Growth Hacking Berlin

From Berlin Hack and Tell

🚀 **From Idea to First 10 Customers — Part 2** The journey doesn’t stop after building the idea. The real challenge begins when you need people to actually use — and pay for — what you created. After the great response to our first session, we’re bringing back Part 2 with deeper discussions, practical insights, and real founder experiences focused on getting traction in the early stages. This session is designed for founders, aspiring entrepreneurs, freelancers, and anyone interested in understanding how startups move from an idea to their first real users and customers. No unrealistic “growth hacks.” No theory overload. Just practical conversations around early-stage growth, validation, customer acquisition, and building momentum. *** # 💡 What We’ll Discuss • How to get your first users • Finding early adopters • Mistakes founders make in the beginning • Why validation matters more than perfection • Building trust before scaling • Realistic approaches to early customer acquisition • Lessons from startup experiences *** # 🎯 Why Join Because getting your first customers is often harder than building the product itself. This session will help you better understand: ✔ how people discover products ✔ why some ideas gain traction and others don’t ✔ what founders should focus on in the early stages *** # 📅 Event Details 📅 **May 30, 2026** ⏰ **13:00 – 15:30** 📍 **The Social Hub** See you there! Check out our websites: Company-[Datenstrom-3ag.com](https://datenstrom-3ag.com/?utm_source=luma) Application-[Growfirma.com](https://growfirma.com/?utm_source=luma)

29 attendees

BHNT #112 - BamBoo hacks

Tue, May 26, 5:00 PM

BHNT #112: the fifth BHNT in 2026. The title is inspired by the issues around Bambulab (Boo). Your hacks do not have to be connected to the title (bonus points if they do though) Please RSVP and bring your hacks! There are 8 dynamically allocated Slots that consist of 5min presentation + 5min conversation with the audience. To refresh your memories or get familiar with the concept - see some old hacks here: [https://bhnt.c-base.org](https://bhnt.c-base.org/) Hope to see you - looking forward! [RSVP here](https://platform.openmeet.net/events/bhnt-112-bamboo-hacks-8zv0v)

19 attendees

🧠 Decision-Making Under Pressure (Part 2)

Sun, May 24, 11:00 AM

From GrowFirma Community

From Oneness Berlin - Meditation and Transformation

🧠 **Decision-Making Under Pressure (Part 2)** The wait is over. After the great response to our first session, we’re bringing it back — with new scenarios, new challenges, and even more real-time decision-making. This is not a typical event. It’s an **interactive business simulation**, where you step into the role of a founder and face real-world startup situations under pressure. You’ll work in small teams, analyze scenarios, make decisions within limited time, and present your approach — just like in real life. *** # 💡 What to Expect 🔹 Work in teams 🔹 Solve realistic startup scenarios 🔹 Make decisions under time pressure 🔹 Present your strategy 🔹 Receive feedback and different perspectives Each round becomes more challenging, pushing you to think faster, communicate clearly, and act with confidence. *** # 🎯 Why Join Because building a startup is a series of decisions — and the ability to make them under pressure is what makes the difference. Whether you’re a founder, aspiring entrepreneur, or simply curious, this session will challenge you to think critically and act decisively. *** # Event Details 📅 **May 24, 2026** ⏰ **13:00 – 15:30** 📍 **The Social Hub** See you there! Check out our websites: Company-[Datenstrom-3ag.com](https://datenstrom-3ag.com/?utm_source=luma) Application-[Growfirma.com](https://growfirma.com/?utm_source=luma)

18 attendees

Evening of Meditation - Enjoying growth

Sun, May 24, 5:00 PM

4.9

We invite you to join our weekly Evenings of Meditation, to gently meet yourself, dissolve stress and live life from beautiful inner states, like calm, joy and connection. These gatherings are not just about meditating on your own, but a step inward we take together. Each time we’ll look into a particular topic in the light of timeless wisdom, reflect on it in a guided meditation, do powerful Oneness practices for greater wellbeing, and experience Deeksha - which helps to speed up your inner growth. For more info see: [www.onenessberlin.com](http://www.onenessberlin.com/) **This week's topic: Enjoying growth** Growth is something we naturally strive for in different aspects of life - career, experiences, relationships, health, wealth, friendships, and the impact we have on the world around us. But often, growth becomes associated with struggle, feeling stuck, or not truly flowing with joy. Many times, even when we achieve something, we are unable to feel naturally joyful about it. Let’s discover what can help us **Enjoy growth.** 🎟️ **Entry**: € 10 for walk-ins (in cash or PayPal) just for us to pay for the space or **[get a ticket from € 5 >](https://momence.com/l/R5hD9nA5)** 📍**Where**: Yoga Sky, Am Tempelhofer Berg 7d, 10965 Berlin Follow the Yoga Sky signs in the yard, and take the elevator to the top floor. 🗓 **When**: Sunday, 24th of May, 19:00 - 20:30 Please arrive 5-10 min earlier to settle down. You’re welcome, no matter your background or experience. This is what has worked for us over many years and we love to share it with you. Looking forward to see you, Oneness Berlin Florian & Jazgul

10 attendees

E-Commerce over Breakfast Berlin

Fri, May 29, 7:00 AM

From Berlin Founders, Marketing & E-Commerce Meetups

From Elastic Berlin User Group

A curated meetup for e-commerce operators to share learnings, strategies, and ideas. Free for e-commerce operators (approval required). Apply via Luma: [https://luma.com/9w1ztp5c](https://luma.com/9w1ztp5c?utm_source=meetup) Exact location will be shared after approval.

3 attendees

Beyond Prompts: Building Agents that actually work

Wed, May 27, 4:00 PM

4.6

Join us for an evening on the practical side of AI agents. We'll dig into context engineering and why relevance matters more than prompt tricks, then look at what it takes to run autonomous agents safely alongside humans. Food and drinks provided — stick around after for networking. ✍️ RSVP asap as capacity is limited so grab your spot asap! 📅 **Date and Time** Wednesday, May 27, 2026 from 18:00-20:45 📍 **Location** [EBCONT office, beyond Quartier Heidestrasse, 34, 10557 Berlin](https://maps.app.goo.gl/aQGPgteqhQ2yrmx96) 📝 **Agenda** 18:00 – Doors open, arrivals and check-in 18:20 – Welcome note by EBCONT 18:30 – **Agent Builder Hope is not a strategy — relevant context for data driven agents** by Anderson Queiroz — Elastic *What are agents and context engineering? And why we think the "center of gravity" for context engineering is much more about relevance and your data than only prompts and memory management.* 19:00 – Q&A & quick break 19:15 – **Adapting to AI in Security** by Jenny Pinheiro — Tines *Best practices for autonomous AI and human interaction in the context of workflows.* 19:45 – Pizza, drinks & networking \*\*\* Invite your friends and join us for an evening of learning and networking with fellow engineers and speakers! Thank you to **EBCONT** for hosting and to **Tines** for teaming up with us on this one!

51 attendees

Don't eat alone lunch #91 (in Fhain; Korean place)

Thu, Jun 4, 10:30 AM

From Founders Meetup Berlin

From Spark Events - Berlin

🌟 Join us for **"Don't Eat Alone"** – an event designed to transform your lunch break into a social feast! **Tired of solitary meals in front of the computer?** **Thriving to meet some new people and curious what it may bring to your life?** Just come, check and enjoy a delicious meal with friendly faces. Connect with like-minded individuals, engage in conversations, and make your lunchtime a memorable social experience. Mark your calendar, bring your appetite, and let's build connections, one meal at a time! 🍽️🤝✨ PAYMENTS: the meetup is free, but everyone pays for their meals. Here you can pay by card easily.

1 attendee

🚦Traffic Light Speed Friending 💞

Fri, May 29, 5:00 PM

4.3

✅**Please fill the** [SIGN UP FORM HERE](https://forms.gle/LaifWkFTDRn4gweQ7) **to join this Speed Friending event and spark connections** Looking to meet new people thru a fun and engaging experience ? Whether you're single, taken, or it’s... complicated, this event is for you! Join us for a unique **Traffic Light Speed Friending experience** to meet friendly faces with an interactive introduction, speed friending rounds with fun conversation cards, and enjoy Italian pizza together, everything is designed to help you spark connections 💖 🚦**The** **Traffic light concept** Upon arrival, you’ll receive colour-coded name tags that reflects your intensions so there’s no mixed signals 😉 💚Green – Single & open to date 🧡Orange – It’s complicated or just confused, but you’re open to making new friends ❤️Red – Taken, just here to make friends 👀**Here’s What to Expect:** 🙋🏻‍♀️**Starting with introduction & Guess the fun facts:** we’ll display the intro and fun fact you submitted on screen, and everyone will guess who it belongs to. It’s a fun way to learn about each other while skipping repetitive introductions and small talk. 🍕**Italian Pizza & a Welcome drink** – Mingle with each other over yummy italian pizza & drinks. Optional Spark Tote bag with fun questions printed on the merch where you can choose from the form when you sign up. 🚦**Traffic Light Speed Friending Rounds** – you will rotate every 5 minutes with conversation cards on the table to make the conversation easier so you can have fun discussions and skip the small talk. 🏆**Fun ice breaker games I designed with Prizes:** er and end the night with laughter 🎤**Optional Karaoke** at the end to sing to night away 👀[Sneak peak of our last speed friending event on Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPY7jWGCFvd/?igsh=Mm0yb2ppZTlhZnp4) ️🎟️**Ticket Price:** €35 Includes all activities, Italian break & Pizza, and a welcome drink (Student discount or unemployment discount available, just let us know in the form what’s you can contribute) ✅**Please fill the** [SIGN UP FORM HERE](https://forms.gle/LaifWkFTDRn4gweQ7) **to join this Speed Friending event and spark connections** 🚦Traffic light concept Upon arrival, you’ll receive colour-coded name tags that reflects your intensions so there’s no mixed signals 😉 💚Green – Single & open to date 🧡Orange – It’s complicated or just confused, but you’re open to making new friends ❤️Red – Taken, just here to make friends 👀Here’s What to Expect: 🙋🏻‍♀️Starting with introduction & Guess the fun facts: we’ll display the intro and fun fact you submitted on screen, and everyone will guess who it belongs to. It’s a fun way to learn about each other while skipping repetitive introductions and small talk. 🍕Italian Pizza & a Welcome drink – Mingle with each other over yummy italian pizza & drinks. Optional Spark Tote bag with fun questions printed on the merch where you can choose from the form when you sign up. 🚦Traffic Light Speed Friending Rounds – you will rotate every 5 minutes with conversation cards on the table to make the conversation easier so you can have fun discussions and skip the small talk. 🏆Fun ice breaker games I designed with Prizes: er and end the night with laughter 🎤Optional Karaoke at the end to sing to night away 👀Sneak peak of our last speed friending event on Instagram ️🎟️Ticket Price: €35 Includes all activities, special asian snacks & Momo dumplings, and a welcome drink Great news! Student discount or unemployment discount also available, just let us know in the form what’s within your budget. ✅Sign up HERE Please fill the SIGN UP FORM HERE to join this Speed Friending event 🔗 Traffic light speed friending WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/FZJK9k42VJi2hl5PMMOvTj?mode=gi_t to get to know each other before the event 💖Check our vibes on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/sparkevents_510 Don’t miss out on an afternoon of joy, laughter, and meaningful new connections in a fun, vibrant atmosphere! Can’t wait to see you all soon! 🫶🏼

12 attendees

Collaborative Modeling Meetup - Problem Solving with EventStorming

Tue, Jun 2, 5:00 PM

From Domain Driven Design Berlin Meetup

From Digital Business Community - International

For the June edition of our collaborative modeling meetup, we’ll continue the EventStorming deep dive we started earlier this year and explore some of the tactics and recipes of this format. What does that mean, exactly? Massive learning, massive fun, and massive numbers of sticky notes. As always, everyone is welcome. You don't need to be a software engineer to participate. In fact, it would be great to have more people who aren't software engineers. We're here to solve problems cross-functionally, not get into implementation details. As long as you care passionately about getting things right, then you belong here! This is a hands-on workshop. Be prepared to participate fully and add to the energy of the room. Looking forward to seeing you there!

25 attendees

Pitch & Feedback for founders & freelancers

Thu, May 28, 4:00 PM

**Join Pitch & Feedback, a focused session designed for builders who want real, actionable input on their ideas.** This event brings together founders, freelancers, and curious minds in a structured format where selected participants present their ideas and receive direct feedback from the group. Whether you're refining an MVP (Minimum valuable product or service), validating a concept, or preparing to launch, this is a space to test your thinking with others who are building as well. How it works: * 6–8 selected presenters * Each gets 5 minutes to pitch + 10 minutes of structured feedback * Audience members contribute insights, questions, and suggestions Who should attend: * Presenters: founders, freelancers, or anyone working on an idea who wants honest feedback * Viewers: people interested in startups, product thinking, or networking with builders What you get: * Direct, constructive feedback on ideas * Exposure to different projects and perspectives * Opportunities to connect with potential co-founders, collaborators, or early supporters We will film the pitches and share the recordings with presenters (optional, only if they agree). This is not a passive meetup. It is a working session built around clarity, feedback, and meaningful connections. Session Details: * **📅 Thursday, 28.05.2026** * **🕕 18:00 – 20:00** * 📍 CI Space * Hosts: Erik & Belinda Limited spots for presenters. Register early if you want to pitch. This is how you save your spot: AS VIEWER: Just hit 'Join' here on Meetup and come along in person on the 28th : ) SIGN UP AS PRESENTER: 1\. hit the join button here on Meetup 2\. IMPORTANT: open the following FORM to hand in your pitch\. This helps us to get everything planned and you get a confirmation if your presenting spot is confirmed. Click or copy this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc_ymogzg8FaHIpUqcOHS9pRXLVVC9InPkdJ74jjHUQ_km8iw/viewform Any questions, please reach out. Looking forward to your pitches & participation! Belinda & Erik

36 attendees

WTM Berlin x SPICED Academy: AI and Building a Tech career in Berlin

Tue, May 26, 4:00 PM

From Women Techmakers Berlin

From BLISS AI Speaker Series 2026

Women Techmakers Berlin and SPICED Academy are joining forces to host an evening focused on both building *efficient AI systems* and navigating the real challenges of building a *career in tech*—beyond just learning technical skills. ## Talks Talk 1: Confidence Beyond Skills - What Really Holds Women Back in Tech Careers - by Marina Matveevskaia Many women in tech keep investing in new courses, skills, and certifications, yet still feel stuck or “not ready enough” to take the next career step. In this talk, we will look beyond technical competence and explore the less visible factors that often shape career growth much more strongly — such as self-trust, fear of visibility, internalized expectations, and the emotional impact of burnout or layoffs. I will share common patterns I see in highly capable women and why “just improving skills” is often not the real barrier. Participants will leave with new perspectives and simple reflection tools to better understand what is holding them back and how to move forward in a more sustainable and aligned way. Talk 2: Efficient Agentic Systems - by Jane Waithira Let Classical ML Do the Heavy Lifting, Let Agents Do the Thinking There’s a temptation to throw an LLM at every problem—but the most effective systems take a different approach. This talk explores how to combine deterministic, classical machine learning for predictable tasks with LLM-powered agents for reasoning and decision-making—so you can build systems that are fast, cost-effective, and reliable. ## Speakers **Jane Waithira:** Jane Waithira is an innovative, solution-oriented developer working in AI/ML, currently at SAP in Germany, where she integrates applied AI and GenAI for SAP's own cloud infrastructure. With over five years of experience building production AI systems, Jane has established her skillset in practical applications of ML and GenAI. Her talk will provide attendees with a practical framework for building efficient agentic systems that combine deterministic classical ML with the flexibility of LLM-powered agents. [https://www.linkedin.com/in/waithira-macharia/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/waithira-macharia/) **Marina Matveevskaia:** Marina Matveevskaia is a Professional Identity and Transition Coach working primarily with women in tech and international professionals in Germany. With over 14 years of experience in the IT industry, including leadership roles, she understands the unique pressures and challenges women face in fast-paced, male-dominated environments. In her coaching practice, Marina focuses on burnout prevention, impostor syndrome, and career transitions, helping highly capable women build sustainable and fulfilling career paths. She also collaborates with the German Employment Agency (Arbeitsagentur) as an AVGS coach, supporting women in their return to the labour market. [www.linkedin.com/in/marina-matveevskaia](http://www.linkedin.com/in/marina-matveevskaia) ## Why Attend? * Learn from women working in Tech * Get inspired by real stories and practical advice * Connect with like-minded people in a supportive space * Discover career paths across Tech & AI * Network with the WTM & SPICED community Join us for an evening of inspiring talks, practical insights, and meaningful connections in the heart of Berlin’s tech community. ## About SPICED Academy SPICED Academy is a Berlin-based tech bootcamp that helps people transition into tech through intensive, hands-on training. They offer both in-person and online programs across data analytics, data science, web development, and AI, with a strong focus on real-world projects and career support. https://www.spiced-academy.com/en ## Inclusivity Statement Women Techmakers Berlin is committed to creating a **safe, inclusive, and welcoming space**. This event is open to people of all genders who support diversity in tech.

160 attendees

BLISS x juna.ai Workshop: Open-Ended Algorithm Discovery with LLMs

Wed, Jun 3, 3:45 PM

**⚠️ IMPORTANT: REGISTRATION MANDATORY ⚠️** Registration on **Luma** is **REQUIRED** to attend this event. **Link: https://luma.com/7zfk3orp?utm_source=meetup** Your registration is subject to host approval. You must complete the registration process on lu.ma to receive the full event location details and confirmation of your attendance. **Please note: Without approved registration on Luma, you will NOT be able to access the event location or attend.** We are excited to host a **BLISS x juna.ai workshop** featuring **Dr. Nima Siboni (senior RL Engineer)**, who will guide us through an interactive session on algorithm discovery with LLMs. ** Title: The Heuristic Scientist: Open-Ended Algorithm Discovery with LLMs** **📅 Date: 03.06.2026** **🕕 Time: 18:00** 📍 Location: TU Berlin Marchstrasse 23 [Room 0.011] The session will last around 2 hours, followed by a networking session with juna.ai and fellow AI enthusiasts (and free pizza!🍕). Bring your laptop! **Abstract:** Large language models are increasingly useful not only for writing code, but for exploring the space of possible algorithms. In this hands-on workshop, we will look at how LLMs can act as “heuristic scientists”: generating candidate strategies, turning ideas into executable code, testing them against concrete objectives, and refining them through feedback. The workshop centers on the general discovery loop behind LLM-assisted heuristic generation. Participants will learn how to structure problems for algorithm discovery, prompt models to propose interpretable heuristics, evaluate those heuristics with simulations or benchmarks, and use the results to guide further search. We will also discuss when simple prompting is enough, when training or fine-tuning may help, and how to keep generated heuristics understandable, testable, and auditable. By the end of the session, participants will have built a small discovery loop of their own and will understand the practical trade-offs involved in using LLMs for open-ended algorithm discovery: creativity versus control, exploration versus verification, and automation versus human judgment. **⚡ FINAL REMINDER ⚡** **You MUST register and be approved on Luma to attend. The event location will only be visible after your registration is confirmed by the host. Link: https://luma.com/7zfk3orp?utm_source=meetup** *** We are **BLISS e.V.**, Berlin’s AI community connecting like-minded individuals passionate about machine learning and data science. Our **BLISS Workshops** connect **students and young professionals with industry partners**, offering an inside look into **how machine learning is applied in real-world settings** \- from research and development to deployment\. BLISS Website:[ https://bliss.berlin](https://bliss.berlin/?utm_source=luma) BLISS Youtube:[ https://www.youtube.com/@bliss.ev.berlin](https://www.youtube.com/@bliss.ev.berlin?utm_source=luma)

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