StartUs Weekly Round Up #39

Weekly Round Up #39 At StartUs Magazine

Ljubljana Startup City Guide

You might have already checked out our Startup City Guides and noticed that one Central Eastern capital of Europe is missing: Ljubljana. But we’ve good news: Slovenia’s capital made it on Tuesday! We’re proud to introduce you to its vibrant startup scene, filled with tech startup people in a beautiful surrounding. Check out our guides to find places to meet these people, co-working spaces to work at, opportunities for funding and last but not least chances to find mentors and legal advice!

You want to contribute a startup guide for your city? Let’s do it & get in touch!

StartUs Presents

Three hot startup interviews were published this week so let’s dive right into them:

Queal wants to simplify your eating habits by replacing a complete meal with a tasty nutritious shake. You don’t have the time for a healthy meal everyday? Then let CEO Floris Wolswijk explain all the juicy details!
Migration is a wide-spread topic these days. Younited Cultures is a movement celebrating said migration. Co-founder Iulia Mugescu states how they put storytelling, fashion, workshops and trainings together to showcase the positives of cultural diversity.
Need verified & available tutors for your kids or yourself? Don’t want to pay commissions to tutoring agencies? Then try Meet’n’learn! Co-founder Juraj Svinčák gives insights on the matching technique for tutors and students on the platform.

The personal interview of the week features Calum Cameron, an Australian nomad constantly looking for ideas that shake up the world. Find out what he’s been doing in Estonia for the past years and how he accesses people to make change happen!

You want to give an interview about yourself or your startup? Click here and we’ll get in touch!

Articles You’ll Enjoy Reading

You may have noticed that the number of our hub reports increases continuously. This week we even published three of them – two giving insights to the UK, one that can be applied throughout European countries. Our UK hub reporters Dean Jacobs and Alexandra Kireeva explain how and where to find investment opportunities for EdTech startups & give an overview of the gender gap thematic, letting us know why we still have to go a long way to solve the issue. Nadiia Kerymova dived into the topic of Service Design Thinking which resulted in a whole series of articles. The first one is Marketing vs. Design Thinking – find out if these two are really that different after all!

For more general business issues we also help you differentiate the good, the bad & the ugly startup accelerators. Learn which is which in order to make the best choice for your company.
Another important matter for turning your startup into a successful business are customers. Here’s what you need to know about them to satisfy them & also keep them coming back for more!

And What About StartUs?

Hub Reporters

After co-authoring the Startup City Guide for Riga, our two new hub reporters decided to keep our community updated about their city. Meet our foxy new team members:

• Inese Murniece describes herself as a professional day dreamer who loves the startup community and creative industries. She currently is active at TechHub Riga, where she’s responsible for the in’s and out’s of communication.
• Davis Suneps manages events for (young) entrepreneurs at the Business Incubator by the University in Latvia. He works with startups everyday, runs his own startup carpooling and likes to interact with like-minded people.

You want to become a hub reporter yourself? Then what are you waiting for – take your chance!

Davis Suneps, Hub Reporter for Riga

Inese Murniece, Hub Reporter for Riga

Headline Of The Week

As every Friday this is the place where we feature our headline of the week. The personal headline can be added to your profile at StartUs and gives people an idea of what you’re all about.
The headline is chosen by our staff out of the 8000+ profiles online.

“Take one step at a time and keep on stepping.” by Emma Berlinger.

Have a fantastic weekend & see you here next Friday!

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