‘Inside the UK unicorn that’s about to become the Intel of AI’ –WIRED
In September 2015, hardware veterans Nigel Toon and Simon Knowles were doing the rounds of venture capital offices in Silicon Valley and London, touting their latest startup.
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‘The story of London’s tech scene, as told by those who built it’ — WIRED
Over the past decade, thousands of fast-growth startups have flourished in Britain.
‘Just Eat: the start-up that delivered despite humble beginnings’ — The Times
Food tech wasn’t a thing in 2006 when Just Eat set up shop in a one-bedroom flat in east London, writes James Silver in an edited extract from his book Upscale, about British tech entrepreneurs
‘Your brand story is critical from day one’ — VentureBeat
As soon as Seedcamp makes a new investment, it invites the startup-in-question’s founders and core team members to ‘Basecamp’ – essentially a crash course in early stage business fundamentals.
‘Most startups fail. Here’s how to successfully grow your business’ — WIRED
From sourcing talent to finding customers, managing company culture to assembling a board, these are the best ways to grow your startup .
‘How to make it big in tech and still keep the demons at bay’ — The Observer
In a testosterone-laden field, many leaders hide their anxieties to avoid looking weak …
‘How rivalries in media mergers are shaping the future of TV’ — The Times/Raconteur
The TV industry is in the grip of a series of mega-mergers.
‘Twelve things you need to know about driverless cars’ — The Observer
From forecourt to scrapyard, a new car in the UK lasts an average of 13.9 years, which is why if you got one today, it might very well be the last car you buy.
Martin Baron: ‘We took Donald Trump seriously from the beginning’ — The Guardian
The phone call that would, just hours later, inflict a highly damaging blow to Donald Trump’s presidential ambitions came through to Washington Post reporter David Fahrenthold mid-morning on Friday 7 October.
Why Most of London’s Tech Community Believe Brexit Will Be a Disaster — TechCrunch
A decision over the U.K.’s future membership in the European Union is now just days away, with latest polls indicating a race to the wire.Among the most fearful of a potential Brexit is big business
‘The rise of distributed working’ — The Sunday Times/ Raconteur
Individuals based at home or in remote offices, scattered anywhere in the world, are part of a rising phenomenon called distributed working.
Do Adjust Your Set: Netflix has built 50m TV channels. For founder Reed Hastings, that’s just the start — WIRED
In a production office a few metres from the designer boutiques and tourists on the Rue Royale in Paris, Pascal Breton, a veteran French TV-drama producer, shifts restlessly in his chair as he describes his
Widening the net: How Netflix plans to take over the world — Evening Standard
Marseille, an eight-episode Netflix Original series about power and corruption is due in late 2015.
The £7K-a-year computer — WIRED
If you want to get an idea of how the UK public sector came to spend £17 billion per year — that’s the equivalent of 30-odd new hospitals — on information technology as recently as
Fin-tech: Sleeping with the Enemy — Informilo
Square, the first start-up to enable self-employed professionals and small merchants to accept card payments via smartphones and tablets,processed payments of over $10 billion in 2012.
The sharing economy: a whole new way of living — The Observer
From accommodation to cars, the internet is turning us from consumers into providers and challenging established business models.
The Future of Retail: Drones and HoloStores? — Informilo
By James Silver, July 8, 2013 Competition from online commerce will force highstreet stores to cut back dramatically on physical space as the retail industry struggles to reboot itself for a new era, predicts David
Could AppNexus’s digital ads be the unlikely saviour of newspapers? — The Guardian
The advertising technology company hopes digital ads will continue to fund great journalism By James Silver, The Guardian, Sunday 16 June 2013 18.08 BST
Brian O’Kelley is an unlikely saviour of newspapers.
As P2P Lodging Start-Ups Surge, a Backlash Stirs — Informilo
The fast-growing P2P lodging marketplace is clearly eating into the business of hotels and, according to some arguments, is even starting to impact property values.
TaskRabbit’s London Push — Informilo
TaskRabbit announces it will expand into the UK, at Le Web London 2013.
Peace and Quiet, On Demand — Informilo
A New Twist On The Sharing Economy: Peace And Quiet On Demand
Submitted by James Silver on June 6, 2013
Zigzagging the stage at Le Web London 2013 as he pitched his new startup Breather
As P2P Lodging Start-Ups Surge, a Backlash Stirs — Informilo
Submitted by James Silver on June 6, 2013
The fast-growing P2P lodging marketplace is clearly eating into the business of hotels and, according to some arguments, is even starting to impact property values.
Europe’s Got Talent — Informilo
By James Silver, Contributing Writer, on May 24, 2013
An invited audience drawn from 50 high-growth companies and investors gathered at the Irish Embassy in London on May 22nd to hear a panel discussion organized
20 Ways to Keep Your Internet Identity Safe from Hackers — The Observer
Do you use the same password for all websites? Do you overshare on Facebook? If so, you’re a target for cybercriminals – whose computer scams are costing Britain £27bn a year.
Funding the Robot Revolution — WIRED
Interview with Dmitry Grishin,
By James Silver
There’s something of the Victorian freak show about the World Maker Faire — a three-day annual makers’ jamboree held at the New York Hall of Science in Queens
Poised and Patrician, a Retail Revolutionary — The Times/Raconteur
INTERVIEW The man in charge of the John Lewis Partnership tells James Silver how his company is bucking the economic trend to be Britain’s retail success story
When the John Lewis Partnership announced its most
Innovate or Die, as the UK Leads the Way — The Times/Raconteur
OVERVIEW The UK is well positioned as a front runner in the online revolution in retail sales, writes James Silver
We know the UK’s economic backdrop only too well.
A Start-up Talent Factory — Informilo
By James Silver,
An ever-growing number of tech incubators and accelerators select start-ups based on the strength of their teams, rather than their business ideas, which frequently fizzle out in their earliest iterations.
Why Policy Should Matter To Start-Ups — Informilo
by James Silver,
April 2nd 2013.
The Coalition for a Digital Economy (Coadec) is an independent non-profit lobbying group which represents tech start-ups and entrepreneurs to government on policy and regulatory issues.
Bringing Hardware up to Speed — WIRED
By James Silver
Bolt, a Boston-based accelerator programme for hardware companies, will aim to hothouse promising startups in the space and take them from idea to store shelves.
Profile: Beppe Grillo –BBC Radio 4
Beppe Grillo has achieved a stunning success in the Italian elections with the performance of the new citizens’ protest network – the Five Star Movement.
He is its guiding star, a comedian-turned politician.
An interview with WPP’s Mark Read — Informilo
Digital Or Die: An Interview With WPP’s Mark Read
Submitted by James Silver on March 1, 2013
Global digital advertising spend broke through the $100 billion barrier last year, according to eMarketer, meaning that desktop
The Operator-Start-up Connection — Informilo
By James Silver
Contributing Writer
With their beanbags, primary-color decor and the obligatory table-football areas, tech start-up workplaces have long become something of a self-parody.
Profile: Tom Ford — BBC Radio 4
Designer Tom Ford has become a brand in his own right.
General Assembly Ponders Further European Expansion — Informilo
By James Silver
Contributing Writer.
Interview with Rohan Silva — The Observer
Tech City: two years in, how is east London’s technology hub faring?
David Cameron launched his vision for a cluster of high-growth startups in the capital two years ago.
After the Tech Incubator Bubble — WIRED
30th May 2012.
By James Silver
Back in February 2009, Kristian Hiiemaa, then 29, bootstrapped Erply, a business-software startup, with three other developers in Tallinn, Estonia.
Classroom Disruptor: the proprietary tablet PC that’s changing Russian schools — WIRED
By James Silver.
24th February 2012.
School number 1409 lies about ten kilometres north of Moscow city centre, in an exclusive enclave of gated communities.
How Genevieve Bell gathers intel for Intel — WIRED
AUTOPIA
05 JULY 11
by JAMES SILVER
Genevieve Bell (above) is an anthropologist whose people-watching informs next-generation computer chips.
Silicon comes to Stratford: Developing London’s ‘Tech City’ — WIRED
SILICON ROUNDABOUT
07 JANUARY 11
by JAMES SILVER
David Cameron wants to boost London’s startups by building a “Tech City” on the Olympic site.
If you like it, leave a tip — WIRED
FLATTR
14 DECEMBER 2010
by JAMES SILVER
The cofounder of the Pirate Bay wants to monetise appreciation
In April 2009 the Finnish-Norwegian Pirate Bay cofounder Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi, 31, was found guilty — with three
How Aardman is embracing the digital age — WIRED
AARDMAN
02 NOVEMBER 2010
by JAMES SILVER
The stop-frame creators of Wallace and Gromit have embraced the digital age.
Data information: How visual tools can transform lives — WIRED
DATA
05 AUGUST 2010
by JAMES SILVER
24 hours into his deployment in Haiti, as part of the Red Cross’s first rotation after January’s 7.0-magnitude earthquake flattened much of Port-au-Prince, Kjeld Jensen was busy making
His Only Vice Is Women — The Specator
Vittorio Sgarbi, the mayor of Salemi
‘Andy Kershaw: I’ve never laid a finger on anyone’ — The Times
After a drink fuelled breakdown and a jail sentence for repeated harassment;
Snap, crackle and pap — The Guardian
The Kate Middleton affair has put the spotlight on the extraordinary cat-and-mouse game that the press and the young royals play By James Silver, The Guardian, Monday 15 January 2007
Rain pattered on the white
Interview with Peter Oborne — The Guardian
‘I had no idea what a news story was’ — Peter Oborne, former Spectator political editor, has abandoned the office and become one of New Labour’s most feared political commentators.
Interview: Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannu — The Independent.
“The future is easy – and orange: He might have taken a slight knock with the too-bright colour of the easyCruise hull, but that won’t stop the irrepressible Stelios for long, finds James Silver.
Ann Leslie: Stuff and nonsense — The Independent
She’s been shot at, almost blown up and has serious health problems, yet she still covers the world’s trouble spots with her trademark stoicism.
Max Clifford: The dirt-disher comes clean — The Independent
Max Clifford’s kiss-and-tell stories of politicians, pop stars and footballers are the lifeblood of many a tabloid newspaper.
‘Missing: Mother’s anguish over missing son’ — BBC Radio’s Five Live Report
Every day more than 500 people are reported missing in the UK, and although most are found within 72 hours, thousands every year are never seen again.