Advance Conference – International Web and StartUp Conference in Cologne - September 19 & 20, 2011, Cologne (Germany)

Lumma (born 1972) studied political science and modern history in Göttingen and Berkeley. After university, amongst other things he developed the concept for Blogg.de, one of the first weblog portals in Germany. He was responsible for business development at the venture company MediaVentures GmbH from 2005 to 2008. There he founded the start-up companies Mabber.com and Shoppero.com and worked for them as Founder and Managing Director.
Nico Lumma was resident expert for the Enquete Commission’s “Verantwortung in der medialen Welt” (Responsibility in the media world) at Rhineland-Palatinate’s state parliament in 2009/2010 and in 2007 he was named as one of Germany’s top 20 Web 2.0 pioneers in the magazine Tomorrow. You can find his blog at http://lumma.de