The Second Time Is Different: Building Again After a €40M Exit | Karl Edlbauer
What changes when you build a company for the second time?
Karl Edlbauer started what would later become hokify while still studying at WU. Together with his co-founders, he tested the first ideas on campus, grew the company to almost 100 people and millions of job seekers, and eventually exited at a reported valuation of around €40 million.
Then, the same three founders decided to start again.
In this episode of Once Upon a Student, Karl reflects on what experience really changes — and what it doesn’t. We talk about why he would raise less money today, why they abandoned a product that was…
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