[mrflett]

The author is correct. After attending a recent JS conference I didn't notice any of the hartz IV people there but just a bunch of exiles from other tech cities who had moved to berlin for something exotic. Unfortunately this will mean a direct copy of silicon valley as all the people moving here to create the tech boom know nothing else to copy. Would be good if the tech here was a focused on solving real world problems instead of creating the next latest and greatest advertising model...

[wuschel]

Excuse me, but have you been to the Valley? I have not. But I have been in Berlin, and I can assure you that I have seen my fair share of hipster copycats. Not that there are not rock solid tech companies operating in the region. It is just my impression the startup scene in the german capital is a bit one sided: mostly marketing, media and marketplace platforms. Is that the future of mankind?

I have found a few people that have a tech/scientific background and take up the fight in the startup scene, but so far all but one them have moved to the US.

I would be greatly interested to connect and meet with people from technology/science that would like undertake a venture in wet-/soft-/hard-ware. But alas, there are few of them into the startup scene in Germany, for most a heading to the industry sector after their dissertation/master.

So, if you are one of the above --> contact me.