Berlin S Business Plan
A techno jam session? Not exactly. These young people are making something Berlin needs even more than new dance tracks for its nightclubs: jobs. Schmitt is founder and technical director of Native Instruments, a 14-person software start-up that’s developed a software-based sound synthesizer. He and his team are racing to finish the code for their newest release, to go on sale in 20 countries in a month. Music magazines have showered the company’s products with awards, and Schmitt says he’s been approached by both Microsoft and Apple for possible licensing deals....