Doreen Huber

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 ...

🚀 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...

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...

🚀 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...

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....

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...

Fast-paced careers are great. But sometimes, real growth happens by staying put. It’s easy today: New job. New city. New title. But here’s what I’ve seen repeatedly: Jump too often, and you mig...

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. ...

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...

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...

🚀 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Fast-paced careers are great. But sometimes, real growth happens by staying put. It’s easy today: New job. New city. New title. But here’s what I’ve seen repeatedly: Jump too often, and you mig...

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 ...

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. ...

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....

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...