News | Mobility | 22 Oct Lilium vs Volocopter: battle of the air taxis Both startups need to convince regulators and the public that their planned air taxi services really could start running in cities within a few years.
News | 22 Oct Corporate innovation weekly: from weed-selling software to eco-shipping This is how big global corporations are changing their businesses by working with startups and developing new technologies.
How To | 22 Oct Listening to employees equals higher profits Companies that generate ideas from employees perform better. But what is the best way to get staff to put forward suggestions?
News | Software | 17 Oct Microsoft launches new female founder pitch competition M12, the software company's venture capital arm, struggled to find enough female-led startups through its own networks.
Interview | Investment | 17 Oct German entrepreneurs call for €5bn government startup fund German startups are not getting big cheques from local investors. They want a Macron-style scaleup fund.
News | Accelerators | 15 Oct UK startups are shying away from aerospace, says Boeing Here’s how the US company is hoping to tempt more of them in
Interview | Insurance | 8 Oct Mapping epidemics and AI to analyse natural disaster damage What Munich Re’s head of innovation is excited about.
News | VC | 7 Oct “This fixation on raising huge amounts is crazy” The investors behind Just Eat and iZettle explain plans for new $300m fund
Analysis | Consumer | 1 Oct Henkel revamps venture fund The German detergent and adhesives conglomerate is planning to increase the rate at which it invests into promising startups.
Interview | Hardware | 1 Oct “I couldn’t take a routine project” Sennheiser's entrepreneur in residence describes how she gets the 74-year old company to try new things
News | Education | 30 Sep Obama’s advice to Europe’s entrepreneurs Invest in children, universities and basic research to lay the foundations for an entrepreneurial society, the former US president tells a tech audience in Munich.
Analysis | Work trends | 24 Sep Intrapreneurs: the next big trend in corporate innovation Companies like Aviva, BASF and Aviva are teaching their employees to leave their comfort zone and learn to think like entrepreneurs.
How To | Software | 24 Sep The “try before you buy” model: Siemens’ £100m+ purchase of PSE Siemens and PSE had been in talks for four years and in partnership for 18 months.
News | Transport | 18 Sep Is hydrogen the secret to zero-emissions aviation? ZeroAvia has a £2.7m from the UK government and plans to develop a hydrogen fuel system that could fly a 20-seater plane.
Analysis | Software | 17 Sep Will RPA really change the way we all work? There has been a lot of hype, especially after UIPath hit a $7bn valuation. But RPA isn't the magic wand companies think it is.
Analysis | Work trends | 17 Sep 7 ideas you can steal from Lego’s intrapreneur in residence Start testing immediately with a no-tech "pretotype", keep the team small, work in two week sprints + other ideas that Lego's innovation team uses.
