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Will Berlin follow New York and rule Airbnb-style sites illegal?
Berlin is heading for a ban on short-term holiday rentals including many of those listed on Airbnb, HouseTrip, 9Flats, Wimdu et al, according to HouseTrip CEO Arnaud Bertrand. The head of the Lausanne-headquartered online booking company visited
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Want to make money & change the world? An idiot’s guide to “social entrepreneurship”
Muhammed Yunus is a 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner and the founder of Grameen Bank, and he sparked a movement with the simple question: “If you are a socially conscious person, why don’t you run your business
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“It’s like Spotify but for cheesemongers” – Top 10 startup spoofs you need to see now
Listening to startup people speak can either be exciting and inspirational… or it can make you do a little gag. It’s hard not to poke fun at self-righteous entrepreneurial types that pepper their language
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Airbnb deemed illegal in New York City in landmark ruling
Officials in New York City have ruled that some hosts using Airbnb, the game-changing peer-to-peer holiday rental service are acting illegally. The case centred around Nigel Warren, a casual Airbnb user who rented out his East Village
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WeHostels goes globetrotting with new German backing and fresh focus on Europe
Picking the right hostel can make or break your travel experience, and WeHostels wants to make sure you pick the accommodation that is right for you. WeHostels is a mobile app for booking hostels and cheap
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VIDEO: Sequoia Capital partner Alfred Lin on Zappos, Zalando and solving hard problems
“Alfred Lin has the Midas touch,” TechCrunch founder Mike Arrington wrote in 2009. “Every company he’s worked for has been acquired, and the smallest deal was $265m.” Foremost amongst those golden companies is online
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Ride sharing site BlaBlaCar kicks off in Germany
Car-pooling site BlaBlaCar has launched in Germany today as part of its pan-European rollout. The service, which has amassed over 3.1 million members from across 12 European countries, connects drivers with would-be passengers. It
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Startup of the Week – Knok: Reviving house swapping holidays for the digital age
A way to see the world on the cheap, house swaps are believed to have been around since the early 1950s. Yet, even with the onset of the digital age, this “free holiday” experience
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Startups, Swiss-style – the top 10 startups to watch in Switzerland
Switzerland is more than just delicious chocolate and beautiful ski resorts – this small and steadfast country is also, arguably, a promising environment for entrepreneurs. Olga Steidl, the Zurich-based CEO of Talkbits, an ex-VP at Yandex,
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Rocket Internet’s Wimdu rumoured to be struggling to find buyers
Berlin-based peer-to-peer accommodation service and Rocket Internet portfolio company Wimdu is causing the company builder strife, according to online magazine Focus. According to Focus, industry insiders say potential investors have been put off due to the
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