Berlin's new 107,000 ft² startup factory

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Post by danielfrese » Wed, Jun 27, 2012, 9:10 AM UTC

Berlin's new 107,000 ft² startup factory
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Re: Berlin's new 107,000 ft² startup factory

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Post by unwind » Wed, Jun 27, 2012, 11:27 AM UTC

Berlin is in Europe, so quoting the area as 10,000 m^2 (as in the original article) would have been nice. Are most HN readers really from the US?

Re: Berlin's new 107,000 ft² startup factory

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Post by mike-cardwell » Wed, Jun 27, 2012, 11:37 AM UTC

unwind wrote: post #2

Berlin is in Europe, so quoting the area as 10,000 m^2 (as in the original article) would have been nice. Are most HN readers really from the US?

I suspect most HN readers are from the US yes. Also, in the UK we're happy to use either feet or metres.

Re: Berlin's new 107,000 ft² startup factory

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Post by sasvari » Wed, Jun 27, 2012, 11:47 AM UTC

unwind wrote: post #2

Berlin is in Europe, so quoting the area as 10,000 m^2 (as in the original article) would have been nice. Are most HN readers really from the US?

Are most HN readers really from the US?

I ran a poll here a couple of months ago [0]. While far from being accurate, it could at least be considered somehow representative for the HN audience (it lasted more than 24h on the front page, so all time zones were covered). Even though the non-US group seems to have caught up compared to a couple of years back, the US still dominates the HN audience.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3298905

Edit: typo

Re: Berlin's new 107,000 ft² startup factory

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Post by wowoc » Wed, Jun 27, 2012, 11:48 AM UTC

Is it possible to do a startup there for someone not knowing German?

Re: Berlin's new 107,000 ft² startup factory

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Post by nemesisj » Wed, Jun 27, 2012, 12:10 PM UTC

Can anyone name a successful startup not also located within the valley, NYC, or Boston that started from one of these coworking or incubator spaces?

Not being snarky, but it may come across that way. Just genuinely curious.

Re: Berlin's new 107,000 ft² startup factory

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Post by fs111 » Wed, Jun 27, 2012, 12:22 PM UTC

wowoc wrote: post #5

Is it possible to do a startup there for someone not knowing German?

The soundcloud guys are Swedish and wooga has AFAIK an English-as-company-language policy, so I guess the answer is yes.

Re: Berlin's new 107,000 ft² startup factory

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Post by BvS » Wed, Jun 27, 2012, 12:23 PM UTC

wowoc wrote: post #5

Is it possible to do a startup there for someone not knowing German?

You will get along with English just fine although you will probably miss out a little with regards to your social life.

Re: Berlin's new 107,000 ft² startup factory

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Post by dualogy » Wed, Jun 27, 2012, 12:28 PM UTC

BvS wrote: post #8

wowoc wrote: post #5

Is it possible to do a startup there for someone not knowing German?

You will get along with English just fine although you will probably miss out a little with regards to your social life.

Not sure. The expat scene seems so vast whenever I'm back in good ol' Berlin (and more so every time). Flocks of English-speaking-people-of-all-accents everywhere I look (well inside the "groovy" parts of town of course). I wouldn't imagine anyone having to miss out on social life in Berlin, at least not due to language.

Re: Berlin's new 107,000 ft² startup factory

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Post by rmc » Wed, Jun 27, 2012, 12:36 PM UTC

mike-cardwell wrote: post #3

unwind wrote: post #2

Berlin is in Europe, so quoting the area as 10,000 m^2 (as in the original article) would have been nice. Are most HN readers really from the US?

I suspect most HN readers are from the US yes. Also, in the UK we're happy to use either feet or metres.

BACK OFF BRUSSLES! SAVE THE BRITISH FOOT! etc. etc.