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Boris Takes a Spin on the Silicon Roundabout

Original post by HITC The Mayor of London was back in Tech City to take a tour of the new London HQ of massively popular online merchants Amazon. Boris Johnson was treated to an exploration of the impressive 47,000 square foot, 8-storey building that houses the heart of Amazon’s UK tech operations for future projects. […]

Overcome These 6 Challenges When Selling To Startups

Original post by STELI EFTI via TC It is common entrepreneurial wisdom that good ideas often come from trying to solve your own problems. It’s no surprise then that many startups are building solutions to do just that, and therefore need to sell their products to other startups. Many underestimate or miscalculate what it takes to […]

Accelerating startup growth in India

Original post by Shilpa Phadnis via The Time of India BANGALORE: Ritesh Agarwal launched Oravel.com, an aggregator of bed & breakfasts and serviced apartments in Delhi, in April this year. The portal facilitates guests and hosts to meet online and place bookings for different kinds of accommodation. But Agarwal soon faced challenges in scaling his hotel […]

YAMMER MOVES TO NEW TECH CITY SITE

Original post by officeprinciples Yammer, an enterprise social networks provider recently acquired by Microsoft, has moved to larger premises at Tech City in East London. The new building will house the company’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) leadership team, its sales, marketing and recruitment personnel and a developer centre. The new developer centre will be […]

On Stage in NYC, Tech Startups Have 7 Minutes To Shine

Original post by Gerry Smith via HuffingtonPost For Chris Collins, all the hours spent building a website, developing relationships with food vendors and rehearsing his pitch had come down to this: He had seven minutes to persuade a room filled with investors that his company will revolutionize the way people book caterers. “Catering is broken!” Collins said […]