🗂️ Best of Handpicked in April 2024
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Week of 2nd (issue #95)
👩🏻🍳 Hallman & Klee was awarded a Michelin star. Regular readers will remember we recommended it three weeks ago! In total, with the new addition last week, we now have 22 restaurants with stars in Berlin, the highest number in Germany.
You can earn €25-€120 for helping as a volunteer in the European elections on the 9th of June. Unlike other elections, you can apply with any of the EU passports. (Look for Onlinebereitschaftserklärung, somehow my link got broken twice) They are looking for 30.000 volunteers, so take the chance.
An exceptionally important and well-written essay by Adam Tooze to understand German-Israeli relations (Israel’s security as a key part of Germany’s Staatsräson) around the Gaza crisis. It involves submarines.
Career: Akira Kurosawa’s 1-minute excellent advice on showing up day after day. When climbing, never look at the top because you will get frustrated.
Career: If your company recently went through layoffs, this might actually be a good time to ask for a raise. People are the company’s number one asset.
Timeless: Things that DON’t work by dynomight. I cannot agree more about 10. Expecting people to follow written instructions. Also, 27. Picking stocks and 32. Quality over quantity.
Reddit choice of the week is this great explanation from Tolstoy_mc about why during inflation, coffee and restaurants are getting so much more expensive for the regular Joe/Jane. The longer the supply chain, the worse it gets.
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Stats: In the last quarter of 2023, the bankruptcy proceedings in Berlin grew 12.4% YoY to 1,516. (St. BB)
Numa will invest in 82-unit serviced apartments in Wedding. Opening planned for Q2 ‘26. Careers.
A reader sent me evidence of how startups were disrupting the insurance industry: their policy was sold twice in the last 2 years, which means they are with their third insurance company now. 🤡