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Hipster power: Shoreditch tech sector to overtake City ‘over next five years’

Original post by Jonathan Prynn via Standard The vibrant technology, creative and media sectors of the East End will oust the City as the engine of London’s economic growth over the next five years, a new report predicts today. The £34 billion creative industries centred on areas such as Shoreditch, Hoxton and Bethnal Green are growing […]

Startup Advice: Five principles of the lean approach

Oriinal post by Philip Connolly via BusinessPost When startups talk about how they have set up, many mention the lean method. The phrase was coined by author and entrepreneur Eric Ries to describe a fresh approach to product and service design. Several prominent tech companies have begun to publicly employ the lean startup philosophy, including DropBox, and lean […]

TechMeetups partners with MiamiShared – an amazing venue for Startups

We are excited to announce that Miami TechMeetups has a great new partner in MiamiShared to help us host even bigger & better events in Miami. MiamiShared became our favorite place for each Miami TechMeetups event. This great coworking space offers newly-developed facility: an 8,000 square feet office space at 900 Biscayne Bay – a […]

Should Your Startup Go Freemium?

Original post by JULES MALTZ AND DANIEL BARNEY via TC Editor’s note: Jules Maltz is a general partner at IVP and focuses on later-stage venture investments in rapidly-growing Internet and software companies. Follow him on Twitter.Daniel Barney is a senior associate at IVP and focuses on later-stage venture investments in digital media and information technology. Follow him on Twitter. Over the last several months, there has been […]

Digitally Mature Companies Are More Profitable, Report Shows

Original post by Ben Rooney via WSJ Companies that embrace digital technology are more profitable, generate more revenue and achieve higher market valuations than their competitors, according to research published Monday. Didier Bonnet, vice president at Capgemini Consulting and the leader of the study into the use of digital technologies, said the difference was considerable. The […]