Recommended Reading: May 13, 2015

GoButler was founded in February 2015 and has experienced tremendous growth in the first eight weeks. Gründerszene.de traces the path - I would be interested in the real story behind the PR:

To Day 3 the seed financing is available. Hitfox founder Jan Beckers, Ekomi founder Gunther Schmidt and Cherry Ventures are investing. The co-founders Jens Urbaniak and Maximilian Deilmann have quit their jobs at Rocket.

http://www.gruenderszene.de/allgemein/gobutler-heureka-2015

Things I will tell my kids if they become entrepreneurs

A presentation by Laurent Haug about his most important startup learnings is well worth reading:

http://www.slideshare.net/laurenthaug/things-i-will-tell-my-kids-if-they-become-entrepreneurs

6 things to pre-empt 90% of due diligence

Investor Christoph Janz gives instructions on how (SaaS) startups ideally prepare for an upcoming due diligence.

http://christophjanz.blogspot.ch/2015/05/6-things-to-pre-empt-90-of-due-diligence.html

Confirmed: ProSiebenSat.1 takes over Putpat TV

ProSiebenSat.1 buys Putpat TV, the German competitor of my former startup Rayneer:

“With Putpat TV, we are completing our musical portfolio with a technically adept and successful product,” says Christof Wahl, Managing Director of Digital Entertainment ProSiebenSat.1.

http://www.dwdl.de/nachrichten/50908/bestaetigt_prosiebensat1_uebernimmt_putpat_tv/