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Unbundling Silicon Valley

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Unbundling Silicon Valley

In 1956, William Shockley opened Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory to innovate on the then-current transistors. Shockley was a great talent magnet but a crappy manager so a core group of Shockley employees (the famous the traitorous eight) left to start Fairchild Semiconductors and from that, start 65 other companies. That was

Iceland: From Vikings to the Valley

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Iceland: From Vikings to the Valley

Kristinn - goes by Kiddi - is the founder and editor of Northstack and has analysed the Icelandic tech and venture ecosystem for the last five years. As a real job he works in tech. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When people think about Iceland, the things that probably come to mind are stunning

Immigration and the $33 billion problem

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Immigration and the $33 billion problem

I’ve talked many times about the importance of hiring great people and the long term implications of not doing so. It’s rather simple. Great talent attracts great talent at all levels – country, city, community, or company – because great talent wants to work with other great talent. Here’s

A playbook for European Tech Hubs

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A playbook for European Tech Hubs

(or: what would you do with €100 million?) I’m fascinated by the rise and fall of civilizations. Guns, Germs and Steel [https://herokuapp.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32b602d9ab9d238ceb45e3f05&id=c86a1facbe&e=7cb75473a5] , a Roberto Caro-esque account of how geographical and environmental factors shaped the modern world, is

Europe has Major Bragging Rights

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Europe has Major Bragging Rights

Yesterday, Atomico in partnership with Slush and Orrick launched the 2019 State of European Tech report [https://herokuapp.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32b602d9ab9d238ceb45e3f05&id=5a5fbe5789&e=7cb75473a5] . Everyone’s talking about the report, and they should. It’s a fairly big deal. But I’m not going to

Estonia is much like The Lord of the Rings

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Estonia is much like The Lord of the Rings

It’s not uncommon in history that a single set of policies (often pushed by a few) turn around the future of an entire country, changing its downward trajectory propelling it into the Big Leagues. It happened in Asia, where countries like Japan, China, South Korea and Taiwan used land

Das Berlin Startup Szene

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Das Berlin Startup Szene

> “Berlin ist arm, aber sexy.” - Klaus Wowereit, Mayor of Berlin 2001 - 2014 “Berlin is poor, but sexy." Next month is the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall. Crazy. This physical and political barrier single-handedly shaped the city to become the post-capitalist contradiction it is today.

God save the queen (of money)

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God save the queen (of money)

SeedTable Earlier this week, Dealroom released a report on UK tech [https://herokuapp.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32b602d9ab9d238ceb45e3f05&id=1a80badfd2&e=7cb75473a5] . The conclusion: the UK has become the world’s hottest tech hub in 2019. Here's how they make that case: 1. Venture capital invested in UK

Europe, €9.3b and the path from Good to Great

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Europe, €9.3b and the path from Good to Great

Earlier this week, something quite exciting happened. Dealroom released their Quarterly European Venture Capital [https://herokuapp.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32b602d9ab9d238ceb45e3f05&id=cfecb678c6&e=7cb75473a5] report for Q2 2019. One thing stands out: Q2 broke the all-time record for tech investment in Europe, with €9.3 billion invested.

Berlin goes after a $150 billion pot of gold

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Berlin goes after a $150 billion pot of gold

Last week, GetYourGuide announced [https://herokuapp.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32b602d9ab9d238ceb45e3f05&id=8d0805aacd&e=7cb75473a5] an astronomical $484 million Series E round. A few weeks before that, Tourlane [https://herokuapp.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32b602d9ab9d238ceb45e3f05&id=fa6ff80423&e=7cb75473a5] raised $47 million, and GoEuro revealed a

Too good for your own good

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Too good for your own good

Different cities send different messages. After living in Buenos Aires, Cincinnati, Milano, Paris and now Barcelona, I realized that each message resonates with different people. Paul Graham writes [https://herokuapp.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32b602d9ab9d238ceb45e3f05&id=a5971df212&e=7cb75473a5] : > "Great cities attract ambitious people. You can sense it

Should Europe get in bed with China?

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Should Europe get in bed with China?

If you visit ever have the fortune of visiting China, you’ll grasp something fairly quickly: it runs on an immense scale. China is home to 1.5 billion people, and internet penetration is over 50%: over 770 million Chinese have internet access [https://herokuapp.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?

Is China coming for Europe?

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Is China coming for Europe?

A couple days ago, @jason [https://twitter.com/jason] tweeted about China vs. the US [https://twitter.com/jason/status/1117871180990439425?s12], and a Twitter battle ensued. Here's what a brief extract of his ideas: > "Founders, we're up against Jack Ma (& China) enforcing a 72-hour work week ... but I will

Is the U.K. playing Internet God?

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Is the U.K. playing Internet God?

Last week, the U.K.’s Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the Secretary of State for the Home Department released a white paper [https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/793360/Online_Harms_White_Paper.pdf] calling for significantly

La French Tech is thriving

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La French Tech is thriving

I’m sitting at a coffee shop on the 5ème Arrondisement right now. I spent the better part of this week having coffee with startup founders, employees and investors in the Paris ecosystem. Some were French, most of them weren’t. After living for more than a year over here,

France is winning (and it's not the world cup)

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France is winning (and it's not the world cup)

A few days ago, The French government unveiled a complete overhaul [https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/05/france-overhauls-its-special-visa-for-tech-talent/] of the French Tech Visa for employees: they are making it easier to come work for a tech company in France. This is for real, not a PR stunt. The visa is