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The Case for Attuned: Rebalancing the Global Nervous System
Why a Delivery Hero Co-Founder Bet His Comeback on Steel, Not Software
Delivery Hero was supposed to be the highlight reel. At the 9th edition of Gründerszene x The Delta, Nikita Fahrenholz made clear it was just the first chapter. Since then he's built and sold a cleaning marketplace, launched a luxury garage business partnered with Bugatti, started a fitness app, and quietly co-founded two more ventures he hasn't announced yet. He explained why he built his current company almost entirely out of steel, on purpose, and why 95% of what makes any of it work has nothing to do with talent.
The Office Upgrade Playbook: How Fast-Growing Teams Can Move Without Losing Momentum
Most teams treat an office move as a logistics problem. Boxes, contracts, keys, a new address. In reality, the move touches every part of the company. Workflow, culture, morale, and time. Done well, an upgrade protects your pace during the transition and sets the team up to move faster after it. Done poorly, it costs more than the move itself.
A Tour of The Delta: Five Spaces Built for Unforgettable Events
One campus. Five distinct spaces. From a 500-person conference to an intimate rooftop dinner, The Delta is built to host ambitious gatherings without anyone leaving the address. Here's the tour, and how to host yours here.
The 24-Year-Old Who Ignored Every Risk and Built the Foundation of a $13 Billion Company Anyway
Hours before Nikita Fahrenholz took the stage at the 9th edition of Gründerszene x The Delta, Uber announced it was buying Delivery Hero, the company he helped found in his twenties, for a reported $13 billion. He walked us through the evening that gave the company its name, the buy-and-build strategy that turned a Berlin apartment startup into a global platform, the one market that never bent to it, and why the biggest headline of his week barely registered. It's a founder story about how much distance fifteen years and an early exit can actually buy you.
The Founder Dinner: Why the Smallest Rooms Make the Biggest Deals
A 500-person conference creates energy. A 50-person dinner creates trust. There's a reason the most serious relationships in business are still built over a table. Here's how we design curated dinners at The Delta, and why the most valuable conversations happen over five-star food on a rooftop under the stars.
The Psychology of Space: Why the Right Venue Changes the Energy of Your Event
Event energy is shaped long before the first speaker begins. The layout, the light, the acoustics, how close people sit to one another. All of it influences how people behave, whether they engage, open up, and connect, or stay guarded and leave early. Understanding the psychology of space is one of the most underused tools in event design.
The Fastest R&D Cycle Your Company Has: 48 Hours.
Most corporate innovation moves at the speed of the calendar. A problem gets identified in Q1, scoped in Q2, resourced in Q3, and quietly deprioritised by Q4. A hackathon answers the same question on the weekend. Here's how ambitious companies are using them to pressure-test problems, ship prototypes, and break internal inertia.
Why Dr. Gero Decker Didn't Buy an Island After His €1 Billion Exit
Most founders slow down after a nine-figure exit. Gero Decker set a new high score instead: making Signavio the best acquisition in SAP's history, doubling its business case within 18 months, and pushing it towards the two billion revenue mark that earns a seat at the table. Along the way, he is writing a book on AI and art, and refining a leadership philosophy built on trust, clarity, and momentum. It is one of the clearest pictures we have heard of what it means to keep building after the money stops mattering.