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Hello, foreign reader! I’m writing from a place as distant as Mars – from Moscow. For some reason it seems to me that in the US people represent Russians as aliens, living in wild conditions with their bears in the North. That’s not exactly true, but pretty close.
Guest Post by the Observatory of P101 Forget Silicon Valley: Europe is more and more often in the spotlight when it comes to start-ups.
Customer centricity and mobile engagement: after Tourism and Retail the next big wave of innovation to disrupt the Insurance Industry?
Insurance industry plays a vital role in the Indian market. There are altogether 53 insurance companies that are serving both life insurance and general insurance products to the customers countrywide.
Guest Post by the Observatory of P101 The transformational potential of big data is huge. The volume of data continues to double every three years as information pours in from digital platforms, wireless sensors, virtual-reality applications, and billions of mobile phones. Data-storage capacity has increased, while its cost has plummeted. In Italy alone, the market […]
Guest Post by the Observatory of P101 According to TechCrunch experts, by the year 2018 our smartphones will be able to support virtual reality and augmented reality.
Earlier this week, Dealroom released its annual venture capital report (free download), alongside trusted media partner Tech.eu. The report is packed with data and insights. Below are 10 key observations from that report.
Starting up a company is really hard work: it can be an on-off game where a single mistake can compromise everything. But what happens when a company grows moving away from the “start-up” phase and going into the “scale-up” territory?
In the latest months, many experts have predicted specialized portals and social network as the main InsurTech trends driving growth in 2017.
A concrete approach to focus innovation efforts in the insurance sector The insurance sector, which is considered to be fairly traditional and resistant to change, is currently being overtaken by a macro trend of digital transformation. This is causing institutions with hundreds of years of tradition to rethink their insurance business models, by identifying modules […]
Visual art, music, tech, startups and venture capital – all of them are highly experimental, prone to failure and aim to transform our society. And I was thrilled to attend Tech Open Air, a new event that brings together artists, investors, product people and scientists to celebrate creativity and discuss innovations, technology and culture.
When I opened Facebook yesterday morning, I had over 100 messages from the startup community panicking about the possible consequences of Brexit.
Consensus based technology entrepreneurship: A general agreement about an entrepreneurial technology business opportunity: an idea, a business or consumer proposition that is considered successful by a majority of people in the technology ecosystem Often opinion makers, founders and funders develop a consensus of opinions towards specific entrepreneurial ideas and evaluate opportunities narrowly within a pre-defined […]
After 7+ years as a Partner at Balderton, I have spent the last 12 months in a reduced capacity of Venture Partner. Well… the day has now come to move on and go after new adventures. Thank you to my Partners and Colleagues…. First of all I want to thank all my Partners for being […]
In previous posts I’ve examined the relationship between founders & funders. I believe a deep understanding of the Founder / Funder dynamic is the key to developing a solid, constructive relationship infused with a strong sense of empathy. I consider the empathy between founders & funders a key ingredient for the success of any startup. […]