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As those of you who work in the industry may have seen, Buddy Media has been acquired by Salesforce.com for nearly $700 million. It’s an amazing outcome for Mike Lazerow and the Buddy team, but what’s even more amazing though is Mike’s life story, which he was brave enough to talk…

As many of you may already know, December saw the launch of The Kernel, a new technology-centric publication founded by one of London’s most vocal technology journalists, Milo Yiannopoulos (who’s name I still have to google whenever I…

Two years ago, I was embarking on what has so far been the ride of my life: moving to London. It all started more or less because of Seedcamp, which has since then grown into a fantastic network of mentors, investors and entrepreneurs. Probably the best in Europe.

One of…

This article was initially posted as a guest post on SMARTA.com on March 16, 2011.

I have been on a mission. A “WebMission” to be precise. It was put together by UKTI, Technology Strategy Board, Polecat and Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, and led by the…

The other day, I discovered an interview with Steve Jobs from exactly 26 years ago. Yes, 26 years ago. He was 29, and Apple had just launched the $3,000 Mac. The interview itself is superb and I strongly recommend you read the whole thing, but what…

For me, influencers are those who make a difference in other people’s life. One by one.

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One of the things I really love about London is that I meet tons of people that are really changing the world. People like Eliza Robeiro, who started Lives not Knives when she was 13…

This week, 23 startups coming from all across Europe and most of the London tech scene attended, mentored, helped, or partied at Seedcamp Week. As expected, I am going to need a couple of days to recover, even if this time I wasn’t competing, I was just trying to give a…

If you ever thought that concepts like lean startup, customer development or A/B testing are new, think again. While reading a short biography of Charles Baudelaire a couple of days ago, I stumbled upon this little paragraph describing pure, simple A/B testing in 1845…

I open my inbox this morning and find an email called “North Pole 2010”, informing me that a friend of mine has decided to go to the North Pole. Below you can find part of the email he sent. Good luck, Ed!

“As some of you will already know, alongside developing…