N26 Scale-Up Leader: Europe Is Playing It Safe and Losing it! Failure is a Stigma We Must Change!

Martin Schilling, the brain behind N26’s massive scale-up, unpacks what it takes for Europe—and Berlin—to lead the Deep Tech and Social Impact revolution. This season is produced in partnership with Startup Berlin by Berlin Partner https://bit.ly/StartupBerlinbyBerlinPartner★ JOIN OUR COMMUNITY (NEWSLETTER)★ http://eepurl.com/iPqoJE★ LET’S CONNECT HERE★ https://www.instagram.com/unboxingtalkshow/https://www.youtube.com/@UnboxingTalkShowhttps://www.instagram.com/ainthemachine/https://www.facebook.com/AinTheMachine★ LISTEN TO AIN THEMACHINE'S MUSIC ★Spotify https://spoti.fi/36KOYYMSubscribe to our Spotify playlist: https://spoti.fi/36Sss07Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/Soundcloud AinTheMachine iTunes: https://apple.co/2Z1KmJmBandcamp: https://ainthemachine.bandcamp.com/00:00 Intro & N26 Scale-Up Story 02:00 Martin's Book & Key Learnings 04:25 What is a North Star 07:10 Hiring During a Crisis 09:45 Growth Capital Challenges in Europe 11:45 🎵 Object Music Jam 12:00 Will Deep Tech Fix the World? 14:00 What is Deep Tech? 15:15 Crisis of Ambition in Europe 18:30 Berlin as Deep Tech Powerhouse 22:00 Deep Tech Momentum Bootcamp 25:20 Building Europe's Medici Network 27:45 3 Things to Scale Unicorns in Europe 30:10 Call to European Wealth: Invest in Tech 34:40 Connecting European Tech Ecosystems 40:51 📦 Questions Out of the Box 44:30 Why Deep Tech Gets Stuck in Universities 48:30 Why Isn’t Deep Tech in the News? 52:30 Can SaaS Investors Enter Deep Tech? 54:00 German Bureaucracy & Startups 56:06 Startup Tips for Navigating the German System 61:10 AI Act & Its Impact 66:15 Deep Tech in Life Sciences 68:30 European Exits & Capital Markets 73:00 📖 Guestbook Question 75:00 🎵 Guest Makes Original Electronic Music with Ain TheMachine