StartUs Weekly Round Up #40

Weekly Round Up #40 At StartUs Magazine

Venice & Leipzig Startup City Guide

About 975 kilometers part the two cities we’ve introduced to you this week: Venice & Leipzig. Though these two cities may seem different at the first glance, they have more in common than you think. Both have an impressive historical background, are well-known throughout Europe and have a thriving startup community. Our city guides provide you with all information you need to launch your business in either Venice or Leipzig. Don’t miss the opportunity to discover local startup people, co-working spaces and financing chances!

You want to contribute a guide for your city? Get in touch & let’s do it!

StartUs Presents

This week we presented four top startups in the European region. Find out what products and services they offer & the story behind it!

Starting off with Training For Work, a City & Guilds accredited company based in Ireland. Director Tim Desmond explains why you should see career building as a board game and how they can help step up your professional game.
Feast is – you guessed it – all about feasting. The London startup, founded by Sam Pusey, is specialized in late night delivery service. Partnerships with various 24-hour restaurants make it possible to offer a variety of cuisines at times you can’t get it anywhere else.
Getting investment is a crucial issue for every startup. Symbid‘s CEO Korstiaan Zandvliet speaks about how The Funding Network can help you get it and grow. Not only can they guide you choosing the right type of funding, but they also provide investors with full transparency of risks and return.
Last but not least laborom – a company founded by Levente Szasz with the mission to change eHealth for the better. An easy to manage tool helps patients and doctors to make sense of health information via graphs and charts. Check out how it works!

You’re intersted in an interview for yourself or your startup? Request an interview now!

Articles You’ll Enjoy Reading

You’re also interested in other things than interviews? Great! We’ve prepared some topics to help you get your company one step further – read more on how it works!

We’ve examined what brings your business forward and get help you and your company develop. One important factor is leadership. That’s why we put together some infos on what makes a great leader and what doesn’t. Another factor is innovation. Sure you’ve heard about design thinking (if not, read more in last week’s article on Service Design Thinking) – but have you also tried some techniques of it already? In case you didn’t we explain beginner’s concept & tactics: from shareholders to the 5 why’s. With Design Thinking you can get to new ways of innovation – but we’ve also asked the question if planned obsolescence is innovation? Find out what’s our take on this & let us know how you see it!
Chances are, that you didn’t turn on new things yet but are still deciding where to set up your startup. Well, we can help you here too – read our piece on the advantages and opportunities in small markets like Luxembourg. You’ll be surprised about the alternatives a small state can offer!

And What About StartUs?

StartUs Connect 2.0 Cluj

ATTENTION Cluj startup scene! StartUs Connect is coming!
Yes, that’s right – our second edition of StartUs Connect will take place today at Cluj Hub. We will start off at 6.30pm and look forward to an exciting evening with our mentors:

• Peter Löschl (Austrian Business Agency) will talk about opportunities for Cluj based startups in Austria.
• Vlad Ciurca (Executive Producer of Techsylvania) will explain the trends in the Cluj startup community.
• Mircea Vadan (Investment Manager at Seed For Tech) is going to look deeper into investment opportunities for young businesses.
• Andrei Barabas (Serial Entrepreneur) will share his startup success stories & speak about the lessons he learned exiting two companies.

We invite everyone interested in these short talks, startups, entrepreneurship, businesses, financing…we look forward to meeting you! And don’t forget to get your networking game on!

CESA Awards Finale

Another event announcement, this time you have a bit more time to prepare.

The Central European Startup Awards will host their grand finale in Vienna on October 8th. The host of the night will be Cambridge based Ken Height, who will lead through an evening with the next startup superstars, think tanks, investors & acclaimed media of the CEE region. Members of StartUs will also be present at Hotel Schani – we’d like to meet you there so don’t forget to grab your ticket here (until Oct. 6th).

Also public voting for the national winners is already open, you can do it here. Show your support & vote for your startup superhero!

Headline Of The Week

This spot is reserved for creative, impressive, motivating headlines you can add to your StartUs profile to express yourself. As always this week’s headline was picked by our staff out of the 8000+ profiles online.

“Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is the result of good work habits.”
by Twyla Tharp as found on the profile of Eleni Kotina.

In this sense we which you a creative weekend & see you here next Friday!

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