5 posts and columns on Hubert Burda Media

From U.S. to Germany to China–BoomTown Goes Around the (Digital) World in a Week

in News on January 21, 2011 at 5:22 pm PT

It’s a big, wide and very digital world out there and that’s why I’m headed around the globe–quite literally–for the next week to see some non-Silicon Valley tech trends and more.

Former Googler Adam Freed Takes COO Job at Etsy, As It Crafts More Funding

in News on August 27, 2010 at 6:36 am PT

Former Google international exec Adam Freed has taken a job as COO of Etsy, the crafts e-commerce site, which just raised another $20 million in venture funding. Index Ventures is part of the new round, which also includes previous investor Accel Partners. Freed speaks nine languages, which will come in handy at Etsy, since it helps craftspeople globally sell handmade items online.

Kara Visits Burda's DLD Luncheon in Silicon Valley!

in News on September 17, 2008 at 3:23 am PT

Germany’s Hubert Burda Media threw a big luncheon in Palo Alto yesterday, which was stuffed full with Silicon Valley types. It was hosted by the company’s Steffi Czerny and Maria Burda, the wife of CEO and owner Hubert Burda, as well as well-known Israeli investor Yossi Vardi. Burda runs an annual digital conference in Munich, called DLD (Digital, Life, Design), even though the media giant is best known for its old-line magazines about fashion, cooking and crafts. So here’s the video!

Kara Visits DLD in Germany: EuroSchmoozing!

in News on January 21, 2008 at 10:45 am PT

Here’s a video I did about the first day of DLD–Digital, Life, Design–put on my Hubert Burda Media in Munich this week. The three-day conference focuses on digital innovation, science and culture. It is chaired by publisher Hubert Burda and serial Israeli investor Joseph Vardi and hosted by Stephanie Czerny and Marcel Reichart. I was [...]

Kara Visits DLD in Germany

in News on January 21, 2008 at 2:36 am PT

I am now at the DLD conference in Munich, which is put on by Hubert Burda Media, a gathering that has become one of Europe’s most interesting in recent years. The three-day DLD–which stands for Digital, Life, Design–focuses on digital innovation, science and culture and has the most cosmopolitan audience of any conference out there. [...]