Business Class – Interviews mit CEOs, Unternehmern und Gründern Vom Studentenprojekt zum Milliarden-Startup: GetYourGuide-Gründer Johannes Reck
Mar 10, 2026
Johannes Reck, Gründer und CEO von GetYourGuide, erzählt von der Gründung als Studentenprojekt und dem entscheidenden Pivot zu Profi-Anbietern. Er spricht über Fundraising, das Management während der Corona-Krise und persönliche Führungslektionen. Kurze Anekdoten, harte Entscheidungen und wie sich Unternehmenskultur in Krisen bewährt haben.
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Most Startups Discover Product Market Fit By Failing
- Many successful companies 'fail their way to success' by iterating and pivoting rather than executing a perfect day-one plan.
- Johannes cites Google starting as academic search and discovering broader product-market fit later as an example.
Be Relentlessly Optimistic But Flexible
- Founders need relentless optimism and obsessive passion to persist through years without payoff.
- Combine stubbornness with flexibility: be willing to change beliefs and pivot when evidence demands it.
Fundraising Took Years And Weekly VC Trips
- It took GetYourGuide two years to raise a first round and nine months to close Series A, with weekly trips to Sand Hill Road.
- Investors doubted travel profitability and market size, making early fundraising slow and repetitive.