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  • June 29, 2016

    Teckxit: Startups in London anxious about the outcome of Brexit

    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…

  • May 2, 2016

    Millennials: A generation of pussies?

    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…

  • April 6, 2016

    How Startup Funding Works: Equity Splitting

    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?

  • November 5, 2015

    Social Media for Business: Avoid the Dark Side of the Hype

    Teens are on Snapchat. Facebook is dead – but records 1.55 billion users. Pinterest was and is the new visual thing while Instagram is in the top 3. In a few sentences, that is the logic of social media summed up. It is a strange, ever-changing world of magic and fantasy where trolls cross path…

  • October 29, 2015

    #StartupAus, innovation and startups made in Australia

    #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…

  • October 28, 2015

    SXSW has been bullied into speaking about bullying and harassment

    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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