Author: Samuel Pavin
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Teckxit: Startups in London anxious about the outcome of Brexit
(Reuters) – Britain’s tech start-up scene was having a bumper year in terms of new company creation, fresh funding and acquisitions by global tech players before voters decided to leave the European Union in Thursday’s referendum. Now high-profile companies are threatening to pull out or slow down plans to enter the UK market, international employees… via…
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Millennials: A generation of pussies?
Millennials. THE population in fashion nowadays. The rulers of the new world and face of the startup world. Apparently. Or, according to a recent article by the French magazine Stratégies, millennials are whiners, precious, superficial, narcissistic and so on… . In a few words a bunch of spoiled pussies, with no spark but the fear of…
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How Startup Funding Works: Equity Splitting
As a startup founder, should you hold on to your 100% ownership of the company or let go of some equity in the funding process? Bottom line, are you going to end up an employee again? And how does the pie-cutting work?
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#StartupAus, innovation and startups made in Australia
[Please note that I initially posted this article on Medium where you can read it all] “What is a long read when it is about a whole country’s future?” Policy Hack happened. The posts, articles and interviews are now gone. The first takes from the recent activity suggest that the effort still needs to be structured. There…
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SXSW has been bullied into speaking about bullying and harassment
SXSW, South by South West, the one massive event for all things, music, film and interactive (startups, innovation, etc…) has made the headlines for a different reason than the usual hype and noise. After cancelling two panels about harassment in the tech industry, the event organisers have faced a serious backlash and the likes of…
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