Opinion | VC | 12 Nov Why your big-spending corporate venture strategy is all wrong Corporate venture capital fund sizes are creeping up — the median is now above $75m — but $150,000 might go just as far as $500,000 in this industry.
Opinion | Investment | 8 Nov Female entrepreneurs are being let down by other women The lack of women at the venture capital level is a drop in the ocean compared to the bigger problem: women are not supporting other women in business.
Opinion | Policy | 28 Oct A “high-tech guy” as EU commissioner is no use for startups Everything about Thierry Breton - the EU's likely next commissioner - suggests he'll be more supportive of sci-fi-inspired moonshots than policies that really help entrepreneurs.
Opinion | Investment | 25 Oct Time to change how we talk about female founders We need to change the narrative that entrepreneurship is simply harder for female founders and look at some of the numbers beyond the headlines.
Opinion | Accelerators | 23 Oct Accelerators can be the spark to fire up local economic growth Local and national governments should invest in startup accelerator programmes; it may seem like a strange use of public money but it's good for everyone.
Opinion | VC | 17 Oct European VCs are missing out on the best software deals Most Silicon Valley VCs hire partners from Microsoft, Cisco, Vmware, and Amazon. European VCs need to do the same to get a better understanding of the sector.
Opinion | Investment | 15 Oct Another pointless app – no thanks Investors are obsessed with memory foam mattresses, taxi-hailing apps, electric scooters and ready meals like these are the most important problems on the planet.
Opinion | Investment | 14 Oct Europe, don’t draw the wrong lessons from the fall of the unicorns We Europeans shouldn’t pay too much attention to the ups and downs of the tech unicorns across the Atlantic. Just like China, we should be willing to dance to our own music.
Opinion | Cities | 4 Oct Europe — stop apologising and start connecting startup cities Europe is producing 15 times as many €1bn+ tech startups as it did a decade ago, but it needs to connect startup cities to truly have impact.
Opinion | VC | 30 Sep Investors in European startups need a clearer path to exit The burgeoning European tech ecosystem has a big problem: investors are reluctant to allocate later-stage capital to startups due to a lack of exit opportunities.
Opinion | Wellbeing | 27 Sep Why entrepreneurs should celebrate their failures Celebrating our failures, as well as our successes, in a constructive and humble way will improve our community. It’s only by learning from our failures that we can become better.
Opinion | Mobility | 26 Sep Investors in autonomous cars are heading for a crash It's an insanely crowded space and the technology is still years from being ready: investors pouring money into autonomous driving startups are going to get burnt
Opinion | Hiring and workforce | 23 Sep How (not) to talk about diversity in tech You're a company committed to diversity? Great! But are you making these common mistakes?
Opinion | Policy | 16 Sep It takes a thriving ecosystem for entrepreneurs to fail safely Celebrating startup failure is just another Silicon Valley import. What Europe needs is to build an ecosystem where entrepreneurs can quickly bounce back.
Opinion | Telecoms | 13 Sep Spacetech is suffering from ‘dead men’s shoes’ The space sector is still largely dominated by old, white men who are reluctant to venture outside the status quo. This is holding back innovation.
Opinion | VC | 13 Sep “VCs aren’t the enemy” An investor makes his case for why founders shouldn't be quite so suspicious of VCs.
