A white man, Philipp Schröder, CEO of 1Komma5, with brown hair and stubble dressed in a white tshirt. The image is AI-generated in a comic book style.

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August 23, 2025

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Philipp Schröder arrives at brunch and immediately asks if we’ve met before. 

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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