Silibangise eBerlin, eJalimane kusitolimende sesibili sohambo lwami lwe-Euro ngifunda ngokuthuthukiswa kobuchwepheshe beHW ngaphesheya kwechibi. Lapha, ngixoxa ne-CTO ye Into enkulu elandelayo, UJasmin Skenderi. Kukhona nevidiyo yezikhungo zabo ku- Ifektri Berlin, kanye nengxoxo nenkampani yephothifoliyo, iSensry.
Abanye Okubonga
Njengalokhu engixhumene nabo Warsaw, Poland ukuze uthole isihloko esihambisanayo, I-Hardware Massive ngiphinde ngibonge ngokungethula ku-Next Big Thing, okuyingxenye yabo inethiwekhi yamazwe ngamazwe zezahluko. Ngakho-ke ngibonga futhi ku-CEO, u-Greg Fisher!
Nami ngifuna ukubonga Pierre-Philippe Cordier, umthwebuli wethu wengxoxo noSkenderi. Ngiyabonga ngokuvuma ukuthi ngikuthumbe imizuzu engu-20 ngemva kokuhlangana nawe. Uyingqwele.
Uhambo
Buka ividiyo engezansi ukuze uthole ukubukeka kwangaphakathi kwe-Next Big Thing kanye ne-Factory Berlin. Siphinde sixoxisane no-Jasmin Skenderi, i-CTO ye-Next Big Thing, kanye no-Mario Grafe, umphathi wobunjiniyela be-Sensry, babonisa inkundla yabo yezinzwa.
Okulandelayo Okukhulu: "Umakhi Wenkampani"
Ayikho indlela emfushane yokulebula Into enkulu elandelayo (NBT). U-CTO Jasmin Skenderi uyichaze “njengomakhi wenkampani”. Nokho, lelo gama akulona igama le-buzz elaziwa kakhulu, ngakho-ke esikhundleni salokho, ngizonikeza, “VC/incubator/accelerator/coworking space/BFF”.
Futhi "Co-Founder"
USkenderi usitshele ukuthi i-NBT izithatha njengomsunguli wezinkampani zamaphothifoliyo. Bangabambisene nabo okwenzekayo ilebhu, indawo yehhovisi, ithimba lonjiniyela, ukufinyelela kwezomthetho, i-PR, nosizo lokumaketha, kanye nenqwaba yemali. Lowo mfana we-NBT ungumngane omkhulu ukuba naye!
IoT, Blockchain, Machine Economy
I-Next Big Thing igxile ezinkampanini ezithuthukisa ubuchwepheshe obubandakanya i-IoT, i-blockchain, nento engangingakaze ngiyizwe ngaphambili. "umnotho womshini" (funda: Skynet). USkenderi ungitshela ukuthi leli gama lisho lapho uvumela imishini ukuthi ikhulume yodwa futhi ixoxisane ngezinkontileka. Kuphinde kube nini wena nikeza umshini i-akhawunti yasebhange. Okuthusayo. Ngithukile.
Kube khona iphrojekthi yomshini wokuthengisa uSkenderi asibonise ukukhombisa umnotho womshini. Eduze kwayo, kwakukhona umshini wokuzivocavoca owawuguqula ama-calories ashiswe abe uhlobo lwe-cryptocurrency.

Ama-e-cent aqoqwe ngomjuluko angase asetshenziswe emshinini omdala wokuthengisa owebiwe we-NBT. Indlela owawugcwele ngayo ngalolo suku, wawungathenga ushokoledi ukuze ubuyisele amandla owashisile. Ngiqinisekile ekusebenzeni, kungenzeka ukuthi kusebenze ngendlela ehlukile…

Ingabe i-NBT i-Bolt.io yaseJalimane?
Inguqulo yaseMelika efana kakhulu ye-NBT engicabanga ngayo ukuthi yiziphi izinkampani ezifaka uphethiloli ezidonsa ubuchwepheshe be-HW ne-SW ndawonye futhi obuletha inqwaba yosekelo lokuphela kwebhizinisi I-Bolt.io. Uma i-Bolt ne-NBT beba nekhofi futhi baqhathanise amanothi, sicela usazise! Ngingakujabulela ukufunda okwengeziwe mayelana nokufana nokuhluka.
I-CTO: Jasmin Skenderi, HW Nerd
USkenderi uyi-EE emnyombeni wakhe. Isizinda sakhe semfundo esobunjiniyela bakagesi noma “Ubunjiniyela Electrical” okungenzeka kube ngelinye lamagama engiwathandayo esiJalimane engingawasho ngoba kuwukuxova okumangalisayo kongwaqa.

Ngemva kwekolishi, wangena ku-a telecom iphrojekthi eyamdonsela ekuthuthukisweni kwe-HW. Ukusuka lapho, wasungula izinto ezipholile engingeke ngizisho ngokuqondile ezempi, isathelayithi, nezinye izinhlelo zokusebenza ze-IoT. Ngemva kwesikhashana, nakho konke lokho okuhlangenwe nakho, izinkampani zaseYurophu zacabanga ukuthi angakha i-IoT yazo noma ezinye izinto zikagesi ezishumekiwe futhi zacela usizo lwakhe. Futhi wazini? Wayengakwazi.
Kuyivelakancane ukuhlangana nomJalimane onolwazi oluhlukahlukene kangaka. Amathuba amaningi okuthi umuntu waseJalimane aqashwe futhi athathe umhlalaphansi enkampanini efanayo, noma enze ama-hops alinganiselwe kakhulu. Kodwa uSkenderi akasona isiJalimane; uvela endaweni/izwe laseBosnia naseHerzegovina. (Noma i-Bosnia nje manje? Noma ingabe i-Bosnia-Herzegovina? Uthola lapho ngiqonde khona.)
Kunoma yikuphi, uhlala eJalimane manje, futhi I-Next Big Thing inenhlanhla yokuba naye. Lezo zinkampani zephothifoliyo ezingena esibayeni zihluke ngendlela efanayo nesipiliyoni sikaSkenderi! Ngicabanga ukuthi kubalulekile ukuthi ubuholi bukwazi ukuqonda ngokushesha izinselelo zabo ezihlukahlukene zobuchwepheshe nezemakethe.
Abatshalizimali baseJalimane bayi-Hardware Startup-Shay
Next Big Into ihlukile ngezindlela ezingaphezu kweyodwa. Impela, banikela ngokungaphezu kokujwayelekile ukusekela ukuqalisa. Kepha ukusebenza nje neziqalo ze-HW ngokwakho kuyinqaba enkampanini yohlobo lwe-VC eJalimane.
Ukuthuthukiswa kwezingxenyekazi zekhompuyutha ezintsha kuthathwa njengengozi enkulu yesiko lebhizinisi laseJalimane elingenabungozi. Bese ebeka lokho ezandleni zika-a qalisa esikhundleni somkhiqizi oneminyaka eyikhulu? Yebo, cha.
I-Hardware Ingabe… Ayiqinile?
Njengomphumela, i-Skenderi ingitshela ukuthi kunzima kakhulu ukuthola abasekela ukuqalisa kwe-HW lapho. Enye yezinhloso zakhe e-NBT ukushintsha umbono phakathi kwama-VC wokuthi ihadiwe inzima. Kanjani? Hhayi-ke, ngokumane uqondise iziqalo ezimbalwa ze-HW ziye empumelelweni.
Imiphumela ye-NBT's Gamble
Ngakho-ke izinombolo ze-Next Big Thing zibukeka kanjani ngokwezinkampani eziphumelelayo zephothifoliyo? I-Skenderi isebenzise indinganiso yokuqhathanisa cishe u-95% weziqalo ezihlulekayo kukonke. E-US, ngizwile izibalo eziningi ezahlukene, okuvame kakhulu ukuthi izinga lokuhluleka elingu-90%. Ithini leyo 95% esekelwe kuyo, nokho? Ingabe lokho okwaseYurophu? EJalimane? Emhlabeni jikelele? Ngabe ngemuva kweminyaka eyi-10 noma unyaka owodwa? Ingabe kokubili i-HW ne-SW?
Iphuzu elilodwa lesivumelwano liwukuthi: amathuba awamahle okuthi ukuqalisa kwakho kuphumelele.

Uma kuqhathaniswa, lapho ngicindezela uSkenderi ukuze ngithole inombolo enzima yezinombolo ze-NBT, wathi kukhona cishe u-80% abaphumelelayo ngaphansi kwephiko labo kuze kube manje, ngokuqalwa okungaba ngu-5-7 okwenziwa unyaka ngamunye. Lokho kuzwakala kukuhle kakhulu! Kodwa-ke, kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi njengoba kuqoshwa, i-NBT yayingakabi neminyaka emi-3 ubudala. Uma sifuna izibalo zesikhathi eside, kuzodingeka silinde.
Ingabe Usizo Oluningi Kakhulu?
Ngizithole ngizibuza ukuthi ingabe konke ukwesekwa kwe-NBT okuhlinzekiwe kungadala umonakalo omkhulu kunokuhle. Njengomnikazi wesiqalisi ngokwami, ngivame ukubonga ngezikhathi okufanele ngidlule ngazo. Kungiphoqe ukuthi ngenze izinqumo ezinzima ngokushesha okukhulu…izinqumo okungenzeka ukuthi zichithiwe ukube bengitholelwe imali noma ngiboshwe nganoma iyiphi indlela. Ukukhuluma nabanye abaningi abaqalayo baseMelika, ngiyazi ukuthi angingedwa. Abaningi bangitshela ukuthi izikhathi zabo ezinzima kakhulu bekuyizinto zokubasa zokuthola i-pivot efanele yempumelelo futhi ngokungenasihawu banqamule lokho obekungelona usizo. Ukuqothuka nendlala kuwumugqa ocacisa kakhulu ongawuhamba!
Kodwa-ke, ngakolunye uhlangothi, ngaphandle kwama-meccas emiphakathi yobuchwepheshe bokuqalisa ehlinzekwa yi-United States, ingabe ukuthambekela kweYurophu kokuphonsela ukwesekwa okwengeziwe nemali ekuqalweni kwe-HW kungaba yindlela engcono kakhulu yokuvumela izindaba eziningi zempumelelo zivele? Ngicabanga ukuthi isikhathi sizositshela.
Ifektri Berlin
I-Factory Berlin iyindawo yokusebenzelana ehloselwe ukukhuthaza ukusebenzisana, futhi kubonakala sengathi kugxilwe ekuthuthukisweni kobuchwepheshe phakathi kwamalungu ayo. Ngamangala ukubona amahhovisi Audi futhi Siemens Lapho. Laba ngabakhiqizi ababili abakhulu, basesikoleni esidala abakomkhulu eningizimu yeJalimane. Yini?
U-Jasmin Skenderi uchaze ukuthi lezi zinkampani ezinkulu, ezizinzile ziyazi ukuthi zidinga ukusungula izinto ezintsha ukuze ziphile. Bakholelwa futhi ukuthi ama-cubicle ampunga ezakhiweni zabo zezinkampani angase angabi yindawo engcono kakhulu yokuvela kwemibono emisha. Bafuna abanye abantu babo endaweni ehlukile, bahlanganyele nabanye abantu abahlakaniphile ngaphandle kwama-silos. Ngakho-ke, indawo ethile nezisebenzi zase-Berlin zasendle e-Factory Berlin zisebenze kahle.

Futhi, i-Factory Berlin inezindawo zokukhasa kwebhola nezinyosi, ngakho-ke ngokusobala, lokhu kuzokhuthaza ukuqamba okusha. Njengawo wonke amahhovisi aseSilicon Valley! Noma ngicabanga ukuthi bayacabanga.
Isibonelo seNBT Portfolio Company kanye Nokuhlanganyela
Uhlanganyele ne-Code University
Umnyango olandelayo we-NBT ukhona I-Code University, lapho abafundi kufanele baqedele amaphrojekthi asebenzayo. UDavid Riding, umphathi wobunjiniyela kwa-Next Big Thing, usitshele ukuthi abafundi banamakhono ahlukahlukene kanye nezidingo ezahlukahlukene zamaphrojekthi abo. I-NBT isiza ukugcwalisa izikhala lapho ingakwazi khona. Ngimangele ukuthi noma kuwuhlelo lokubhala amakhodi, abanye babafundi bakha amaphrojekthi wehadiwe kanti abanye babenolwazi lwangaphambili ngokuthuthukiswa kwe-HW.

Ngesikhathi sokuvakasha, iphrinta ye-3D yayenza izingxenye zephrojekthi yabafundi base-Code University eyayizoba umshini wokulima endlini.
I-Sensry – Izingxenyekazi Zokwakha Zezinzwa
Inzwa yenza izinkundla zezinzwa ukuthi zixhumeke kuzo — azenzi izinzwa ngokwazo. Lapho ngihlangana no-Mario Grafe, umphathi wobunjiniyela be-Sensry, wangitshela ukuthi abanandaba nokuthi amakhasimende abo asebenzisa yiphi inzwa. Banikeza i platform; ukuthuthuka phakathi kwenzwa kanye nesixhumi esibonakalayo somsebenzisi.

UGrafe ubonise ubuchwepheshe bakhe kuvidiyo lapho ngihlangana naye endaweni yakhe yokuhlala IDTechEx Berlin. Ukuze ubone inkundla yakhe isebenza ngezinzwa ezikhipha idatha yesikhathi sangempela kuhlelo lokusebenza, bukela ividiyo eqala ngo-13:28:
Ngilahle Umugqa!
Uma wazi ezinye izikhala ezinhle noma ubuchwepheshe noma ukuqalisa kwe-HW noma imicimbi noma njll. ocabanga ukuthi kufanele siyihlanganise, ngicela ungithumele inothi kokuthi: erin@solidsmack.com
(Futhi kuzo zonke izinto zakho ezinama-optics: ngaphambi komugqa, wena!)