Berlin’s New Google-Backed Startup Hub Finally Arrives / ZDNet
“We almost feel a certain sense of responsibility to help the ecosystem grow,” said Soundcloud’s VP of community David Noël.
German Beer’s Existential Crisis / The New Yorker
A price-fixing scandal has hit Germany’s shrinking brewing industry. Could craft beer offer a better path to profitability?
Does This Logo Make My Brand Look Fat? / Next Executive
Does today’s globalized, highly-interconnected world require new approaches to branding?
The war of the European tech hubs: Is Berlin really stealing London’s thunder? / ZDNet
In Europe, venture capital is getting increasingly spread out, with countries like Germany and France challenging the dominance of the UK.
‘Just not interested’: Will Germany’s voters see this week’s election through a PRISM? / ZDNet
The country’s upcoming federal election is unlikely to turn into a referendum on government co-operation with the NSA.
Sharing Value: Executive Programs in CSR / Next Executive
“There’s always a marketing strategy, an operations strategy, an HR strategy,” says Harvard’s V. Kasturi Rangan. “But what is the CSR strategy? Hardly any.”
What happens when a country no longer trusts its data is safe? It starts building / ZDNet
In Germany, privacy concerns mean an increase in data security centres in the country and interest from international companies.
Taking Silicon Valley across the Atlantic / Allianz
Why isn’t there a European equivalent of Twitter? Why high-profile startup deals seem to happen in the US, and not in Europe?