Tag: start-up culture

The dark side of the Silicon Valley startup dream

By Adam Tinworth

Money! Coding! Beer! It's all fun in startup land, right? Well, not so much…
Are incubators worth it for startups?

By Adam Tinworth

New research suggests that incubators don't significantly assist startups.
Startup thinking: building businesses fit for the new normal

By Adam Tinworth

Are we trying to manage 21st Century businesses with the management thinking of the 1800s? NEXT 14 speaker Lee Bryant thinks so - and he has solutions.
The Berlin Startup Bubble Redux

By Adam Tinworth

Is Berlin the heart of a startup bubble - or an inspiring place to build new businesses?
Fail Fast – Just Don’t Talk About It

By Adam Tinworth

We talk about "failing fast" all the time in the tech world. But talking the tales of failures - like Everpix this week - happens all too rarely.
Is the Berlin startup scene just a bubble?

By Adam Tinworth

Is Berlin in a startup bubble, full of indentikit cafes, jobs without pay and all weekend parties? One blogger for The Guardian thinks so…
After they were (startup) famous

By Adam Tinworth

Yahoo! and Bebo are faded giants who are desperately pitching for attention this week. Which hot startups will be in the same position in a few years?
Bruce Sterling on Fantasy prototypes and real disruption

In the closing keynote of NEXT Berlin 2013, acclaimed science-fiction author and journalist Bruce Sterling tackled a variety of topics like design fiction, start-up culture, and the mass adoption of disruptive technology. He sees science fiction as a form of design - design fiction that is part of the start-up world.
Where is Germany’s startup hub?

By Adam Tinworth

A new study shows how important startup culture is to Berlin's economy - but another German city might be benefitting more…
What’s next for start-up pitch winner LineMetrics?

By Adam Tinworth

What have the weeks since their win at NEXT Berlin brought for LineMetrics? We chatted to co-founder Wolfgang Hafenscher to find out…