Doreen Huber

🚀 Parloa is now one of the most valuable AI startups in Europe. Only 9 months ago, I shared a post celebrating Parloa’s round that officially turned the company into a unicorn. 🦄 Today, I am exc...

𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱? 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀. Ten years ago in Berlin, “advisor” was a dirty word. Too many people grabbed equity and vanished. No hand...

If you don’t believe 💯%, why should anyone else? True conviction is rare, but when you see it, you know. I seek this quality in every founder, investor, and team. In 2011 at Delivery Hero, we fac...

Scaling beyond $100M GMV isn’t about doing more — it’s about evolving. The first phase? You must get your sleeves up. 👉 Sit in Customer Care, hear every call (yes, your ears will hurt). 👉 Take c...

🌟 German Startup Awards 2026 – Bühne frei für die Mutigen! 🌟 Was ich jedes Jahr aufs Neue liebe: zu sehen, wie viele Gründerinnen, Investorinnen und Macher*innen in Deutschland wirklich anpacken, ...

𝗣𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹—𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲. I’ve seen this play out in boardrooms and startups. Teams only innovate and grow when they feel safe ...

𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 — 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗼𝘀. I’ve seen it firsthand. Rapid growth brings energy, but if you skip culture, you invite misalignment, breakdowns, and wasted effort. Especially...

Very proud of my little sis Sandra Pfetzing-Huber 💪 A real role model for Women in Defense Tech — breaking barriers and showing real female power. 🚀

"Half the workforce will be agents in five years." says Manny Medina and why he believes in European tech talent.

🚀 Big congratulations to the team at Paid on raising their $21M Seed round, led by Lightspeed with continued support from EQT Ventures & Growth. Thrilled to see Alexander Schmitt leading this round...

𝗡𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲, 𝗻𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆. I spent the last year speaking with leaders at some of Germany’s biggest enterprises about their AI strategies. Here’s the tr...

𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲. Agentic AI is not a future trend—it’s already here. I watch enterprise teams become more resilient when they don’t just add AI to their workflow, ...

AI isn’t just a tool; it’s the new blueprint for customer service ROI. I’ve watched founders try to “add AI” to their customer service. Hoping for magic. But the real unlock comes from treating AI...

Why do mature companies fear young voices on their boards? Boards are supposed to challenge. Too often, they reflect what’s already there - the same thinking, the same blind spots. I see this eve...

Are you hallucinating your PMF? Everyone talks about “product-market fit” as if it’s a clear milestone. In reality, many founders hallucinate PMF: they mistake anecdotes for evidence, hype for tr...

𝗣𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁. 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 — 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲. More startups are waking up to a simple truth: 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘥𝘰....

𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗴𝗼-𝘁𝗼-𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗜-𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗚𝗧𝗠 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲. The old way? - Spray-and-pray outbound? Buried. - Generic webinars? Skipped. - SEO...

Europe just outpaced the US in shipped code. Who saw that coming? For years, the story was simple: Big ideas get built in the US, Europe follows. But the numbers say something very different now. ...

At Delivery Hero, we tested three ways to enter new markets: 1. Starting from scratch (“greenfield”) and building everything ourselves 2. Acquiring local competitors 3. A mix of both The third ...

A well-oiled sales engine isn’t just about running. It’s about continuously optimizing for growth. 🎯 Track key sales metrics in real-time 📊 Break down revenue goals into quarterly, monthly & dail...