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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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Fake it ‘til you make it – 10 of the most dangerous pieces of startup advice
Adam Fletcher, owner of the Hipstery, debunks some common startup sayings and clichés. No more pivot, passion or Startup Ninjas… Startups get a lot of advice. The problem with advice is that it’s almost
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Heureka 2013: Angel Investor Peter Read on the perfect pitch and how mindfulness can help enlighten entrepreneurs
Acclaimed angel investor Peter Read – who has helped fund startups such as Moviepilot, Songkick and Readmill among many others – led a talk entitled “Are you the kind of entrepreneur that angel investors
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Craic, community and chance. Why Ireland is the number one place to start up in Europe
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.
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ProSiebenSat.1 unveils the startups taking part in its first accelerator programme
German television company ProSiebenSat.1 has announced the six startups that will be participating in the first round of its three-month accelerator programme, which was launched at the beginning of this year. Over 150 applications
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Meet the cool creatives from Hyper Island – the “digital Harvard” grooming a crop of top startup talent
Swedish digital learning institute Hyper Island first opened its doors in 1996 in a former military prison on an island in Karlskrona. There, in the unorthodox educational setting, students practiced experiential learning and were challenged
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Trucking, “fish porn” and saving lives: Seedcamp Berlin 2013 winners announced
The four winners of Seedcamp Week Berlin were announced yesterday at the mentoring event taking place at art and coworking space The Wye, representing a spread of startups from trucking logistics to “porn for fishing”.
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Caught in a startup Catch-22? How entrepreneurs can overcome common dilemmas
Envisioning success is key when it comes to establishing a startup. After all, if you’re an entrepreneur and you don’t think big, chances of ever seeing your idea materialise are close to nil. But
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Venture debt – a guide to the startup financing option you’ve never heard of
Until recently, venture debt – a type of financing largely for venture-backed, later-stage startups provided by specialised firms and banks – has been a relatively unknown concept in continental Europe. However, it is becoming
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Infographic: Berlin’s startup hype in numbers
Only about 4.5 per cent of the overall number of new companies founded in Berlin in 2012 are IT startups, according to a report released by the Statistical Office of Berlin-Brandenburg. This is surprisingly low given
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