James Silver is a journalist, editor & screenwriter. As a reporter, he specialises in tech, media and business. Formerly at BBC News, he has written for, among others, The Guardian, The Observer and WIRED.
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
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.
From sourcing talent to finding customers, managing company culture to assembling a board, these are the best ways to grow your startup .
The TV industry is in the grip of a series of mega-mergers.
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.
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
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
From accommodation to cars, the internet is turning us from consumers into providers and challenging established business models.
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.
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.