FirstFriday curated Network

12/12/2025

Hola amig@s, Svitlana Zhuchkova wrote this in
LinkedIn, 😀 see comment section ⤵️

Yesterday I attended the First Friday Co-op Networking session in Berlin — this time focused on “How to Start a Startup: Gastronomy Business Models (India).”
It turned out to be an incredibly inspiring evening full of real success stories, cultural exchange, and business insights.

We heard from three founders whose companies are already building traction in the food industry:

🍱 Ready-to-eat Indian cuisine — operating across 5 locations in Berlin
A great example of how traditional flavors can scale through modern delivery models while keeping authenticity and quality at the core.

🍫 Just Nosh — Indian “better-for-you” snacks
Already available in Berlin supermarkets such as EDEKA and others. Loved their approach to product innovation, clean ingredients, and strong visual branding. A great case of how a niche snack can enter the EU retail market.

🌾 Vegalaya Foods — Millet-based products from India
A young but promising business currently active in India and exploring opportunities abroad. Their focus on sustainability, ancient grains, and health benefits makes millet an exciting category with high future potential.

What made this event special is the diversity of perspectives in one room — founders, marketers, engineers, creatives, and people from many countries openly sharing ideas and supporting each other.
Berlin’s startup ecosystem truly thrives on communities like this.

Thank you to the organizers and all speakers for the insights and warm atmosphere!
Looking forward to the next First Friday.

29/11/2025

Hola amig@s, we have choosen the topic of how to make a and also talked about . Thanks to all the participants. It has been an amazing session.

28/11/2025

Hola amig@s, check the important update!
See link in rhe comment ⤵️

22/11/2025

Ilse de la Cruz Gomez, Coach, will come all the way from the south of 🇩🇪 to teach us how to strenthen our strenghts.

Entrance is free! Just show up punktually and being some food 🥨🥟🍎🍇instead.

13/11/2025

Hola amig@s , Harita Mengu from UK wrote this about our past event. She now wants to open a group in Edingburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧. Link to her post in Linkedin ⤵️ comments

If I was in Berlin, it had to be a First Friday! ✈️
Huge thanks to Alejandro Wagner for having me and for hosting these incrediblely fun and insightful sessions.

Last Friday, I got lucky and had the chance to attend a master curated FirstFriday coop-networking event and dare I say it was a hub of energy, because it was so much more. A room of 60, a place where founders, creators, and curious thinkers came together and discussed their businesses/even ideas of running a business in all depth. There were conversations around AI expansion, data storage evolution to the agro industry, adverts, and even a fascinating psychological take on business that truly inspired and validated my knowledge. So much, you might find me doing some tech-ey stuff now😂.

Well, ideas collided and magic happened! It’s people like these that remind me networking is more than just exchanging cards, it’s truly about exchanging perspectives. Thank you to everyone in the room for all the praises, recognition and encouragement. Grateful to be in a room of professionals like these!🙌

12/11/2025

Hola amig@s, this wrote Gedyon Ageba in Linkedin about FirstFriday in November*

🚀 Full house at last night’s 'First Friday' meetup at the MLP Finanzberatung SE-Haus!

We had a room filled with entrepreneurs, startup founders, and industry experts from all walks of life.

The conversations were as diverse as the crowd; from fintech to sustainability to health and wellness to AI - proving once again that great ideas are born when different disciplines collide.

A huge shoutout to Alejandro Wagner, who has been the driving force behind First Friday for over 9 years! 🙌

If you missed this one, don’t worry! The next 'First Friday' event is just around the corner.

Stay tuned for details and come be part of this amazing community of innovators and builders.

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Link to Linkedin post in the comments ⬇️

17/10/2025

Save the date! Noemi Savaresi Wellness Massage Berlin has this session for founders, to help them build . 18/10/25, 11-14h at Smart Germany, Wilhemsstr. 149, Berlin Kreuzberg

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

02/10/2025

Reminder 🙃

29/09/2025

We created some testimonial videos. Stay tuned

24/09/2025

3rd of October is a holliday in 🇩🇪. However we never missed a FirstFriday in all these years - except in January.

Join us and bring some snacks, wine or a friend to network and get inspired!

Link to our group in Meetup in the comments ⤵️

06/09/2025

Hola amig@s, FirstFriday was booked out and full of energy! 🔥🔥🔥

We did also some shootings to learn more in the Video Bootcamp. We even had a drone flying 🤣.

Next event will be at with Sunny Bar again, for the III and final part of this Workshop series.

More info follow link in the comments ⤵️