Mischa Sander

This morning, Dirk Voigtländer and I presented ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE’s key financial results for the first quarter of 2024 and we can clearly say: Our strong start to the year shows that we are on the right track.   In 2023, we have set a new course both operationally and strategically. In the first quarter, we are now seeing the first clear effects of our efficiency measures with Group revenues increasing by 6% and adjusted EBITDA growing by 35% year-on-year. The advertising business, which is particularly important for us, is continuing to recover – especially #Joyn is growing strongly. This shows that our strategic focus on digital reach pays off. At the same time, the Commerce & Ventures segment once again recorded significant double-digit revenue growth. Verivox GmbH and flaconi in particular are performing strongly.  Even though the market and economic environment remains challenging, we are looking to 2024 with confidence and are therefore confirming our full-year outlook. We will continue to focus clearly on the strategically relevant business areas related to our Entertainment portfolio and continue our consistent management of costs and cash flows.   You can find more about our #Q1 financial performance on our website: https://lnkd.in/dqg2HY5q

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🔥 Get exclusive access to the Product Discovery Cheat Sheet 🔥 with 26 Product Discovery Methods that will enable you to "build the RIGHT THING" and not just "build the THING RIGHT" for your users. At konversionsKRAFT AG, we collected the most relevant methods that we have used in order to help our clients build and grow their digital products - you can use this board to evaluate your status quo and select the matching methods based on where you stand. To get access, follow these simple steps: 1️⃣ Connect with me and Anastasia Shvedova 2️⃣ Like this post ❤️  3️⃣ Comment on this post ("Brilliant, I want access!") 🚨 Disclaimer: this is the first version of the Product Discovery Cheat Sheet and we are looking forward to your questions and feedback while you are using it. Please feel free to approach us any time with your thoughts! #productdiscovery #discoverycheatsheet #productexperimentation #cromethods #testing #experimentation #growthmarketingsummit #growthmindedsuperheros #productmanagement

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🚀 AI revolution at Axel Springer's Welt 2/n 🚀 Fewer ties, more beards, and a woman (CEO Carolin Hulshoff Pol) as the boss: But apart from that, the photo below resembles an image that is missing from no WELT chronicle. In December 2012, Oliver Michalsky pressed the button that activated the paywall on Welt.de - the entry into the monetization of digital content through subscriptions, which is economically crucial for publishers. Yesterday, it was Jean Mikhail (left) who pressed the button - thus lifting WELTgo! onto the website. WELTgo!, the new AI-powered digital assistant, helps our users retrieve useful or otherwise interesting information in various topic areas. Interactive, personalized, of high quality through integration with the WELT archive - and completely free for WELT digital subscribers. Try it yourself: https://go.welt.de/ Feedback is welcome to me (olaf.gersemann@welt.de), product owner Moritz Seyffarth (moritz.seyffarth@welt.de) or Martin Kohls (martin.kohls@welt.de).

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To all founders, here's a very detailed overview and comparison of VC investors in Germany 💸 Who's your preferred VC, what should they bring to the table and what are their preferences? Also: Excellent portrait of First Momentum Ventures 😉

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📣 Google Consent Mode v2: Did you miss our recent webinar with Google on that topic? If you'd like to deepen your understanding of GCM v2 and learn how to implement it effectively, you can now watch the full video here (in German): https://lnkd.in/dceY4UnZ #consentmanager #webinar #google #googleconsentmodev2 #dataprotection #cookies

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I was delighted to join as a mentor for the second time, engaging with a new round of entrepreneurs and mentors. The presentations and direct feedback are always insightful, but the true highlight for me is the networking break and the Q&A sessions with the founders afterward. These interactions not only enrich the event but also provide unique opportunities to address the founders' specific needs and foster deeper connections. #startup #mentoring

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How you build your networks with routines. Marco Voigt, the GreenTech Festival and the strategy of routines for impact networking.

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🚀 A Landmark Event: First Esports Branch Dialogue 🌟 Changing Tides in Professional Recognition I had the privilege to participate and represent metagame in the inaugural Esports Branch Dialogue at the Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz in Berlin. This event marked a significant milestone, not only for the esports industry in Germany but also for personal journeys within the gaming community. For years, traditional sports achievements were lauded, while esports triumphs were overlooked. This dialogue represents a pivotal shift, acknowledging the value of gaming prowess in professional settings. Thanks a lot to ESBD - eSport-Bund Deutschland e.V. to make this happen and work! 🎮 From Gamer to Business Innovator - one of the dominant topic at this dialogue At metagame, we've pioneered a framework that aligns gaming skills directly with business competencies that companies desperately need. This innovative approach translates gamers' strategic thinking, team dynamics, and problem-solving abilities into valuable business assets. Our methodology challenges stereotypes and demonstrates how gamers can drive business innovation and efficiency. 🔗 Bridging Worlds: HR and Gaming This dialogue reaffirmed our mission at metagame - integrating gaming skills into the workforce is not just innovative but essential. Our work fosters a new HR paradigm that enhances recruitment, promotes diversity, and champions the unique skills of gamers. As we continue to innovate and push the boundaries of HR practices, I am inspired by the future we are crafting - one where gamers are valued as much as any traditional athlete in the world of business. Pia Büßecker Matthias Ruhland Tobias Scholz

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How to attract attention with a little help of neuroscience and AI? - It's all in the Digital Bash!

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🎓 Revolutionizing #Education - Change Of Mind Needed For #AI&Tech In Schools🌍 #4Gamechangers festival raised many crucial topics. Panel discussion about transforming education still keeps us awake at night, fueling our passion to create an education system that is inclusive, innovative, and equipped for the future. We appreciate this discussion and the insights shared by Judith E. White together with other panelists: 💡 PAIN POINTS in the Existing System: **Lack of Holistic Education**: Education is often not integrated holistically, except in isolated projects and public schools. **Bureaucracy Stifling Creativity**: Bureaucratic hurdles prevent creativity and further development. **Fixed Mindset**: Many actors in the system have a fixed mindset, lacking growth orientation. **Interdisciplinary Gaps**: Interdisciplinary thinking and action are scarcely promoted and practiced. **Access Inequality**: Education should be accessible to everyone, regardless of origin or financial situation. **Leadership Deficit**: Leadership within the system should be visionary and entrepreneurial. **Gender/Diversity Imbalance**: There is a significant lack of gender and diversity balance in the development of AI and technology. 💡 POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS: 🌟 Joint Strategy Development: Collaborate with stakeholders in the education system, including pupils, parents, and experts from home and abroad, to create a new, holistic education system tailored for digital transformation and the implementation of AI and VR. This strategy should also include the regulation of technical means. 🌟Focus on New Competencies: Emphasize 'new competencies' such as VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity) skills, social competencies, cross-functional thinking, a strength/talent-based culture, entrepreneurship education, multigenerational teams, and connection to nature. 🌟Creation of New Learning Spaces: Innovate and create new learning environments that foster holistic education. 🌟Transformative Teams: Engage visionary teachers and innovative teams from outside the traditional system to lead this transformation. 🌟Redefining the Teacher's Role: Develop a new definition of the teacher's role to align with the evolving needs of education. Many thanks to Elke Rock Manfred Kastner Michael Vollmann 👉 Watch the panel https://lnkd.in/dSxQjQEE InnovaticGroup. Create the Future Now innovaticgroup.com #Education #DiversityInTech #EntrepreneurialLeadership #4Gamechangers #TechChange #FutureIsNow #SustainableInnovation #Innovation #Technology #Entrepreneurship #Investment #Networking #InnovaticGroup #BusinessGrowth #SustainableInnovation #GlobalImpact #Investors #BusinessAngels #VentureCapital #LPs #GPs #Innovation #DigitalRransformation #Digitalization #Startup #Scaleup

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𝗖𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝗽, 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗧𝗢𝗔 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹! 📽️🎞️ Tech Open Air is one of the most important tech conferences, currently taking place in Berlin. 🚀 Or as Bloomberg put it: "South by Southwest with slightly more hefeweizen"! 😄🇩🇪 I had the great pleasure of speaking at #TOA24 yesterday on the topic of "Realizing Retail's Potential". ➡️ While advertising has emphasized individuality, the beauty sector lags in digitalization. AI can bridge the personalization gap, providing tailored solutions and deepening customer understanding for brands and retailers, which is critical for customer engagement. 🤝 In this context, I showcased our great project with Fit & Alive Cosmetics, where we are already using AI for better customer engagement and a more personalized customer journey. Once again, many thanks to Marcus Boer and Onur Iskur for your trust! 🙏 AI is already having a major impact on retail today. But the future holds exciting things, too, when we think about using quantum-inspired methods. 🤩 Here are some of the insights I shared in my keynote: ・ Quantum-inspired solutions can speed up every step of the supply chain by solving complex optimization problems in real time. ・ They can provide accurate predictions of customer behavior and trends by rapidly analyzing massive amounts of data ・ Retailers can make real-time adjustments to operations based on more accurate and faster optimization results, resulting in increased efficiency and responsiveness. ・ They can offer enhanced recommendations: even more nuanced and personalized by analyzing a wider range of variables and interactions at once. ・ Analyzing complex consumer data can lead to the development of products that better meet consumer needs and preferences. There are exciting developments on the horizon for retail, and machine learning will play a major role in them. 🙌 What would you most like to see in retail in the future? 🛒 #TechOpenAir #Retail #RetailTech #QuantumMachineLearning #QML

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🚀#OMR highlights the push for #Transparency in #PrivateEquity    The OMR Conference features a panel discussing the increasing efforts to make the private equity sector more transparent and accessible. Panelists including Laura Schroeder Schröder from KKR, Lorenz Jüngling from Moonfare, and Georgia Hädicke explored themes covered in the session titled "Private Equity for the Masses – A Closed Industry Opens Up."    The focus on enhancing the visibility and accessibility of private equity, supported by both industry leaders and media, reflects a significant shift towards greater openness in the sector. This commitment is echoed by recent initiatives like our #PECConference, which also emphasized transparency in private equity. Laura Schröder's participation at both events highlights her prominent role in advocating for these changes.    Let's continue to make private equity more approachable and transparent! This is an exciting time to push the boundaries and set new standards!    #OMRConference #PrivateEquity #IndustryInnovation #Transparency

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Always asked myself, if I can be happy …always? As an entrepreneur you are in the natural habit of optimizing all aspects of a project so why don’t optimize your life? After many years of learning about what makes us happy, I think it is only a transient state. But maybe we can feel even better … when we are in Flow! Flow is the state of consciousness in which we forget space and time, are maximally happy, motivated and efficient. In this state, we feel our best and achieve the most. What do we need to achieve this flow? Why is it so important for founders and managers? I talk about this in the podcast with editor Elena Todeva Listen in and share your best flow moments. #flow #flowmoment #success #performance #motivation #alignment #leadership #newwork #startup #vc #entrepreneurship

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📰 My Cofounder is featured in two leading newspapers this morning!👏👏 My cofounder at Footprint Technologies, Carolin Kleinert, gave two interviews for #Sueddeutsche and #Tagesspiegel about a recent study of Startup-Verband that investigated the socio demographic background of #startup founders. It clearly proofs founders typically are originating from families with academic backgrounds or from parents who are entrepreneurs themselves. The majority - but not all of them. Carolin is a great example of this minority who also made it without academic parents or without entrepreneurial role-models within their core families. I am sharing a similar family background, both of my parents do neither have an academic education, nor are they entrepreneurs themselves. It is possible, but it needs more visibility and sharing of such positive examples, so that more and more #Arbeiterkinder are considering becoming entrepreneurs as a career option. This would be a benefit for themselves as well as for our society and economy! For that reason I am celebrating the two articles about Carolin's personal story! 😍 👏 👉 Please check the articles and share them! 🙏

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💬 "𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆!" - Bam! That was just one of the powerful quotes from yesterday's BERlean IN Circle event on 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗲𝗴𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. I still cannot find the right words to capture the magic of the evening and the incredible quartet on stage! Let me at least summarize my learnings from our amazing speakers: 🔸 Ebony Simone Morczinek, CFO at Blacklane "Everything in life starts with a thought. Our thoughts create this reality. So please envision your future. And think big in numbers." For Ebony, it’s 10 million. Her presence transforms every room into a cathedral. She embodies what it means to deserve space and be confident. Her biggest advice still gives me goosebumps: "Know your trauma before you enter a negotiation!" 🔸 Dr. Martina Pesic, Negotiation Expert This woman is obsessed with negotiations. She wrote her diploma and PhD on negotiation. You can even book her for "shadow negotiation." Her key advice: Be prepared and know your tactics. She empowered us women (and male allies) in the room: Don’t introduce numbers too early before you’ve sold your value. A number is like an anchor—the first number sticks. 🔸 Stefanie Voss, Leadership Coach She is truly an adventurer; Stefanie sailed around the world! Her claim is: be a pirate, not a princess when entering negotiations! Pirates have one core superpower: Audacity! It’s the conscious decision to move beyond fear ("I don’t dare to..."), shame ("What will people think..."), conventions ("The status quo..."), and rules ("This is how it is done"). I loved how she provided concrete examples of how to train your audacity with tiny habits. For example, walk up to a policewoman and thank her for keeping us safe during the European soccer cup. 🔸 Coco Decrouppé, Leadership Coach 🥅⚽️👩‍🏫 Coco is from Austria, and she chose to spend time with us rather than watch the Austrian soccer team win last night! What a coach! She introduced us to her 'The Soccer Field Model©️,' a tool she developed to understand the driving forces in negotiations. What I will never forget: Negotiation starts with Level 1: focus on myself! If I don’t care for my emotions, I won’t set clear boundaries. Kudos to our moderator 🎤Antje Venjakob, who orchestrated the evening with such a lovely flow! A huge thank you to Blacklane and in particular Brenda Omari & Abigail Pfeiffer for hosting this event. It was great for many women to connect with Cindy Rubbens CHRO of Blacklane, too! Team Power: Thanks to Agata Gaertner & Julia Teubert (she/her) for being enablers in organizing the Lean In events! 🎉

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🚀 The VisionAward 2024 is just around the corner! Tomorrow, four outstanding startups with visionary and innovative ideas will be honored. What is it about? Since 2006, the VisionAward has been celebrating disruptive business ideas. It's one of the most prestigious awards for startups in the German-speaking world. Past winners include betterplace.org, Lilium and myTaxi. 🏆 This year’s winners are: - CereGate Pioneering therapeutic solutions by creating new ways to interact with the human brain. - Devanthro - the Robody Company Revolutionizing healthcare with robodies. Human robot avatars enhancing nursing staff capabilities. - Skyseed Using drones and pallets to reforest and protect forests impacted by climate change. - SPRK.global Combatting food waste with an AI-driven B2B technology platform. 👏 As a proud jury member (thank you, Ulrich Clef) I congratulate these incredible ventures! Sadly, I can’t attend the ceremony at #HouseOfCommunication. However, there are still some tickets left (link in the comments) and I highly recommend attending! Including keynotes from Maks Giordano and Carsten Kraus, plus many inspiring minds. Excited to see the impact these startups will make! #VisionAward #startups #innovation #TheDigitale

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