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October 4, 2024

“You don’t need to burnout in order to succeed”: Key learnings on scaling a European startup at Sifted Summit

At Sifted Summit 2024, our Startup Life newsletter came to life on stage for the second year running. Here’s our key takeaways.


From left to right: Fabio Bin, cofounder and CMO of WeRoad; Corinne Aaron, CMO at Einride; Marni Allen, CMO at Bioniq; Anisah Osman Britten, Sifted's Startup Life reporter

At this year’s Sifted Summit, the Startup Life newsletter came alive on stage for the second year running — this time, on a bigger (and better) stage. 

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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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