[lazyjones]

> Is there a strong feeling of innovation/unicorn envy among the wider business culture in Germany?

It's not the business culture that's driving this, it's politics. Germany simply isn't a competitive environment for entrepreneurship anymore with problems in many areas: schools, taxation, immigration (too easy for unqualified workers), legislation. Politics is in denial and desperate for success stories that would prove things aren't so bad.

[ChuckNorris89]

Can you please elaborate how/why immigration is easy for unqualified workers in Germany? I thought the point of immigration is to bring in qualified workers to boost the economy.