Dirk Riehle's Industry and Research Publications

Category: 1.6 Software Startups

  • Cargo Cult Public Investments?

    Richard Feynman, in an enjoyable-to-read article [1], explains what he calls the cargo cult: In the South Seas there is a Cargo Cult of people. During the war they saw airplanes land with lots of good materials, and they want the same thing to happen now. So they’ve arranged to make things like runways, to…

  • Startupinformatik

    “Startupinformatik” is a German term for “informatics (computer science) for startups” that I just made up. It is intended to be close to “Wirtschaftsinformatik”, which is German for “informatics for businesses”. So it is about the business of startups and the role software (IT) plays in it. You can read my prior thoughts on how…