Startups need more support than ever – in terms of funding, advisory on customer development, business models to go to market, and to adapt to the overall situation that is characterised by lesser demand. Global and online communities for startups therefore are gaining importance as they allow for exchange and help to obtain the right information crucial in crisis times like these. Having realised this need Parul Madan, a hands-on business practitioner who values big ideas, out of the box thinking and teamwork launched the DueDash community network. Along with her co-founders Nikhil Madan, Michail Kosak and Markus Buck, she founded DueDash in May 2020, in the midst of the corona crisis in Europe.