The scene in Amsterdam might not have the financial power of London, or the same value-for-money workforce as Berlin, but its laidback business laws have …
10 REASONS LISBON IS A TECH TALENT HUB
Lisbon is hosting some exciting new tech projects such as The Hub Creative do Beato – a 35,000-square-meter record-breaking incubator. Formerly a food factory, it …
10 REASONS BARCELONA IS A TECH TALENT HUB
Barcelona is an emerging European centre for entrepreneurship and innovation. It has been the fifth-biggest European startup hub on EU-Startups ranking for four years. In …
10 REASONS MUNICH IS A TECH TALENT HUB
Munich is a city where tradition mixes with modernity to create a vibrant atmosphere for the entrepreneurial spirit, and the lucrative startup ecosystem is quite …
10 REASONS BERLIN IS A TECH TALENT HUB
Silicon Allee is one of the many tech communities in Berlin that facilitates the tech start-up scene in a way Silicon Valley in the US …
10 REASONS LONDON IS A TECH TALENT HUB
London is the leading global hub for fintech with more than half of the 2017 FinTech50 hottest fintech start-ups based in the city. For a …
Abolish The Reference Check
Original post by NIR EYAL via TC It’s time to abolish the reference check. The unpleasant process of calling up a job applicant’s former boss to …
Facebook, LinkedIn challenge employers
Original post by moneycontrol.com Technology has changed the game for today’s job-seekers: candidates are searching on websites such as Facebook or LinkedIn, and asking employers questions …
London Silicon Roundabout Weekly Roundup 08-July
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Today in Tech: Startup perks!
Original post by JP Mangalindan via CNN Money * During Facebook’s big product launch event yesterday at its Palo Alto headquarters, Mark Zuckerberg announced some interesting new stats: users are sharing twice as much content now as they did the same time last year, with its 750 million users — yes, 750 million — sharing 4 billion items a day. Zuck […]
LSR member SocialGo to be introduced by the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge at the VC & New Media Summit in San Francisco
Showcase panel to feature Founder-President Dominic Wheatley, of “Tech City,” London-based company SocialGO, the first “Social Website” maker. LOS ANGELES, July 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – Variety’s Venture Capital & New Media Summit, taking place at the Beverly Hills Hilton on Friday, July 8th, will explore how UK innovation is now on course to rival that of Silicon Valley and […]
7 Winning Examples of Game Mechanics in Action
Original post by Gabe Zichermann via Mashable Gabe Zichermann is the author of Gamification by Designand chair of the upcoming Gamification Summit NYC, where top leaders in the field – such as those profiled here – get together to share insight, key metrics and best practices. Mashable readers are invited to register with special savings at GSummit.com using code MASH10. […]
How Cisco plans to spend $500m in East London
Original post by Pete Swabey via Information Age The network equipment vendor hopes to fund entrepreneurs whose ideas can make the captial smarter and more connected. But on what condition? In January 2011, networking equipment maker Cisco announced a goal to invest a staggering $500 million in East London’s technology sector over the next five years. […]
Facebook snubs Silicon Roundabout for Covent Garden UK HQ
Original post by Tamlin Magee via TechEYE Facebook is snubbing the so-called sillicon roundabout – home of start-ups around the Shoreditch area – to move into Covent Garden instead. It will put Facebook in tube-taking distance to the East London Tech City, proposed by the government to be a bustling hub of start-ups and established tech powerhouses. Facebook has […]
LSR July Meetup (Gaming to Gamification) Presenter: Simon Bennett (roll7)
Simon Bennett is a Social Entrepreneur based in London, England. Over the past 10 years, he has started and grown three businesses within the youth, education and multimedia spaces. His current focus is on roll7, a Serious Games Developer and Digital Agency based in London and Coventry. This September, roll7 (in partnership with Neurocog) will […]