Entrepreneurship 3.0



„The 3rd Wave of the 

Industrial Revolution‰
Benjamin who? made in
germany
born in
1981
invested in 15 companies,
work experience since 1996
#internet #mobile #solar
Rewind
1950’s
2015
Rethink
everything that can be
digitalized
will be digitalized
EVERYONE
current innovation is „evolutionary,‰ 

and not „disruptive‰
IT’S REALITY
GROWING
FAST!!!
REALLY FAST!
A REVOLUTION!
BIG DATA IS LIKE TEENAGE SEX,
EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT IT, NOBODY
REALLY KNOWS HOW TO DO IT, EVERYONE
THINKS EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING IT, SO 

EVERYONE CLAIMS THEY ARE DOING IT..."
(DAN ARIELY, Duke University)
BEYOND €/$/¥
COMPUTER+GENIUS
SMALL KILLS BIG
"It means really that you see... the new economy which we
talked about 15 years ago has really become the economy,"
Greifeld said in an interview on CNBC's " Fast Money " this
month (March ’15).
"It means really that you see... the new economy which we
talked about 15 years ago has really become the economy,"
Greifeld said in an interview on CNBC's " Fast Money " this
month (March ’15).
Time to Market Cap is the measure of how long it takes a company to reach
valuation or market capitalization milestones. TTMC Velocity is the annual growth
rate of a company's market cap. TTMC data provides a strategic lens into the velocity
of new company, technology and category development.
INSANE GROWTH
I N S A N E !
ACCELERATE
Source: S&P Capital IQ
GREW BY 4X
Source: S&P Capital IQ
dot-com boom
today
Compound Annual Growth Rate 12.13%
Compound Annual Growth Rate 19%
more than 1/3 of all tech companies are younger than 17.5 years
1/3 <17.5Y
INTERNET TRENDS 2014 – CODE CONFERENCE KPCB - Mary Meeker
50% LOWER
77% LOWER
INTERNET TRENDS 2014 – CODE CONFERENCE KPCB - Mary Meeker
INTERNET TRENDS 2014 – CODE CONFERENCE KPCB - Mary Meeker
OWNING NASDAQ
LetÊs
talk about
Germany
Strong, global position
Source: Fortune "Global Top 500"
0
15
30
45
60
# of sectors # of sectors with 

German companies

amongst top3
25%
B2B LIKE A BOSS
Source: Fortune "Global Top 500"
About 90% of the 1.500
German world market leaders
are active in the B2B segment
B2B LIKE A BOSS
makes up more than half of
Germany’s economic output.
Operational excellence
German and American companies are world class 

in operational processes
USA
Germany
France
UK 3,07
3,14
3,31
3,35
Average Management Score (Scale from 1 to 5 = top score)
BUT⁄.
Kumardev Chatterjee from the European Young Innovators
Forum sees Germany's business culture and mentality as a
barrier that startups have to work hard to overcome.
"Germany is very good at incremental
innovation," he says, "but people don't
want you to take risks and generate
chaos. There's little support for
disruptiveness."
European Tech Startups 

⁄ Economically successful
FACTS:
➡ Europe is a underestimated
startup hub
➡ it is “100% organic and home-
grown”
➡ It constantly grew over the
past 10 years, despite global
financial crisis and rising
unemployment
➡ During the same duration, the
U.S. created 39 vs. 30 >$1bn
tech companies

30 VS. 39
MITTELSTAND 2.0
CORPORATE 

RESSOURCES
Entrepreneurship 3.0
CREATIVE MINDS
MINDS!
AAA+
MINDS!!
RIGHT CULTURE
CULTURE
CULTURE!
CHANGE HAPPENS
US$ 70B
R&D SPENDING
„INDUSTRIE 4.0‰? 



ITÊS ENTREPRENEURSHIP,
STUPID!
CHANGE, BEFORE YOU HAVE TO
JACK WELCH, former CEO of GE
why Germany? „Made in Germany‰
Long-term thinking
Leading innovation
0
22,5
45
67,5
90
1825 1875 1900 1913 1932 1941 1950 1965 1984 1995 2014
60 years
7-day
workweek 6-day workweek 5-day workweek
-30%
WORK/LIVE
3ʳᵈ WAVE…
0
12
24
36
2014 2034
-30% in 20 yrs!
10 THOUGHTS
DRIVER OF GROWTH
NEW COMPANIES
OVERNIGHT SUCCESS
ADVANCED TECH
PARTNERSHIPS, ANYONE?
EATING YOUR LUNCH!
BEST OF “3.0” WORLDS
CULTURE
SOLVED BY TECH
WORK TOGETHER
FORESIGHT
CHANGE, AHEAD!


BenjaminRohé



+491739751021

+1(202)299-4072

br@gtec.berlin


Entrepreneurship 3.0 - The 3rd Wave of Industrial Revolution