Success Formula: Customer Focus, Impact on Core Business, Team Commitment

Nice interview with Carsten Schuerhoff from Iskander Business Partner on what it takes to build successful digital products in an ever-changing world.

Check it out here (crisp theses): https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7001087540153700352/

Or, here (long version): https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7000357463791181824/

Redefining Business in Hospitality Services

Thank you CGI for having me @Insights22 in Helsinki. Great opportunity to talk about and discuss the Hospitality Digital (HD) success story and how HD creates value for restaurateurs and Metro. Nice recording, give it a look:

How to convince “Internet Grouches” of a digital Future

Ilona Kestler, VP at internet service provider CGI, invited me to an interview at Dusseldorf Startup Week in Juni this year. We had a lively chat on the status quo of Digital in the HORECA industry, restaurateurs and their digital needs, on how the industry changes because of ever more demanding customers – and much more. Nice result, I think! Thanks for having me, Ilona. Please, give the recording a look (in German though):

Hospitality Digital (HD) Team Event after more than a Year of remote Work

After more than a year of partly working from remote locations, the entire Hospitality Digital (HD) team took the opportunity to come together at Gut Hoehne close to Dusseldorf, strictly following the 3G rule and adhering to further safety measures. As a team, we are grateful we could meet in person again, work together – and lay out the strategy for the upcoming months. HD will be stronger than ever before, even more creative and focussed. The independent restaurateur is who we get up for every morning, and HD will deliver great products and help the industry thrive.

Podcast “Der Digitale Tsunami”

Happy to contribute to Marc Baumann’s Podcast “Der Digitale Tsunami” (currently in German language, only). Nice chat with Andres Hannemann, founder and managing partner of Datalogue. This was our first one … well, lots of improvement potential, and we are committed to making this podcast a great channel discussing the era of digital transformation, the power of data, the impact of WFH (WorkFromHome), and other key future topics with doers from the digital industry. On to the next one! Check things out on Spotifiy: https://spoti.fi/2ZLR7jF

Podcast “Der Digitale Tsunami” auf Spotify

Digital Boosters helping Restaurateurs restart

Together with a strong team of Hospitality Digital technology partners, we have launched a number of useful and easy-to-use web tools and services helping restaurateurs restart – we call them “digital boosters”, e.g.:

  • Web Listing, a service publishing a restaurant’s location and details on more than 40 web portals within minutes;
  • Photodirect – providing easy access to premium photos presenting a restaurant in premium style;
  • Order Smart – a shop system for food delivery and take-away.

Last but not least, I would like to recommend Orderbird, an iPad POS system (and Metro AG portfolio company).

Learn more about Hospitality Digital’s solutions and our partners at www.dish.co and in the video.

#restartgastro #digitalrestaurant #digitalrevolution #metroinnovation #metro #hospitalitydigital

Helping the Hospitality Industry restart with Digital Tools

At Hospitality Digital, we have launched a number of easy-to-use tools supporting the #Horeca restart, such as a free website, a voucher portal, a weblisting service and specifically our free of charge reservation system which helps meet preconditions like mandatory table bookings. No need to pile up costs for reservations! Learn more about the solutions at www.dish.co, and in the video. #restartgastro #horecacomeback #horecarestart #hospitalitydigital #digitalrestaurant #metroinnovation #metro #fightingcovid19 #fightingcorona

Entrepreneur Talks at Witten/Herdecke

I felt honoured talking to a group of students at the University of Witten/Herdecke about entrepreneurship, the importance of values in the Digital Age and about the future of digitization, yesterday. Bildschirmfoto 2016-04-19 um 06.16.24Entrepreneur talks (“Unternehmergespräche”) at Witten/Herdecke have an impressive history and leaders and founders such as Friedrich von Metzler, Götz Werner or Claus Hipp were invited in the past. Thanks to the organizers and to Prof. Martin Butzlaff, president at Witten/Herdecke, for having me and for an interesting conversation on the university’s vision of innovation, creativity in the business world and the leadership team’s interpretation of freedom in an ever faster changing world.