Features
Strategy: how Axel Springer calculated and then bought its way to European digital dominance
I wonder if the European digital economy will follow 'Lineker's Law': 22 startups try to become the winner who takes all, and in the end the Germans win. It looks a bit like it, wh...
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Bloomberg Tradebook and InVendor are looking for the most promising companies in CEE/ME/Africa
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The black art of customer development (2): interview with Tristan Kromer of Luxr
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How to turn your startup into a 'Hidden Champion'
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News
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Robert Scoble brings Google Glass to Europe
When Robert Scoble took the main stage at NEXT Berlin on Wednesday afternoon, he first wanted to talk about his concept and theory the "Age of Context" (and the upcoming book of the same name he wri...
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Neelie Kroes presents her club of top European entrepreneurs: Zennström, Hed, Van Zanten,...
Today, Vice President of the European Commission (aka "digital chief") Neelie Kroes presented her ‘Leaders Club’ of web entrepreneurs at an informal gathering with some European journalists and te...
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You didn't see this coming: Moleskine (backed by Index Ventures) goes public
Remember when Index Ventures said it had "a dozen or so" companies that were ready for IPO? I'm sure Moleskine wasn't one of the first names that came to mind. And yet, here it is: Moleskine, prod...
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Is Marissa Mayer paying a HUGE premium for Dailymotion?
According to the WSJ, Yahoo is talking to Orange about buying a majority stake in Dailymotion (up to 75 percent). It would be Marissa Mayer's first major acquisition, and obviously it would be aimed s...
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BMW strikes a partnership with mobile parking payments app
BMW i Mobility Services announced that it signed an agreement with Estonian tech company NOW! Innovations. For BMW i, the partnership allows it to extend its ParkNow service from off street parking (...
Startups
Keep your friends close, but your frenemies closer
This is a tale of two businesses: a giant and a startup, where the giant ended up giving a part of its business to the startup. There’s a few lessons in our experiences for other...
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How to turn your startup into a 'Hidden Champion'
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6 hints on how to keep momentum going after Startup Weekend.
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"I was a startup zombie (for 5 years) because people liked my idea"
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Hello, we're the "Airbnb for boats". (An answer to Matt Murphy of Kleiner Perkins)
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Ideas & insights
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What Gordon Ramsay can teach you about startups
In my hometown, an Irish guy recently opened a fish and chips shop. When I first got to know him, he offered four kinds of battered-and-fried foods (fish, chicken, asparagus and risotto balls), with c...
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Innovation: what we can learn from emerging market success
As the Eurozone’s economy faces a rocky road ahead and politicians seem unable to find a solution, maybe it’s time that businesses took it into their own hands to find ways to ride out the downtur...
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Normal is crazy enough: 4 things you need to know about doing business with the Dutch
Next month, on April 30 or 'Koninginnedag', Queen Beatrix will abdicate in favor of her son Willem-Alexander. And although the entire nation will go slightly crazy - painting itself and everything wit...
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10 cheatcodes for raising money from VC's, straight from a VC
While I was in Berlin for the Startup Camp, I took the opportunity to take some notes at some of the talks. One of them was by Sitar Teli, a VC at Connect Ventures and an early investor in Soundcloud....
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5 things you need to know about startup co-founders
Starting a company is a lonely job. You’ve got to do all the work – from designing your product to picking up business cars from the printer. You’ve got to make all decisions, big and small ...
Exit dreams
A robot brain in the cloud: RoboEarth
I saw 'Robot and Frank' this weekend, a charming little comedy about a robot who undergoes training as a lockpick and diamond thief. But the smart people at Roboearth figured out t...
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DIY: this jetpack only needs "a runway and clearance" to take off
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DIY: make a circuit board fly with this cute, tiny quadcopter kit
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Meet Rex, the Bionic Man with limbs, blood circulation and organs
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Dyson tap with a built in hand dryer: the Airblade Tap will blow you away
February 05, 2013
Events
Bloomberg Tradebook and InVendor are looking for the most promising companies in CEE/ME/Africa
On June 7th, at the Bloomberg Headquarters in London, Bloomberg Tradebook and InVendor Investment and Innovation are cohosting an international matchmaking event. We called it 'Inv...
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TechPeaks wants to accelerate both people and companies
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Mentoring event 12/3, Brussels: an interview with Inge Geerdens, Belgian thought leader and entrepreneur.
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Startup Camp Berlin to host the "biggest pitch marathon" ever (and a long one too)
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Second 'GO Youth Conference' (16 - 17 March) to spark Portuguese entrepreneurship
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