by Simone Gross | Oct 18, 2019 | Founder's Views, News & Infos, Crowdtesting, Events
Small but excellent (and with a pretty long name) – that is how I would describe the Magna Telemotive Software Solutions Symposium that we attended on October 10th. Besides being CTO and a Founder of Testbirds, I’m also a huge car enthusiast. So for me, the...read more by Simone Gross | Oct 1, 2019 | Founder's Views, News & Infos, Events
At this year’s Bits & Pretzel conference everything was centred on impact. And who better to talk about impact than 44th US President Barack Obama? You could cut the tension with a knife in hall C1 before the opening of the 5th founder festival Bits & Pretzels....read more by Philipp Benkler | Oct 8, 2018 | QA, Founder's Views, Testing Reality, Trends in Software Testing, Usability & User Experience, Test Automation, Usability
As a founder of a Munich-based startup, the famous Bits & Pretzels convention is certainly on your agenda. Recently, I had the chance to be a part of it and deliver a pitch on stage. If you are interested in my pitch you can watch it here: Besides the pitch, it...read more by Philipp Benkler | Jan 23, 2018 | Founder's Views
In my last blog post, I wrote about our experiences when starting Testbirds and what I’ve learned from evaluating business ideas. You obviously will need a really good idea if you want to found a company. But another important aspect you have to consider is asking...read more by Philipp Benkler | Dec 6, 2017 | QA, Founder's Views, Usability & User Experience
When you want to start a business, at the very beginning there is only an idea. Back in 2011, we had a completely different idea before we started thinking about Crowdtesting and Testbirds – we looked into mobile payment. We evaluated the idea for quite a long time:...read more by Philipp Benkler | Nov 22, 2017 | Founder's Views, Orga 4.0, Recruitment
It’s all about trust In many companies, the following mind-set is still quite common: Flexible working (e.g. home office) means having no control over your employees and questions about whether they are really working. In my opinion, employers who have this...read more 
