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A letter to The Economist: Your article “A slow climb – Business creation in Germany”, Oct 5, 2013

Sir, your account of tech entrepreneurship in Germany is mostly true. In the biggest e-commerce country in Europe though, there are more home grown internet ventures then in any other, and the vast majority in Berlin. The reason for them not being the next Google are not of German, but rather European origin. If IContinueContinue reading “A letter to The Economist: Your article “A slow climb – Business creation in Germany”, Oct 5, 2013″

Au revoir Bangkok

Bangkok, 06.01.2013 We woke up with the sun rising over the Chao Phraya river in the first cozy comfortable hotel beds of our entire vacation, in the Riva Surya hotel. Great place! Nice breakfast alone on the hotel terrace on the river, checkout, and off we went to our short Bangkok shopping and sightseeing trip.ContinueContinue reading “Au revoir Bangkok”

B2B (km 2780, back to Bangkok)

Bangkok, 05.01.2013 Today we drove back from Koh Lanta to Bangkok, 870 km, in 12:20 hours. The first 1:30 we spent to get to the mainland, taking the 2 car ferries from Koh Lanta and getting only 50 km done. The last 1:30 we entered Bangkok city, also doing no more then 30-40 km. TheContinueContinue reading “B2B (km 2780, back to Bangkok)”