Founding Stories

Arsen Kodra is a videographer based in Schwerin with Greek roots. He shares how he built his freelance career — without startup capital, but with plenty of creativity, courage, and a spirit of adventure.

At the age of almost 50, Diana Pust opens her own travel agency in Ueckermünde. After a failed succession decision, “Diana’s Urlaubswelt” is born – a place for personal travel advice, individual short and long-distance trips and the desire to make vacations an experience again.

Business start-ups, professional relaunches or targeted advice – smartest coaching accompanies people on their way to new perspectives. Isabella Wichmann and Steffen Krause founded the company in January 2023 to offer individual, sustainable and practical coaching.

Since 2007, Cindy Baugatz has been running the Tortenmarie confectionery in the Feldberger Seenlandschaft. At two locations, she offers a variety of baked goods that she and her team create with great attention to detail. The story of Tortenmarie is marked by passion, perseverance, and the support of her family.

“Mathe mit Rick”: What began as a simple idea has developed into a successful educational company that brings schoolchildren closer to math in an innovative way.

The founding couple Catherin and Sebastian Klein from Boltenhagen have launched a beach chair information platform.
With their innovative idea of making beach chairs bookable online, they have revolutionized vacations on the North Sea and Baltic coasts.

With their start-up “Jackle & Heidi”, ice cream makers, owners and managing directors Martin Horst and Franziska Göttsche from Penzlin have established themselves in the region and nationwide.

Juliane Hinz (35) from Neustrelitz is an empowerment coach and business mentor. In this interview, the founder and returnee talks about her self-employment, meaningfulness and social media.

Three mechanical engineers founded Theta Concepts GmbH in Rostock in December 2022. With well thought-out concepts, they support local authorities with heating plans and municipal suppliers with transformation processes or feasibility studies on local and district heating.

Coworking, networking, innovation, and sustainability – Katharina Scheunemann founded the HUB MUERITZ Coworking Space with a café in Sietow. In the interview, the 46-year-old reveals her […]