Hackathons are one of my passions. They remind me of my student days when I was pulling all nighters with my friends to finish up coding a project on time. Except you don’t struggle for a grade, you’re hacking for pleasure. And if you get a prize it’s icing on the cake. Don’t be mistaken.…
DetailsWhile it’s often multi-million dollar exits that grab all the headlines – it’s very easy to overlook some of the great work small medium enterprises (SMEs) are doing. In fact, the European Commission states 99% of all businesses in the EU are SMEs. What’s more, two out of three of the private sector jobs come…
DetailsWhen it comes to life in a startup, it’s very easy to get caught up in things and work long hours – after all you need to be growing each month. But as you know, finding the time to relax and stay healthy is challenging at times. When you think about it, most of your…
DetailsThis guest post is written by John McCarthy, CEO of Taxamo, a service solution for the 2015 EU VAT changes, outlines the EU VAT compliance challenges that await online merchants on January 1, 2015. An estimated 250,000 EU e-service merchants will be affected by the EU’s new 2015 rules on how VAT should be applied…
DetailsIf you’re like most people, you probably want to do everything in your power to increase sales. Whether it’s through search engine optimization (SEO) or old fashioned banner ads – the goal is the same: To convert as many visitors as possible into loyal paying customers. Naturally you’ll need people visiting your website before you…
DetailsLets be honest. Content marketing is not easy! Sure, anyone can set up a blog, sign up for Twitter and open a MailChimp account. The challenging part however is creating relevant content your target audiences finds valuable and shares it along to their network. For a more thorough definition, Content Marketing Institute likes to describe it…
DetailsOpen source software has never been so popular. With GitHub becoming the “Facebook for Developers” we see a growing amount of new projects every week. Some are initiated by big companies and others by individual passionate developers. But what happens when they get massive adoption? And how does support fit into it all? Here are three developers who shared their views on…
DetailsApple had some interesting news for us at the WWDC 2014. But besides the new flat user interface (UI) OS X Yosemite and iOS 8 – the most surprising announcement was the new language Swift. This might be a shock for seasoned iOS and OS X programmers as they learned to love Objective-C but Apple announced…
DetailsOn May 6th, Alibaba one of China’s first internet businesses filed papers to go public in the United States, in what may become one of the largest IPO’s in American history – with analyst estimating the e-commerce giant to be valued over $200 billion. Alibaba started off as B2B portal to connect Chinese manufacturers with international…
DetailsBitcoin has been gaining widespread media attention recently – and to be honest, we often get asked about this whenever we’re attending events. But while to most observers Bitcoin may seem to be a new means of online payment it was first introduced in 2008. Satoshi Nakamoto (presumed to be an alias) is credited with being the founder and…
DetailsEditor’s note: Every once in a while we like to feature startups on the blog whose services might be useful for you. In this post we got in touch with Kickshops and their Co-founder Vedran Rudelj to find out more about their mobile commerce platform. Where ever you go, you’ll spot somebody glaring down at…
DetailsGut feelings are one thing, but it’s cold hard numbers that quantify your progress and show whether you’re on the right path. To find out how your software as a service (SaaS) business is performing, you will need to start collecting and measuring some key metrics very early on – ideally at the very beginning.…
DetailsBy now you’ve probably heard about the OpenSSL vulnerability named Heartbleed. A bug which is estimated to have affected two thirds of the internet. But in true startup-fashion we moved quickly to make sure all your data stayed safe. The response We first became aware of Heartbleed early Monday morning (7.4.2014) when we moved fast…
DetailsYou’ve spent countless hours getting your products ready to ship. Now it’s time to start converting visitors into paying customers – after all that’s the lifeblood for every business. But what happens when you’re conversion rate is demoralising low. According to research by Statista the number one reason for shopping cart abandonment is customers being…
DetailsSometimes the biggest hurdle keeping folks from starting a business is the first step. And it’s a big one for anyone. But it’s usually the fear of failure and the unknown holding people back. Fortunately, we live in an age where people freely share their experience with the rest of us online. Experiences that can…
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