{"id":992811,"date":"2025-07-25T08:14:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T08:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/the-bay-areas.de\/?p=992811"},"modified":"2025-07-25T08:26:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T08:26:18","slug":"start-ups-x-medium-sized-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-bay-areas.de\/en\/news\/start-ups-x-mittelstand\/","title":{"rendered":"Start-ups x SMEs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The \u00dcberflieger Business Lounge is more than just a pitch event: it is a lively meeting place for innovation and entrepreneurial spirit. For the first time, the applicants of this year's \u00dcberflieger competition presented their ideas in one-minute pitches to the jury, the many medium-sized companies that make the competition possible in the first place as sponsors.\u00a0<\/p>

This direct exchange is what makes \u00dcberflieger so special: regional companies meet young teams at eye level - not just as sponsors, but as real discussion partners. Alumni from previous rounds of the competition were also on hand to share their experiences and pass on valuable insights. The networking concept was put into practice here in a special way.\u00a0<\/p>

The jury will now select six teams to pitch for the trip to Silicon Valley at the final in September.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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High-flyer competition: start-ups, SMEs and alumni meet at the \"Business Lounge\" networking event. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":992893,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[217,40,209],"tags":[301,235,55],"class_list":["post-992811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beitraege","category-news","category-ueberflieger-wettbewerb","tag-netzwerk","tag-start-up","tag-ueberflieger"],"yoast_head":"\nStart-ups x Mittelstand - The Bay Areas e.V.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/the-bay-areas.de\/en\/news\/start-ups-x-medium-sized-companies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Start-ups x Mittelstand - 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