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Discover LEAP: The Creative Economy Track

In the Discover LEAP series here on the blog, we’re introducing you to the different stages and content tracks that you’ll experience at LEAP 2025. Dig deeper into the opportunities we’re lining up, and find out more about some of the expert speakers who are preparing to

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How AI is transforming the creative economy

Globally, our ideas about what the creative economy is have changed over the last two decades. We started to describe a range of activities as ‘creative industries’ about twenty years ago; including theatre, film, music, dance, visual arts, and more. As digital technologies have advanced, creative industries expanded to include

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8 Things we love about Austria’s startup ecosystem

Welcome to the 417 new techies who have joined us. If you haven’t already, subscribe and join our community in receiving weekly tech insights, updates, and interviews with industry experts straight to your inbox. This week we’re quoting Kambis Kohansal Vajargah (Head of Startup-Services and Deputy Head of

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Lessons from Austria: How to build a robust startup ecosystem

Kambis Kohansal Vajargah (Head of Startup-Services and Deputy Head of Founder-Services at Austrian Federal Economic Chamber) is the founding partner of a number of startups – including watchado, Saturo, ALVERI, and more. He’s an angel investor at Gateway Ventures and Founders of Europe, and he was chosen by the World

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Do tech entrepreneurs need mentorship or trusted advisors?

In a recent conversation with Richard McKeon, our own Vice President of Marketing and Communications at Tahaluf, he said that having trusted advisors has been critical to his own career path to date.  “When I think about how I’ve navigated the twists and turns of my marketing career so

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How to leverage founder-led marketing for your tech company

Founder-led marketing has become a big deal in 2024. Across the tech industry, founders are stepping up to take centre stage in their company’s marketing strategy – posting on LinkedIn, authoring blog posts, engaging with PR opportunities, and giving customers a closer look at the inner workings of their business.

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Gamers in the ‘real’ world

Welcome to the 313 new techies who have joined us since last week Friday. If you haven’t already, subscribe and join our community in receiving weekly tech insights, updates, and interviews with industry experts straight to your inbox. This week we’re quoting Leon Winkler (Senior Director of International

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Developers: 3 Programming puzzle platforms to challenge your brain

Programming puzzles are short programming challenges designed to help developers improve and evaluate their skills. If you’re a developer, programming puzzles are a valuable resource at any stage in your career – but they’re particularly useful for newer coders who are actively building their skill sets.  Often written in

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Gamers in the ‘real’ world

Welcome to the 313 new techies who have joined us since last week Friday. If you haven’t already, subscribe and join our community in receiving weekly tech insights, updates, and interviews with industry experts straight to your inbox. This week we’re quoting Leon Winkler (Senior Director of International

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Developers: 3 Programming puzzle platforms to challenge your brain

Programming puzzles are short programming challenges designed to help developers improve and evaluate their skills. If you’re a developer, programming puzzles are a valuable resource at any stage in your career – but they’re particularly useful for newer coders who are actively building their skill sets.  Often written in

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Twenty years, one company: Lessons on talent retention in tech

Leon Winkler (Senior Director of International Events at Ubisoft HQ) has been with his company for nearly 20 years. In the wider tech industry talent retention is a major challenge, with the average employee tenure estimated to be around three years.   So when we speak with a tech leader who’

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Is real-life work experience a thing of the past?

Welcome to the 163 new techies who have joined us since last week Friday. If you haven’t already, subscribe and join our community in receiving weekly tech insights, updates, and interviews with industry experts straight to your inbox. This week we’re quoting Yussouf Ntwali (Co-Founder of BAG Innovation)

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Where do tech startup ideas come from?

Every tech entrepreneur has experienced the rush of a new idea. Sometimes it happens suddenly: you’re just going about your daily life and it hits you. And sometimes it’s a slower, quieter process; the idea develops gradually, inspired by your experiences in life and work, and your confidence

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Five lessons from successful tech IPOs

According to research by Morgan Stanley, the tech IPO market is seeing a resurgence this year – with up to 15 deals expected by the end of 2024. Companies leveraging AI are particularly ripe to go public; and as large private companies experience an increase in financing needs, they’ll turn

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What’s the one thing you wish was possible?

Welcome to the 201 new techies who have joined us since last week Friday. If you haven’t already, subscribe and join our community in receiving weekly tech insights, updates, and interviews with industry experts straight to your inbox. This week we’re quoting Otto Plesner (Creative Director at RenaiXance)

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Steadiness: The underrated quality for scaling a tech business

Public-facing startup culture can appear shiny, glamorous, and pumped full of hype. But the reality for the majority of startups (the ones that don’t hit the headlines) is very different: launching and scaling a tech business is less about high drama, and more about hard work and incremental growth.