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Why utilities need to be back in public hands

Start Up Blog

Energy is shifting away from coal to renewables (primarily solar) and we need to build out an ‘energy internet’ to replace our ageing grid. All cars will be electric in 8 years time and we’ll require highly distributed charging facilities where ever a car parks. In telecoms we are rapidly moving to optic fibre and 5G.

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Facebook Acquires Israel’s Snaptu For an Estimated $60-70 Million

VC Cafe

In 2010 not "very smart" feature phones - handsets that are dumber than smartphones - comprised over 75 percent of the mobile market. Snaptu is a fast-growing application for feature-phones (or not-so-smart phones) which serves as a mini-app store for WAP-Internet phones. source: [link].

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Love About Being An Entrepreneur

Hearpreneur

Being an entrepreneur demands you to learn so many different aspects of businesses – from strategy, sales, marketing, and service – and each is a universe unto their own that entrepreneurs must embrace and master. To me personally, being the founder of an online business, distribution will never be a problem. 16-EVERYTHING!