After 15-plus years in business, predominantly with industry leaders in the UK and Sweden, I recently ventured into the world of Berlin startups — the land of flat hierarchies, table football, internships and copycat business models. I expected a vibrant, exciting startup scene that mirrored the incredible city I chose to move to from Stockholm. Were the rumors true? Is Berlin Europe’s startup capital? A veteran German businessman told me in my first week that “some companies here aren’t even real companies” — I wasn’t even sure what that meant! But I quickly learned that the thriving “Silicon Allee” scene...