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Airbnb S-1 (Part 1): So How Profitable Is This Thing Really?

View from Seed

You can read various articles out there which will give you the cursory facts about Airbnb like their overall revenue or profitability or how their business has faired here in 2020 in the COVID environment. Let me start with the obvious… Airbnb is a remarkable company which is redefining the hospitality industry in a number of ways.

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Spotting Opportunities; The Startup Journey of Catherine Mandungu

The Startup Magazine

She realised the revenue operations market was booming, especially within the tech industry, and therefore wanted to explore what is largely an untapped market within the UK and Europe. RevOps, or “Revenue Operations”, is a B2B function that uses automation to help teams make the right decisions to grow their business.

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The Research and Development Tax Credit: A Comprehensive Guide

The Startup Magazine

For the year 2020, the maximum credit or refund is 750,000 euros, whereas for the years 2021-2026, it is one million euros. Relief from income taxes for companies that are operating at a loss. Submit a credit request for open tax years that occur before 2020. General Information That You Should Know on Research Allowance.

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Impressions from Pocket Gamer Connects in London

VC Cafe

First and foremost, PGC it’s a meeting palooza – I received over 40 requests for meetings, mainly from game studios all over Europe. Live operations refer to the ongoing management and maintenance of a game after its initial launch, and can include things like events, updates, and community management.

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European Real Estate in 2020: Cooling or Continued Growth?

The Startup Magazine

Real estate investors active in Europe cheered 2019 because it was an excellent year. Lower interest rates in combination with a limited supply contributed to the extension of the real estate cycle and that should continue in 2020, as long as no disruptive events (political, geopolitical, economic, etc.) Expectations for 2020.

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Top Java Engineers Attracted by DHL ESS, the first and only DHL Freight R&D team based in Sofia, Bulgaria

Transformify

" DHL ESS plays a fundamental role in the Freight Transformation program, aiming at harmonize the existing operational, financial and reporting processes and replace the legacy systems with state-of-the art standards operating procedures and technology. The system operates in France, and from the beginning of 2020, also in Turkey.

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How can startups engage with Google?

VC Cafe

I believe I am qualified to talk about this as I spent ~6 years at Google in strategic partnerships (commerce), as head of Campus London (Google’s first physical startup hub), Head of Google for Entrepreneurs Europe (now called Google for Startups) and eventually general partner for Google Ventures. M&A – Acquisitions.