One thing that has been nagging at me lately is what precisely the self-dubbed “next big German Web 2.0 startup” is.
Currently (as of February) the only contents of the the-next-big-web-2-0.de is a teaser page with absolutely no information about the upcoming website. The domain name borders on arrogant, but is nevertheless quite intriguing. One reason I am particularly interested in this startup is because a few of my contacts in the Berlin startup scene have heard through the grapevine that these guys have a good team and are well financed. They have a team co-led (or led?) by a Mato Peric of Frankfurt.
Here’s a still-shot of the teaser page as it currently stands:
Apparently, though, the teaser page shouln’t be up for too much longer if they are on track with their application development. A few minutes of Googling resulted in finding this Job Description which states that the company is looking for a marketing intern to start no later than March 1.
On a subconscious level, I am pretty sure me falling for their pre-launch marketing ploy is bugging me more than the secrecy around the idea.
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Arrogant but intriguing… I take this as a compliment
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p.s. it’s co-led.
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