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HQ LIFE AG: HQ LIFE was again awarded as TOP INNOVATOR. Dr. Markus Beforth (board member) received the trophy through the hands of mentor Ranga Yogeshwar. (news with additional features)
(DGAP-Media / 10.07.2013 / 12:14) On 5 July 2013, a special kind of summit kind was held in the German capital of Berlin: The most innovative German companies met at the awards ceremony. In the Axel-Springer-Passage of Mentor Ranga Yogeshwar, they received the innovation seal 'Top 100.' The Innovation Award of the compamedia GmbH was granted already in the 20th year. The HQ LIFE AG from Zossen received this award for the second consecutive year. The success of the LIFE HQ AG as a top innovator is based on an exceptionally original innovation climate. The investment company supports newcomer companies from the area of the Internet, telecommunications, and media industry and also emphasis on its own inventive personalities. Therefore, training goes beyond basic business and soft skills. The 28 employees have an annual entitlement to 20 days of studying. Up to 5 days can be devoted to training, which has nothing to do with the actual job. Pottery or health courses are not uncommon. In addition, (almost) every employee must read an hour per day; novels are allowed, which are recommended within the company to expand the creative horizons. 'Our business climate is peculiar; our inspired actions foster innovation.' For example, last year we could develop a new business strategy. A private web radio is being planned,' says CEO Dr. Markus Beforth. In addition to the climate, the organization of the HQ is innovative. Instead of meetings are targeted emails or phone calls that were implemented, which gives the employees the opportunity to work from home. This saves costs, travel times and reorganizations. Additionally, e-mails are only sent once a day. This measure increased productivity by 30%. Moreover, the health of the employees is of greatest importance to the board. 'Our recipe for success is as such: Everyone gets enough sleep. I recommend at least eight hours of sleep and a little sport. Only then can you be permanently productive,' says Dr. Beforth. For the second consecutive year now the Zossener company is one of the 'Top 100.' The basis for this award is a scientific analysis of the company by Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Franke and his team from the Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation from the University of Economics in Vienna. This year, the innovation experts have studied a total of 245 companies. The results of this investigation will be available to the participants in the form of a benchmarking report, which immediately reveals their potential and delivers practical tips. Board member Dr. Markus Beforth: 'This success is the result of a dedicated team between management and staff performance and shows us that we are going in the right direction. We will use the results to further optimize our innovation management.' Besides the HQ LIFE AG, 102 more companies in size three categories received the quality seal 'Top 100.' That includes 51 national market leaders and 21 world market leaders. About two-thirds of the businesses are family-owned. In 2012, all companies combined generated sales of approximately EUR 13.5 billion. Around 10% of them have directly reinvested in research and development of the top innovators. Among SMEs in Germany there were at most 1.4%. Accordingly successful are the other award winners: 42.6% of their turnover was achieved with products and services which they only implemented over the past three years. This number, 8.9%, is significantly lower than in the comparison group. The result: 86 of the 'Top 100' enterprises (83.5%) achieved a growth that was above the industry average over the past three years by an average of nearly 15 percentage points. Mentor of the project is the journalist and TV presenter Ranga Yogeshwar. Since 2002, the scientific management is carried out by Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Franke from the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Economics of Vienna. The focus of his research is on entrepreneurship, innovation management and marketing. The scientist is one of the leading experts in user innovation worldwide. Project partner of the initiative 'Top 100' is the Fraunhofer Society for the advancement of applied research, media partner is the Süddeutsche Zeitung. compamedia GmbH, which was founded in 1993, organizes with its 19 employees company listings in Germany like 'Top 100,' 'Top Job,' or 'Best Consultant.' Additionally, they launched the initiative 'Ethics in Business.' With this initiative they support and honor medium-sized companies in the areas of innovation, human resource management, consulting, and corporate social responsibility. compamedia collaborates within those projects with well-known universities. You'll find more information about HQ LIFE AG and the board member Dr. Markus Beforth on the company's homepage: http://www.hq-life.ag. Current vacancies in this company you can find in the German language under http://www.hq-life.ag/de/karriere.html. Web: http://www.hq-life.ag Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HQ.Life.AG Twitter: https://twitter.com/HQ_Life_AG Tumblr: http://hq-life-ag.tumblr.com XING: https://www.xing.com/profile/Markus_Beforth LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/markusbeforth End of Media Release +++++ Additional features: Picture: http://newsfeed2.equitystory.com/hqlife/219451.html Subtitle: Große Freude über die Auszeichnung als TOP INNOVATOR bei der HQ LIFE AG. Im Bild (v.l.) Dr. Christian Schmidt (AR-Vorsitzender), Bernd Henke (stv. AR-Vorsitzender), Ranga Yogeshwar, Dr. Markus Beforth (Vorstand) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: HQ LIFE AG Key word(s): Internet and Multimedia 10.07.2013 Dissemination of a Press Release, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. 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