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Start-Up Crusader

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on April 5, 2013

It’s easy to see why Google picked Ezequiel Vidra, the man that everyone on Campus knows as Eze, to head up the co-working space on Bonhill Street that has become the focal point of Tech City. Vidra, who speaks Spanish, Hebrew, English and some Arabic, has the global perspective needed to run a Campus that houses 22 nationalities: he was born in Argentina, moved to Israel when he was eight, lived in both New York City and Silicon Valley as an adult and then migrated to London.Read more

How Campus Became The Heart Of Tech City

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on April 5, 2013

With the help of partners Seedcamp, TechHub, Central Working, Coadec and Start-up Weekend as well as accelerators like Springboard (now Techstars), Bethnal Green Ventures, and Entrepreneur First, Campus London has become the heart of Tech City, hosting weekly mentoring programs, speaker series and many networking events for the start-up community that keep the meeting rooms and stairways humming late into the night and throughout the weekend. Expect even more activity during April as Campus London celebrates its one-year anniversary.Read more

Brewed On Campus

Submitted by Matt Cowan on April 5, 2013

Central Working, the crowded open seating area at Campus London, doesn’t just make great coffee; it is playing a central role in brewing new start-ups. Entrepreneurs, like the java they sip by day and the beers they drink to unwind in the evening, benefit from infusion and fermentation, and Central Working provides that plus filtering. "To put it bluntly, if Central Working wasn’t there, we wouldn’t be here,” says Shawn Zvinis, founder of Subscrib, a retention service for bricks and mortar shops.Read more

Managing The Message

Submitted by Kate Bevan on July 29, 2012

Karen Wickre gets what is perhaps the most important thing about any social media channel, be it a blog, Twitter, or any other service: it is what you want it to be; there are no rules.Read more

Can Russia's Yandex Bring Freedom of Choice to Search?

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on June 2, 2012

Outside of Russia, the U.S., China, South Korea and the Czech Republic, there is little, if any, competition in search.Read more

The Google Factor

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on February 26, 2012

Who could have predicted that a young Silicon Valley company with no expertise in the sector could develop a mobile operating system that would corner half of the global market in just two years? Or that the same company would end up buying once mighty Motorola for $12.5 billion?  Google has successfully pulled off both moves.Read more

Search Engine Yandex Expands Outside Russia

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on December 7, 2011

The prevailing wisdom is that U.S. companies rule the Internet. Think again. This year Russia’s most popular Internet search engine, Yandex, raised $1.4 billion in an initial public offering on Nasdaq, significantly more than either LinkedIn or Groupon — the biggest IPO for an Internet company since Google listed in 2004.

Now the homegrown Russian search engine giant is moving into Turkey.Read more

The Future Is Here: Are Banks Ready For It?

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on September 14, 2011

If Italy’s Monte dei Paschi di Siena (pictured above), which has been operating without a break for over five centuries, represents the banking sector’s history, its future is more likely to resemble that of a 35-year old company: the one behind the iPhone, iPad and iTunes.

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Monetizing The Digital Slipstream

Submitted by Charles Wallace on September 14, 2011

Banks and mobile operators have been vying to dominate the mobile payments space but Silicon Valley companies could end up reaping the richest rewards.The reason?  It is not those that process the transactions but rather the companies that manage to leverage the rich information in the electronic trail clients leave behind – the so-called digital slipstream - that will win in the networked economy, say industry observers.Read more

Driving Change: From Solar-Powered Race Cars to Driverless Vehicles

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on June 23, 2011

Megan Smith, Google’s vice-president, new business development, is no ordinary engineer. She is adventurous: she once raced a solar-powered car 2,000 miles across Australia's Outback. She has a knack for business, helping PlanetOut, a gay and lesbian online community, grow tenfold in reach and revenue, during her tenure as chief executive. And she is a big believer in technology’s ability to bring about social change.Read more

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