You cannot hedge your city’s job security on startups of whom the vast majority can’t survive without venture capital. It is as if people in tech have forgotten about the 2000 crash.
For a city like Berlin there will be a whole load of hurt when funding dries up. It simply is not in the city’s best interest, in my opinion, to put all its hope in having startups create all their jobs.
I would also say that a lot of industry giants have all-bullshitting-no-substance offers with a great sales department behind it. Just look at watson.
I think germany could improve to be a much better place to start a company. And it should.