The Next Web

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

Ernst-Jan Pfauth is the former Editor in Chief of Internet at NRC Handelsblad, as well as an acclaimed technology author and columnist. Entrepreneur Europe Insider Media Analysis and Opinion' He also served as The Next Web’s blog’s first blogger and Editor in Chief, back in 2008. He originally published this post on on Medium.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2017

I was present at the creation of the first microprocessors, participated in the PC revolution, built video games, and shipped software on the first Internet browsers. Written language enabled the creation of large societies and with them, governments. Our better angels soared as printed books became the Internet of the Renaissance.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Today, building Internet businesses, or businesses that are primarily marketed through the Internet, is viable for entrepreneurs all over the world. We are also seeing significant companies come out of Europe. It is no longer Silicon Valley's exclusive domain. Gilt Groupe from France and Xing from Germany are good examples.

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Occam's Razor

JUNE 25, 2012

Digital data collection is also exceedingly complex, perhaps a reflection of the organic nature, and subsequent explosion, of the internet. Though Europe is our primary focus, regardless of where you are located you'll learn about web privacy, data collection, optimal tool decisions and how best to plan your data strategy.

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Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

Before Kraken, I was planning and running public research infrastructure projects across Europe. Talking to banks and regulators in Asia, Europe and the US, I kept hearing the same issues: they couldn't monitor transactions, no one understood the return of funds, and - most concerning - crime couldn’t be investigated.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 16, 2018

After I looked like a slob on the biggest day of my life I scoured the internet to find the solution I was looking for. 4- Provide intelligence to the government and the public. Government and the American public. Photo Credit: Rob Kessler. I started my business because I hated the way my dress shirt looked on my wedding day.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Russia currently has the largest online market in Europe. It is also worth noting that the laws which govern the tech sector, although less developed than the West, will eventually offer the same level of protection and clarity as in the EU. The role of the Russian Government. Russia in numbers. billion in the UK and $5.5

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 25, 2018

Early internet technology was groundbreaking, but decentralized currency is truly revolutionary. Most governments don’t quite understand what’s going on, much less how to deal with it. Be ready to work with government agencies and adapt to new regulations when they inevitably arrive. Finding footing on shaky ground.

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Transformify

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Emerging market governments often implement measures that support industrialization and prompt economic expansion. Fintech businesses have been thriving in Brazil in the last 10 years as more and more people have access to internet and cheap smartphones that give them access to mobile payment apps.

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 1, 2013

I believe we’re going to look back in 2-5 years and realize that we’ve been in a once a decade boom for internet & software startups. The macroeconomy has been stuck in a tepid recovery in the US, a period of decelerating growth in emerging markets, and a double dip recession in much of Europe.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 31, 2018

That’s a big fundamental change seeing that since the start of the internet and sites like broadcast.com and YouTube, we, the users, have always had a public text chat. and Europe and unite families and friends who can watch TV or OTT or IPTV together. What inspired your team to apply for SXSW Accelerator? in October 2017. In the U.K.

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Austin Startup

MAY 7, 2018

Computers and the internet have also created opportunities for people with disabilities to pursue an education, participate in the workforce, access government services and engage in society. But a recent World Bank study found that people with disabilities are still significantly more likely to be unemployed and experience poverty.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Box has seen impressive growth throughout the United States and now in Europe. Levin acknowledges that the expansion in Europe may involve a fair amount of hard work. “I I think we have a bit of a challenge in Europe because we are not as well-known here as we are in the United States”, he says. Rapid expansion.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 20, 2011

trillion GDP of Europe in total. By 2015, 32% of the population will use a mobile phone to access the internet. 1) There’s a growing buzz around entrepreneurship - several people mentioned that in the past, students that graduated from college hurried to find a job in big company and in the case of Brazil also the government.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 15, 2016

Magdalena was a pioneer in the commercialization of the Internet, helping move it out of the government and university domains and in establishing the infrastructure for e-commerce and financial transaction platforms. We went and teamed up with a company called UUNET (one of the first Internet companies). Steve : Why?

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

There are a number of reasons for this; a supportive government, a highly educated workforce, a falling cost base and a favourable tax regime. The market opportunity in Ireland is simply too limited for Internet ventures like Zartis.com to succeed without looking overseas. An island population of 6.4

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

2011 was finally the year when the media spotlight shone on how under-represented women are in almost all power structures in business, government, technology and media – and how crucial it is that we leverage the leadership skill set that they bring to the table to tackle the problems facing the world today.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 12, 2012

This post is a translation of the article: « Pigeons » : le cri d'alarme d'un fonds américain published on LaTribune (12/10/2012) and is a response to the proposed tax law proposed by the government of Francois Hollande, suggesting to tax all capital gain at the same level than salaries or 60%. on average in Europe according to Eurostat, Jan.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 15, 2016

Magdalena was a pioneer in the commercialization of the Internet, helping move it out of the government and university domains and in establishing the infrastructure for e-commerce and financial transaction platforms. We went and teamed up with a company called UUNET (one of the first Internet companies). Steve : Why?

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blogs.computerworlduk.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

In case your computer industry history is lacking, WS-I is the industry consortium that got together a decade ago to create specifications for Web Services protocols (note the capitals, so as not to confuse with actual internet services that use HTTP and REST for loosely-coupled data access).

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Is Government a good idea? Europe Consumer. (1). internet. (6). In search of Europe's next tech stars. How the use of internet is transform. Cracking The Code. Thursday, November 13, 2008.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 15, 2017

Working with global transportation provider RATP Dev, which operates the Capital Metro bus system, we’re installing Bluecats Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE) beacons and intelligent Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) asset tracking solutions along the 2nd Street corridor. These beacons operate on the Connecthings SaaS platform, ADTAG.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Patents are nice but… in a consumer Internet business, it’s most likely that you aren’t re-inventing the wheel. To name a few: FFF (Friends, Family and Fools), Angels and “super angels&# , venture capital funds, government grants, incubators, corporate venture capital funds and more. Patented Technology?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 1, 2015

By the 17th century the practice had spread to Europe and the paper that was changing hands was backed, not just by banks and money-lenders, but by powerful governments. What’s changed most dramatically in 40 years is not just the size of the phone (Motorola’s first prototype weighed 2.5 pounds) but the functionality.

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Babbling VC

JANUARY 7, 2012

Sure, many are left by the wayside on this journey but without such an ecosystem in place, Germany and Europe will forever trail the US. . Then you have the corporates, some super angel funds, more recently incubators and government entities. Specifically in Germany you have the problem that very few funds have grown to scale.

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Start Up Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

This chart above is from a new World Economic Forum report, Deep Shift: Technology Tipping Points and Societal Impact , predicts 21 dates in the future when previously unimaginable innovations will enter our daily lives, transforming the way we live and the way communities and governments function. Reality: We are already wearing technology.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 20, 2021

Instead, his estranged younger sister (whom Nietzsche grew apart from when she married a prominent anti-Semite) took over his affairs and later his estate, joining the Nazi party in 1930, and accepting government support for the Nietzsche Archive after the Nazis took over the government. For example, I sit on the board of Coda.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 20, 2021

Instead, his estranged younger sister (whom Nietzsche grew apart from when she married a prominent anti-Semite) took over his affairs and later his estate, joining the Nazi party in 1930, and accepting government support for the Nietzsche Archive after the Nazis took over the government. For example, I sit on the board of Coda.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2011

Ben and his partner Marc Andreessen (the founder of Netscape and author of the first commercial web browser on the Internet ) are the definition of Smart Money. I’ve followed them with a few observations about the Internet that may help frame the scope of the debate. The Internet May Liberate Us. The Internet May Kill Us.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

We boast the world’s second highest fixed broadband Internet subscription rate only an inch behind Sweden. Ninety-four percent of households are equipped with a computer and have Internet access (the others are still playing 8-bit Nintendo). But if we’re honest, Amsterdam is currently outdone by several places in Europe.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 18, 2010

And despite my wacky self, the US Government actually allowed me to stay. So I spent 7 years of my education in Europe with other loonies who enjoy drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, heck, even music (which I have NO talent for, but I can play the iPod like Horowitz!). I feel naked without the internet. Indefinitely.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 3, 2009

The Cold War After World War II ended, our wartime ally the Soviet Union kept its army in Eastern Europe and forcibly installed Communist governments in its occupied territories. As tensions rose, there was a growing fear that the Soviets could invade and occupy all of Western Europe. Meanwhile the U.S. And the U.S.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 29, 2023

physicists who feared that the Nazis would have an atomic bomb led to passionate advocacy before the government became involved. and British emigre physicists – many of them Jewish refugees who had fled Germany and occupied Europe. government to aggressively fund atomic research, so that the U.S. There was no government funding.

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 25, 2011

On Friday Silicon Valley Bank released a survey of 375 executives at startup technology companies in the 4 core venture capital investment sectors – Software/Internet, Hardware, Life Science, and Cleantech. And Government Just Gets in the Way. We are doing well in Europe, but the processes for the U.S. Are Bullish.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

government fund and as Entrepreneur-In-Residence for the National Science Foundation. I see exhaustive execution of Lean Startup methodology often in the mobile/internet space. Europe, etc.), Here’s what they had to say. Once they buy in, entrepreneurs in Japan follow and execute Lean Startup exhaustively. “I is amazing.

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Eric Friedman

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

I recently interviewed Motoko Hunt of AJPR for Search Engine Strategies Chicago where she will be speaking in the Search Around the World: Europe, Asia/Pacific & Latin America panel. I know many small businesses in US are doing great targeting Europe and/or Asia. Even in Europe, mobile search is not as big as it should’ve been.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 24, 2012

We’re a European VC company and we study the market across Europe. It is partially fueled by government, who want to say, oh we started 20,000 companies or whatever, even if they were 20,000 one-man companies that aren’t really going anywhere. SILICON ALLEE (SA): How do you see the startup scene in Berlin at the moment?

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