Reading helps they say - reading through Steffan's blog I came across this report from UC Berkeley School of Information about the role of immigrants in the US economy. The findings are not a...

I just came back from lunch with Steffan Heuer who writes for the Economist's Tech Quarterly and German Entrepreneurship magazine Brandeins. As a religious reader of the Economist I found...

Have you ever wondered what Jeff Nolan's venture Teqlo is all about? So far I could not explain that but Peter Rip has a post. The Teqlo team has decided it is time to provide a sneak peak to......

If you ever wondered why consumer startups raise extraordinary amounts of money again for rather simple looking services - check out Peter Rip's blog: Imagine you have a low-burn consumer internet...

Stefan Wiskemann, Founder of 21Publish and a great friend and mentor of mine has finally agreed to reply to my interview requests. And off we go: Disclosure: I'm an investor in 21Publish and...

A recent subscription-only Economist.com article (here is the full version on a different page) highlights the need for a reform of the American immigration law. The Namesake is a moving study of the...

Certainly underlining my post about the advanced recovery of Venture Capital in Europe are the two later stage rounds for Zopa and Spotzer: Spotzer hurries to get backing from media heavyweights: In...

Claude - blogger at CW's French travel blog LesExplorers interviews Claus Weber - Managing Director of Kinkaa. Claus has been a superb support in launching and building Kinkaa in Germany. Read...

I'm just back from a three weeks trip to wintry Germany. Besides the marketing stunt for Kinkaa at ITB we also used the time speak to potential investors for Kinkaa. So far Kinkaa is financed by...

After two weeks in Florida with lots of sun (and many alligators -really!) we are here at the worlds biggest travel event. 11,000 exhibitors present everything from exotic destinations and travel...