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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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How to make it easy for businesses to adopt new tech products

The 2023 Insight Intelligent Technology report (conducted by IDC InfoBrief and commissioned by Insight Enterprises) highlighted the reality that we’re entering into a new era of innovation – with tech developments accelerating across industries. There are loads of positives to this, but we want to focus on one key finding

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Where do you go to buy digital real estate?

Welcome to the 233 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 Renato De Castro (Executive Director at

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Why we need climate tech that integrates with existing supply chains

In 2023, the number of climate tech deals declined by 12% year-on-year to USD $12.5 billion – but the average deal size increased by 17%. This suggests that there’s a growing focus on large-scale projects that can have a more significant impact on market development and emissions; and climate

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What is digital real estate and why should you buy it?

Digital real estate (also known as digital property) refers to any virtual properties or online assets that have monetary value. They can be bought, sold, leased, or monetised through other means, such as subscription-based access; and common forms of digital property include domain names, websites, and mobile apps.  Increasingly, digital

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What drives success for young entrepreneurs?

Welcome to the 131 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 James Caan CBE (Serial entrepreneur, Media

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Entrepreneurs: How to find the right mentor

Speaking at LEAP 2023, James Caan CBE (Serial entrepreneur, Media Commentator and Former Investor on BBC’s Dragons’ Den) said: “When you look at an entrepreneur…we start off with an idea, we raise some money, we have passion and excitement. The thing that we lack is experience. By definition

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A long road: Building trust in autonomous vehicles

Public trust in the safety and usefulness of autonomous vehicles is among the most important barriers to rolling out self-driving cars worldwide – and one of the most difficult obstacles to overcome.  In 2023, J.D. Power’s U.S. Mobility Confidence Index (MCI) study found that consumer confidence in autonomous