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Startups cost nothing to build The average tech startup founder is a 25 year old male ivy league dropout Startups get funded on a napkin sketch and passion A good idea wins every time Location doesn’t matter For the whole, quite entertaining presentation, see below: So you want to do a startup, eh? [slideshare id=8353197&w=425&h=355&sc=no] […]

I just stumbled upon the following article which describes Berlin as a city that is currently attracting a different set of innovator – young high-tech entrepreneurs – and compares the status of Berlin to other international locations (e.g. the Silicon Valley, London’s Silicon Alley and Paris’ scene). Being located in Munich, I have to mention that […]

Scala Exhange 2011: Lightning Talk: How to build a high performance scalable infrastructure in under 5 minutes: (by David Savage) Paremus, a provider of a modular private cloud Scala(bility) components: Scala for performance OSGi for modularity Nimble for flexibility ServiceFabric for scalability Deployment unit: XML doc called “system” (ServiceFabric slang) Construct: System = components + […]

Entrepreneurship in general: – So you want to be an entrepreneur? Don’t! – Wrong Reasons:    > Money! Get a real job instead …   > Power! You are a actually at the bottom … (employees, customer, … are all your bosses)   > You’re bored! Keep collecting your paycheck until you figure out what […]

Social media intelligence company ethority is monitoring industry talk about internet companies. Below are the companies that are most frequently associated with the internet bubble: Source: ethority

Ever wondered about what makes a good entrepreneur great? There’s no entrepreneurship gene, but a new Ernst & Young survey shows leading entrepreneurs do share common traits, beliefs and approaches that empower them to drive innovation – and economies – around the world. Find the full article here.  

Today, I listened to a video lecture from The Founder Institute called “Hoy Shit, My Idea Sucks” (by Adeo Ressi) related to startup ideation and vision. I found the content very helpful and confirming most of my personal viewpoints on the subject matter. He also bashed Germany for copycatting which I personally found quite funny […]

Source: http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/27/attention-shoppers-men-outspend-women-9-to-1-on-mobile-virtual-goods/