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Craic, community and chance. Why Ireland is the number one place to start up in Europe

Olan Ahern May 20, 2013 4

Ireland may seem like an unlikely choice of location to start up a new business, but within the debt-stricken country, a new hope of entrepreneurship is emerging from the ruins of the Celtic Tiger.

VIDEO – On tour through Berlin’s Social Impact Lab

Elaine Jung May 29, 2012 1

Upcoming social entrepreneurs, rejoice! The Social Impact Lab may be coming to a town near you. Plans are well underway to anchor in Hamburg and Heidelberg this June, as well as Munich, Cologne and

Farfromhomepage – A clever new way to browse and create Web stories

Elaine Jung May 10, 2012 3

It’s hard to imagine a better way to browse the Internet, but the makers of Farfromhomepage have. They call it “creative browsing” – a term coined by the Berlin team to define the idea

From shoot to showtime – FilmFestivalLife premieres

Elaine Jung May 2, 2012 1

Berlin start-up FilmFestivalLife launched in open beta today, opening up new doors for filmmakers worldwide When German filmmaker Luca Zamai shuddered at the thought of yet another frustrating, burdensome film festival application, he had

VIDEO – Where are all the women entrepreneurs?

Elaine Jung April 26, 2012 11

Let’s face it, there’s a dearth of women at the helm of startups worldwide. The Founder Institute recently reported that only one in five international companies is founded by women. Here in Berlin, one

Hottest Startup Jobs in Berlin

Felix Goede March 16, 2012 0

We’re nearing the season of new beginnings and fresh starts. Spring is in the air, and if you’ve jumped aboard the Berlin-bandwagon then you’re probably scouring the sites for some awesome work opportunities too.

Berlin’s biggest financing rounds in 2011

Magdalena Räth January 3, 2012 8

In the past year, strong funds were fed into Berlin’s online economy as start-ups rejoiced from investors’ millions. The Airbnb clone Wimdu scored a record sum of 90 million U.S. dollars while game developer Wooga was boosted by 24 million

Face to Facebook

Elaine Jung December 12, 2011 4

There’s no denying Facebook’s global impact on social media. The networking giant has 800 million users to its name, more than 2.5 times the population of the United States. It has revolutionised the way

Blumberg Eyes Berlin

Elaine Jung December 8, 2011 0

There’s always a bit of excitement among entrepreneurs when big-name venture capitalists roll into town. So, when Silicon Valley man; David Blumberg from Blumberg Capital arrived in Berlin, budding start-up groups were more than happy

Readmill: Enriching our Reading experience

Elaine Jung December 7, 2011 4

Lonely bookworms – unite. In a first of its kind, Readmill has today been officially launched on the iPad, to socially transform the way we ‘e-read’. “Our vision is quite clear, we want to