Career Stories

In a short space of time, Kathryn Lawrence transitioned from marketing intern to part-time team member to full-time Content Manager, before making a leap into the world of coding and a whole new career as a Junior Frontend Developer. This is how she did it.

WHU graduate Marius Löwe turned down a place on a prestigious business-focused Master's program, and it was a decision that he doesn't regret. Find out how he approached this career-changing moment.

Niklas Schwake has had a stellar career; from being one of the first employees at HelloFresh, setting up CupoNation in the DACH region and Australia with Rocket Internet, to working as the Director of Investor Relations at Earlybird, a leading German venture capital firm.

Tarek Müller is one of Germany's best known and most successful young entrepreneurs. He founded his first company at thirteen and is now most well-known as the co-founder of ABOUT YOU: Hamburg's first unicorn, an online fashion retailer valued now at 1 billion USD.

From her experience as a Talent Generalist at Airbnb, Cindy Park understands what you need to do to secure the job you want, and also what you should do to be successful in a role once you have it.

With over 12 million users, Clue has revolutionized how many people approach menstruation, fertility and more, putting the power of information back in people's hands. Clue's founder, Ida Tin, is a natural entrepreneur, who has in her own words "never actually held a job anywhere other than in companies I have started myself". Here she shares her insights into how curiosity has shaped her career path, the importance of building a good team and then trusting them, and her advice for would-be founders.

Hanno Renner, Personio's co-founder, went straight from his studies to founding the company. Now, with over 450 employees across four offices and more than 2000 customers in over 40 countries, Personio is one of Germany's favourite startup success stories.