It all started with an algorithm that matches print job requirements with production machine specifications and immediately outputs prices. A few years later, the Cologne-based start-up sourc-e has become a full-service print broker that, with a team of 40 and an international network of 250 print shops, is rethinking the purchasing of print products and, above all: digitizing them.
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In the absence of a successor, what should be done? Or what if the economic situation is so tense that change is urgently needed in order to remain viable in the future? In any event, “closing up stop” is the worst of all solutions, says Jens Freyler, Managing Director of the Hamburg-based management consultancy Knox.
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A new week, a new challenge for Haeme Ulrich and Bernd Zipper: “Do you always have to be part of the platform hype?” is what Thomas Kramer from censhare wanted to know this time around. He got the idea for his question from the recent “Clubhouse” hype. Whether you find every new trend funny or are quickly annoyed by it, is a question of personal preference for Haeme.
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Ulrich Stetter is seeing red, but in a very positive sense: Redprintgroup.com is the new brand from Druckhaus Mainfranken, launched with a clear commitment to be the most affordable online printer in Europe. Is now the right time to start such a project? “Yes, absolutely,” says Ulrich Stetter, CEO of Druckhaus Mainfranken.
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Why are you a publishing freak? In other words, someone who, by Duden’s definition, is enthusiastic about something in a way that seems excessive. Editors, media designers and publishers of all kinds have probably asked themselves this question at some point in the night while sitting at their desk in front of half-finished work.
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Pure excitement – in Podcast No. 6! This time the one in the hot seat is none other than Marc Horriar, CEO of CloudLab. Founded in 2013, CloudLab today develops browser-based web-to-print and printing solutions for the print industry.
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Since July 2020, “diedruckerei.de” has been operating in Germany under the name “onlineprinters.de”. Whether this is more than just a marketing idea from two managers from outside the industry, Bernd Zipper was keen to find out for his podcast series, “Zippers Insights”.
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Since July 2020, “diedruckerei.de” has now been operating in Germany as “Online Printers”. For this episode of the “Zippers Insights” podcast series, Bernd Zipper wanted to discover whether this is more than just a marketing idea of two managers from outside the industry. He talked directly to two people who have successfully applied their expertise from other industries to Online Printers.
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Some of you first heard of Kartenmacherei at the last Online Print Symposium. A history→