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.
Artificial Intelligence | 10 Sep How to stop the looming “AI winter” Investors are chasing deeptech startups in speech recognition, image classification, AI and protein folding. But if these companies can't make money, then winter is coming, argues Tractable founder Alex Dalyac.
Mobility | 9 Sep How not to launch a new technology in the age of populism Flying cars will have to avoid being seen as elitist if they want to get the public to accept this new form of transport.
Artificial Intelligence | 4 Sep Machine learning: go full stack or go home Traditional machine learning startups building single tools have the wrong idea. Today, companies need to be full-stack to thrive.
Coaching | 2 Sep Why failure should not be celebrated in the startup world More than 90% of entrepreneurial businesses in Europe will fail. That’s an appalling statistic.
Mobility | 2 Sep Cities now have three choices for how to regulate e-scooters Cities have three choices for how to regulate e-scooters: be monopolies, aggregators, or platforms.
Opinion | VC | 28 Aug The four types of investor you want to avoid at all costs Ant, shark, sloth and instant return-seeker. Each of these investor types could kill your startup if you are not careful.
Opinion | Communities | 12 Aug Why this US investor is on the hunt for European founders A US investor's love letter to European startups.
Work trends | 12 Aug Gen Z want to be founders but can’t name a single role model Gen Z want to be entrepreneurs but struggle to name founders who inspire them. Those who can, cite old-school blokes like Alan Sugar or Richard Branson.
Food | 12 Aug Deliveroo’s helicopter: New heights or new lows? Last Friday, Deliveroo's "1,000ft" restaurant took off. It was a fun PR stunt; it was also a sign of what happens when startups are high on too much VC cash.
Opinion | Product development | 2 Aug Most founders think they need funding: they don’t Founders think they need funding — but what they really need is to build a product customers love.
Opinion | Hiring | 29 Jul European startups are not investing enough in people European startups are too focused on talent acquisition over people management says Kiana Sharifi, head of talent at European venture capital firm Balderton
Opinion | Media | 22 Jul Why startups shouldn’t aim for national media coverage Startups can be media snobs — but they shouldn't be.
Opinion | VC | 16 Jul Corporates’ Achilles heel is innovation — they need to learn from startups Lak Ananth, the chief executive of Next47, global venture firm backed by Siemens, gives three tips for fostering entrepreneurship in big companies and working with startups.
