StartUs Weekly Round Up #43

Weekly Round Up #43 At StartUs

Hub Reporters

Three new members joined our team recently and we’d like to introduce them to you:

• Manon Pierre is a journalist who turned into a startup enthusiast while covering the CEE scene. The Ljubljana Startup City Guide shows her ever-growing interest in entrepreneurship and business.
• Mauro Bisavolo is the co-director of Startup Grind Veneto and also author of the Venice Startup City Guide. He has founded companies himself and also is an experienced SAP project manager who leads teams in Singapore, Austria, the UK and France.
• Alejo Fabian Fernandez authored our Madrid Startup City Guide, is an economist and entrepreneur with training in coaching.

Want to join our team? Check out all opportunities here!

Headline Of The Week

This spot is reserved for our headline of the week. It’s a phrase you can add to your StartUs profile to give people an impression what you’re all about.
As always this week’s headline was chosen by our staff out of the 9000+ profiles online.

“The goal should drive the actions, not vice versa.” by Alex Polonski.

And What About The Magazine?

Copenhagen Startup City Guide

This time we explore the capital of Denmark, Copenhagen in our Startup City Guide series. An exciting city to live in, an even more exciting city to found a startup. Why? Copenhagen is home of the #CPHFTW entrepreneurial community, which is strong in tech, gaming, design, social entrepreneurship & high-tech startups. Read more in our City Guide to learn about event, co-working & funding opportunities!

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

StartUs Presents

We’ve presented three startups this week, all worth a deeper look. Get an impression here:

#1 ITijn co-founder Martijn de Graaf talks about the possibilities his service offers: worry-free IT. Since cyber security is an increasingly important issue and this is where the Austrian startup comes in – it provides its users with a virtual secure virtual IT landscape.

#2 Mike Reiners, co-founder of skeeled.com, explains in what ways the platform supports recruiters in their selection process. Based on standardized CVs it allows companies to monitor and evaluate potential candidates.

#3 UMOJA is an online travel portal helming people with disabilities to find accessible hotels. Co-founder Ben Musgrave introduces the free and easy to use app that connects people and makes traveling simpler.

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

Articles You’ll Enjoy Reading

Startups, startups, startups – a topic we can’t get enough of. So here are our top articles of this week that will help your business grow and flourish.

Let’s be honest: you might be in a place where you’re wondering whether to take action or not. Well, if you always wait for the best possibility you’re probably going to wait forever. Here’s why you should take action now and ask for permission later. But before you start out you obviously need the idea of a business opportunities, so we’ve put together tricks on how to recognize the best opportunity for you & how to use it. You might also want to have a look at other, failed startups. Of course it’s good to learn from your own mistakes but sometimes it’s even better if you can learn from other’s and don’t make yours in the first place. However common mistakes are made regarding business events. Check out part two of how to use your events to grow business. And once you’ve followed our tips and made your events rock you might feel like a real rockstar, which is great because entrepreneurs actually can relate very well: here’s what entrepreneurs and rockstars have in common!

So, dig though these posts & see you next week!

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