Bricks and mortar Berlin has become a kind of network across which visitors and residents interact as if on some sort of comfortable global platform.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Berlin is well on its way to becoming one of the most vibrant startup hubs in the world.
Berlin is still going through a transition since the Cold War - both in what used to be East and West Berlin. I can still sense the confusion and the struggle for identity there in the streets. There's a pulse to it.
Even if I am predisposed to shop online, I see bricks and mortar as part of marketing.
The company that creates one global social graph will be very important going forward. It will be Facebook, with maybe 2-3 local social networks able to sustain competition long term.
In the past Berlin was much more radical and extreme and now it's becoming much more of a conventional European city.
Berlin is like being abroad in Germany. It's German, but not provincial.
In 2013, we opened our first international office in London and established a European hub in Berlin.
And of course I like Berlin a lot. It's such an interesting city.
A globalized world is by now a familiar fact of life. Building walls or moats may sound appealing, but the future belongs to those who tend to their people and then boldly engage the rest of the world, near and far.
Berlin is my favourite city.
No opposing quotes found.