we are excited to already have our calendars full of interesting events to attend in 2025....

Venture debt has long been widespread in the U.S. and Israel, but it only started gaining traction in Germany in 2018,...

At SpinLab, we are proud to be a project partner of Womenture, a pre-acceleration program dedicated to empowering women...

In the world of startups, women are proving to be strong innovators and leaders. The balancing act between the demands...

The 15th HHL SpinLab Investors Day started with the keynote "CEE from a VC perspective" by Alexandru Agatinei from How...

At this year’s HHL SpinLab Investors Day #15, more than 200 guests, including venture capital funds, business angels,...

In 2014, 27pilots founder Gregor Gimmy, while working at BMW's innovation strategy department, conceived an approach to...

We all know the typical startup scene tends to be male dominated, but hopefully not for much longer! The following list...

If one were to draw a comparison between startups and established companies, the metaphor of a newborn versus an adult...

Applying for grants has the potential to significantly impact startups by providing essential funds and resources for...

At this year's HHL SpinLab Investor Days, Bjorn Tremmerie, Head of Venture Capital and Impact Investing at the...

As a founder, you face a lot of challenges - from product development to team management to customer support. In this...

The first half of this year brought us many inspiring, educational and interactive events with great opportunities for...

This year's HHL SpinLab Investors day edition was an incredible showcase of innovative startups and visionary venture...

Digital health applications have been transforming the way we approach healthcare, empowering individuals to take...

“ChatGPT is at capacity right now.” So I guess I'll have to write the introduction myself after all. Industries have...

Drones are taking on more and more tasks and will soon be an essential part of everyday life. These small flying...

It is important to know that attending events requires more preparation than just booking your transportation and...

Startup team members often work in many different areas and rely on visibility and quick access to updates that happen...

Ignoring IT Security is one of the most expensive tech debts a startup can take. Yes, you save some time and money at...

The benefits of attending startup events for founders and their growing teams are countless: from meeting investors,...

The effects of the Corona pandemic and the steadily increasing use of cloud services are changing the world of work and...

Does this situation seem familiar to you? The days are over, where fruit baskets are a good enough to attract and keep...

The health care system has historically suffered from a gender bias, with women's health being underfunded,...

At SpinLab, we always act in the interests of the environment, society and our employees. We are committed to driving...

Climate change and, most recently, Russia's invasion of Ukraine have plunged energy policy in crisis. In order to...

Never before has so much venture capital flowed into startups as in the past year. 2021 was a record year with mega...

Crises have been weighing on the global economy for almost two years. The energy industry in particular has been...

After an injury, many patients need physiotherapeutic care. For this, they usually visit an ambulant practice several...

Do you want getting inspired by other founders, learn new skills, and meet potential new partners or investors? Startup...

You have come across our Accelerator program, but you are not quite sure if it is suitable for your startup? We often...

Victoria Engelhardt entered the entrepreneurial world with a mission: to provide reliable support to women during their...

Going in to the new year, we have the time to reflect on the way that remote work is currently organized in our team....

Recent studies such as the Female Founders Report and German Startup Monitor clearly showed that the startup landscape...

​​Dear reader please note this is NOT a regular product market fit blog article. Here we neither explain you what Product...

Not really unexpectedly, the startup environment is not very diverse but rather homogeneous. Let the numbers speak: Let...

A cap table- short name for “capitalization table”- is a spreadsheet with an overview of who owns a portion of equity...

When preparing financial rounds, investors usually ask for cap tables (short version for “capitalization table”)....

Our cities are growing. Along with them, our current problems and challenges are increasing: Population growth,...

The e-health segment has been considered one of the up-and-coming topics in the startup scene for years. Digital...

"2021 will be the year of the unicorns," "German startups are raising more money than ever," "From a garage to the most...

Acquiring new customers and generating revenue is the fuel to keep a company running.

It therefore creates pressure on...

The application round for our 12th cohort in the SpinLab is officially open, and with that, we wanted to take some time...

Especially during the current pandemic it would be very hard to live without some of our favourite products/services,...

As you might have heard a lot recently, Leipzig has been found to be a very attractive and livable city in several ...

Crowdfunding has come a long way. What started with pioneer Kickstarter a little over a decade ago, has become a...

As a spin-off of the Technische Universität Dresden which participated in the EXIST Research Transfer Program, the...

While you’re busy building your business, expanding quickly and working on your products, HR can often take a backseat...

Since its inception in 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has thrown many companies, consumers, and...

What indicators do investors look for when they talk about sustainable investing? Are there any standard criteria taken...

How would you feel when you were the customer of a startup, that seems to have some trouble going on – and not knowing...

The fact is: In Germany, health insurance is compulsory. In this article I will explain the different types of health...

Press releases have been a highly debated topic for a while now. Some PR professionals swear they are the best tools to...

Despite a different trigger, the current period of unusual turbulences and its impact on the economic situation has...

Product market fit is one of those things that is very much its own unicorn inside of the startup world. A lot of...

Let me first start off by saying, welcome to 2020! OK, now that that is out of the way, let’s get back to making our...

Working in one of Germany’s best accelerator programs, helping startups on a daily basis, we get a lot of insights, on...

Today’s date is March 19th, 2020 and if you’re just hearing the latest news about the Corona Virus Pandemic that is...

About 200 venture capitalists, family offices and business angels mingled with our corporate partners and startups...

Last Thursday on January 30th, 2020 we hosted our fourth HHL SpinLab Investors Day in the Kunst Kraftwerk in Leipzig.

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2020 has been a fantastic year so far, and we're starting the year off properly with all cylinders firing to try and...

You might have heard the expressions “Survival of the fittest” and “A smooth sea never makes good sailors.”

These are...

There is a diverse and vibrant ecosystem of coworking spaces in Leipzig. Coworking spaces are great for the ones...

If you're a new founder, you might have already asked yourself the question - "How do startup accelerators work?"

And...

Class nine has started in the SpinLab, and with that, we’re once again going back to some basic business focus areas to...

We at the SpinLab have really enjoyed pushing video content creation in the last quarter. We get great responses from...

I am fortunate enough to enjoy writing. I do it a lot professionally for the SpinLab blog, and I write a lot in my free...

After the short and more introductory articles on how to approach your potential clients in general, this piece now...

Let’s start with the basics here, what actually is a landing page on a website? Well, a landing page is basically a URL...

We've been ramping up our efforts lately with video production to offer more digitized versions of our workshops and...

In the last years we saw many speeches by top German politicians of different parties who agreed that Germany performs...

'Before starting to search for investors and financing, startups need not only to get a business plan, but also to make...

The first article in this series has given you an insight into finding your internal values to define your external...

The first HHL SpinLab Investors Day of the year took place at a location which probably provides the best view over...

The HHL SpinLab Investors Day in June 2019 took place at the location with the best view over Leipzig! At the Felix -...

How to pitch a startup is a key skill for all founders, and something all founders need to practice constantly. On...

A startup needs money! This is a valid, simple statement right? But where does the money come from? Well, first of all...

E-commerce is a quick and convenient business process for both sellers and buyers. It allows sellers to sell physical...

Even if the media likes to report on ambitious startups that earn a lot of money with a profitable exit, in practice no...

Successfully running a startup accelerator can be tricky business as there are typically a myriad of things we are...

Congratulations! You’ve founded your startup, and everybody around you really seems to like what you are doing. But...

Often, I get questions from journalists, scientists and people interested in startups from all over the world, “What is...

We’ve seen a lot of startups come through our startup accelerator's doors, and make no mistake about it, new founders...

Many startups all over the world have advisory boards for different reasons. However, research and practice-oriented...

Here in the SpinLab, you can imagine that we run into a lot of challenges that startups are having. These problems can...

There are quite a few moving components that all interlink with each other when determining reasons for startup success...

If you’re a newer startup that has a marketing plan that is already successful, consider yourself very fortunate and in...

When startups join our startup accelerator program, they eventually express some concern about their websites, there...

So to change things up a bit, I’ve decided to shift to a bit of a mini-series that kinda grows with time, and expands...

Have you ever heard the expressions VC’s, LPs, Term Sheet, Fund returner, Multiples, or hurdle rate and asked yourself:

A highly-motivated and skilled team is one of the most important factors for a startup’s success. However, finding new...

Startup accelerators really love to talk about the “startup ecosystem”, and the reason for that is because we truly are...

Three and a half years ago we brought SpinLab to life, and just recently we were awarded as one of the top 3 German...

Startup conferences, there's no shortage of them these days. I’m currently somewhere in between Frankfurt and Leipzig...

It’s been an interesting and exciting month here at the SpinLab, for those who have been keeping track, our ninth class...

In February 2015, the first SpinLab class walked through our doors and began their program with us. It was a great...

There you are sitting there one day with the great idea to found a new startup, I mean, it is all the rage right?...