Practical tips and insights for business owners in Braunlage, Wernigerode, and surrounding areas.
When you think of German ski destinations, places like Garmisch-Partenkirchen or the Austrian Alps probably come to mind first. But nestled in the heart of central Germany lies a mountain range that has been quietly reinventing itself for modern times — the Harz, and more specifically, the Wurmberg near Braunlage...
Read more →If you've been paying attention to business technology trends over the past decade, you've almost certainly heard the term "cloud migration" more times than you can count. Every IT vendor seems to be pushing it. And yet, for many small businesses in the Harz region, cloud migration still feels like something big corporations do...
Read more →There's a common misconception among small business owners in Germany that cybersecurity is a problem for large corporations — not for the family-owned hotel in Braunlage or the accounting firm in Wernigerode. "Why would anyone attack us?" is a question I hear regularly...
Read more →An innkeeper in Braunlage still working with paper receipts. A craft business in Clausthal-Zellerfeld running their accounting on a 10-year-old computer. A hotel on the Wurmberg whose guests complain about WiFi...
These scenes are ubiquitous in the Harz region. While digital transformation progresses rapidly in major cities, many small and medium-sized businesses in the Harz are falling behind. That's understandable – but it's also dangerous.
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