I still remember well a seminar on starting a business at the university of applied sciences.
Our task was to create our own business plan.
About every second person chose a café or a bar, although the professor advised against it.
That would never pay off.
But apparently we had not yet internalized the urge for successful entrepreneurship.
Rather, we simply combined duty with private pleasure.
And in some, the dream of their own café really slumbered.
When reading the text by our author Antonia Fischer, I was reminded of the seminar.
She writes about two women who made such a dream come true.
Paula Jacobsen and Paulina Kruse were first colleagues, then friends and now run a bar. Here they tell you how it works, how much fun they have and how much they earn.
Have fun reading wishes
Katharina Hölter, editor at SPIEGEL Start
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Paula Jacobsen and Paulina Kruse in their own bar in St. Pauli
Photo: private
"If our friendship broke up, it would be worse than losing the shop"
: They were first colleagues, then friends, now they run a bar: Paula Jacobsen and Paulina Kruse explain why their close relationship is good for working together.
And how much money is left for themselves.
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Digital strategist Sara Weber: »Our world is on fire.
And we?
Burning out so as not to hit a deadline.«
Photo: Maya Claussen
And now switch off, please:
work destroys a lot of people, criticizes the journalist and digital strategist Sara Weber in a new non-fiction book.
Even more: The working world itself is broken.
How can it be repaired?
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Anyone who studies art history often goes to the museum – but not only (symbol image)
Photo: SeventyFour / iStockphoto / Getty Images
What I would have liked to know about art history as a freshman:
looking for the golden ratio and examining old churches?
A student describes why art history is also useful for political discourses, how often one goes to the museum and how one finds a job afterwards.
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»Pink Pasta«: A completely non-political feast for the eyes and the palate
Photo: Sebastian Maas / DER SPIEGEL
Very private »Pink Pasta« – for 1.20 euros per portion:
In view of the current world situation, amateur chef Sebastian Maas would like to hide away.
But since even food is political, today there are noodles in a red, green and yellow sauce - at least it's pretty to look at.