STARTUP EUROPE WEEK EVENTS

Many global initiatives have been created to celebrate entrepreneurship. Typically, such events follow the Silicon Valley format (keynote motivational speeches, networking sessions etc). But Europe is different and requires something more when it comes to starting a...

MY WAY CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

If you are an accelerator, network or association for wannabe entrepreneurs, a co-working space, incubator, mentor, venture capitalist, an authority or educational programme or another type of stakeholder in the web entrepreneurship ecosystem aiming at supporting...

Can MOOCs fill the digital skills gap?

Free open online courses are designed to bridge the digital skills gap. [By IAN MUNDELL] Many thousands of unemployed youngsters in Europe cannot take advantage of jobs in the Internet economy because they lack the necessary skills. One option for addressing this...

Starting up with the internet of things

One group of internet business accelerators hopes to bring 200 entrepreneurs closer to the market over the next two years. [By IAN MUNDELL] The ‘internet of things’ is said to be one of the hottest sectors for digital start-ups, yet the number of companies making it...

Blockchain & Digital Currencies Workshop

When anyone talks about Digital Currencies inevitably the question arises whether one should get involved in this new phenomena. Should I Invest in it? Can I pay taxes? How governments will regulate transactions with Cryptocurrencies? What’s the role of Banks? Could...