STARTUP.murder

AudioKing.com is a start-up made for the dreams of its founders and investors. Great idea, ambitious business plan, scalable business model, exponential growth and an investment story that is second to none. And best of all, the associated platform works too! Everyone is happy and big money beckons on the horizon. But then something goes wrong and all the foundations of the start-up are called into question. And that just before the all-important IPO. The big dream seems to burst and everyone involved not only gets nervous, but starts to think only of themselves. When one of the two founders is found murdered in his flat, the whole house of cards threatens to collapse. The public, the press and the competition are already sharpening their knives. Should the IPO be cancelled? But "save yourself" in this context means "save the investment" and success, as we know, knows no bounds. Even if you have to go over dead bodies to achieve it. STARTUP.mord is the first part of a new kind of trilogy that gives the reader a special insight into the world of start-ups in a unique mixture of real and fictional points of reference. The story of AudioKing.com, with all the opportunities and risks as well as the hope and despair of the various protagonists, literally resembles a rollercoaster ride. A ride accelerated with capital and the enormous expectations of the investors, who set out together with the founders to achieve the big goal: the IPO as the ultimate exit and payday. An unsparing story about winners and losers, experts, soldiers of fortune, financiers, business angels and business devils in the race for power on the internet.