The major winners in the RTB trend report for Q3, published by Adform are countries which just have lately discovered the RTB market as a new way of advertising online, notably Slovakia have a market growth of 1400% and Portugal a growth of around 1200%. by Frank Vitetta. Since the beginning of the internet people have been looking for the easiest and quickest ways to make money online and this is one of the main causes of the prevalence of online advertising in recent years. MORE

Additonally, all the sponsors spoke on stage about what they are doing in the CEE region and I moderated a panel of investors and an entrepreneur from Slovakia. The final keynote was the Minister of Economics from Slovakia, Dr. Juraj Miskov, who unfortunately was the only participant to speak in Slovak instead of English. I was recently asked to moderate the Slovak Start-Up Awards in Bratislava, which I gladly agreed to do. MORE

Being that I am from Slovakia and was just there for the Slovak Startup Awards , there is no way that this post could be considered impartial. This is one hell of a biased post so let me get that out of the way right off the bat. But so be it. . Having spent the past 2,5 days in Bratislava to attend the awards show as a jury member, I had the opportunity to get around a bit in town.mostly for meetings. Nevertheless, I had some coffee and food at Foxford and Urban. MORE

Created by Bratislava, Slovakia-based Marek Novotny, it’s meant to help plug a gap he saw in the ecosystem. Resources Slovakia social network startup community startup ecosystem Startup Weekend startupsHere’s yet another new resource for startup folks – Startuppers.org is a new social network geared towards startup entrepreneurs. MORE

London, 18.08.2018. Transformify Recruitment CRM and Generate FS have joined forces to help employers hire top talent worldwide. As IT talent becomes scares in many technology hubs like London, New York, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Sydney, Berlin and many other big cities, the employers are left with no other option than looking for talent elsewhere in the world. However, the ever changing regulatory framework tremendously increases the cost and the administrative burden. MORE

Most people at this point know that I am originally from Slovakia. I basically chose almost from the point where I moved to Europe back in the 90's to figure out a way to "work" in Slovakia. . It started out at SAP Ventures, where I for years looked for investments somewhere in Slovakia. Yet, I still continued spending time in Slovakia trying to give back in little ways here and there. So much has happened over the years in Slovakia. MORE

Petersburg Yekaterinburg Serbia: Belgrade Singapore: Singapore Slovakia: Bratislava Slovenia: Ljubljana South Africa: Johannesburg, 169 Oxford Rd. One of the most important things we do with The Lean Startup Conference is make a livestream of the plenary talks available for free to groups around the world, supporting entrepreneurship communities everywhere. The number of hosts has grown annually, and this year, we have 200+ groups joining us on Monday, December 3. MORE

PhD production sped up most dramatically in Mexico, Portugal, Italy and Slovakia. Interesting piece on the ‘economics’ of PhD education/production/labor from the Economist Magazine (h/t Joshua Kim @ Inside Higher Ed). Lots of good information. In my mind it highlights to person utility that is wrapped up in the quest for a PhD. For most of history even a first degree at a university was the privilege of a rich few, and many academic staff did not hold doctorates. MORE

Most people at this point know that I am originally from Slovakia. I basically chose almost from the point where I moved to Europe back in the 90's to figure out a way to "work" in Slovakia. . It started out at SAP Ventures, where I for years looked for investments somewhere in Slovakia. Yet, I still continued spending time in Slovakia trying to give back in little ways here and there. So much has happened over the years in Slovakia. MORE