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The clock is ticking. The time has almost come. The 25th of May 2018 is the date when most businesses around the globe will need to start paying close attention to how they deal with user data. Is your sales team ready for it?

This is not just any other infographic telling you that you should care about the GDPR. This is the essential read on what, why, and how to comply!

The EU legislators want organizations of all sizes to take accountability for the data they collect, store and share. Previously, data protection has often been a pre-ticked box form, but now GDPR puts end-users more in control on how their personal information is being collected. Here’s what this implies for your startup:

Ranked in 2016 as the second most innovative country in the world by the World Intellectual Property Organization and named the most innovative European country by the European Commission, Sweden has no doubt a lesson or two for the rest of Europe when it comes to fostering innovation.

The boom in the digital economy is being driven by startups and it is they who are offering new products, services, and innovations to the market. At the heart of many of these developments is data, which is the economic bedrock on which many of these startups are built.

Startups have finally started to gain some credit for their positive impact on the economy in Europe as well. While the EU was relatively slow in acknowledging this, initiatives have been launched to support innovation and strengthen the startup ecosystem. Hope is on the way!

On Thursday 8 September, the StartUp Europe Awards 2016 recognized 9 startups at the Startup Olé event held in Salamanca, which will go on to represent Spain in the European finals of these awards in Brussels.

Roughly a third of tech unicorns in the U.S. will see a decrease in valuation according to SharesPost, a leader that specializes in the private securities market. Let us see why this is, and why FinTech startups might prefer to avoid becoming unicorns.

StartUp Europe Awards is an initiative promoted by the European Commission that counts on the support of StartUp Europe.

The second EU Payments Services Directive, or PSD2, will bring big changes for startups active in banking and fintech. Author Paul Rohan explains what it’s all about in his book “PSD2 in plain English”:

Yesterday’s vote for Brexit left many in shock and disbelief. But what impacts will it really have? Learn what’s in store for EU and UK startups:

A survey of more than 1,000 UK SMEs shows a split among Britain’s entrepreneurs over the forthcoming EU referendum, with 51% in favor of a Brexit and 49% voting to stay.

Eliminating the Prospectus Requirement for SME’s raising under E500,000 will ease pressure on startups, encourage them to go public, and help reduce the gap with investors.

Tomorrow morning, on the 27th October, the European Parliament will vote on the Telecom Single Market regulation text, which includes a part on Net Neutrality. Why should you care? An overview of what’s at stake seen from Slovenia, one of the strongest defenders of net neutrality in the world, and why it matters to both small businesses and startups.