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Code Club UK celebrates its first birthday, invites the whole world to the party

The Next Web

While it (mostly) shares the same name, Code Club World is a separate entity to Code Club, though the organisation notes that the main difference is that the volunteer support will be offered by the community themselves. However, despite its achievements in the past year the organisation wants more.

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Why you should pay attention to these 8 emerging tech hubs

The Next Web

Dubbed by Forbes as the most inventive city in the world due to its “patent intensity”, Eindhoven is a hotbed for hardware design and high-tech innovation. Perhaps we’ll be looking to Bangkok, Rio de Janeiro, Luxembourg, Toronto, Auckland, Beirut or Lagos? Eindhoven, Netherlands. Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Q&A with Mangrove VC partner Michael Jackson: “You don’t build code at a party”

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One of the biggest names behind Luxembourg-based Mangrove is Michael Jackson. Last month, they put on a big party here in a venue consisting of old shipping containers – what could be more Berlin than that – as they continue their search for the next big thing.

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