Today I read an article by TNW on ‘London Taking on Silicon Valley with Major Investment’ and it got me thinking. You see David Cameron et al have the right approach getting behind the Internet economy – after all, they’ve just figured out how valuable it is.

Marc Andreessen, techno star, serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz talks to Stanford University about how companies can take advantage of cloud computing. He goes on to comment about and rate the latest cloud computing services available.

Give an ear to what the successful founder turned VC, Naval Ravikant has to say about entrepreneurship and investing. Straight talk about what it takes to be successful and what an investor is really looking for when making the big decision. Thanks Gigaom for a great interview.

Tim Campbell was the first winner of the BBC’s annual entrepreneurial slug-fest, The Apprentice. Since leaving his role with Lord Alan Sugar.  Tim has become the founder and CEO of Bright Ideas Trust, a charity that helps disadvantaged young people in London to start their own companies.

An excellent interview with David S. Rose, one of the most highly regarded Angel Investors in the USA. David Rose is an entreprenurial executive and investor with experience in high technology and communications,angel investments, finance and government. Described as ” The Father of Angel Investing in New York ” and a ” world conquering entrepreneur “,  David is Chairman of [...]

What is the most common line you’ve heard in the last 2 years? ‘Don’t start a business during a recession’. Am I right? Well, we’re still in an economic downturn but plenty of great start-ups have come out of it. In the business world opportunities never cease – so let’s turn this downturn into an [...]

Richard Branson talks out on how entrepreneurs should build a start-up through the recession. Are you?

A host of famous, successful entrepreneurs dropped out of academia (check Steve Jobs), proving a university degree might not seem to be on the critical path when developing innovative, ground-breaking ideas. Yet a new survey by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) underpinned by experts from 31 countries claims otherwise! Apparently education is a key factor [...]

Michael Lenox, from the Batten Institute, talks about Green/clean technology and entrepreneurship. The video interview provides a neat summary of the factors driving adoption of ‘green’ technologies and services. Check it out.

Interesting interview with Offerpal’s CEO Anu Shukla on ‘What is Entrepreneurship?’.

Are you really suited to work at a startup? This post holds a health warning – ‘startups are insanely bad for your health’. And it applies to the first 50 employees in any startup on the planet whether they are its founder, leader, developer, sales person, intern, cleaner or coffee maker. You see a startup [...]

What does it take to become the best possible entrepreneur? There are endless reams of data (mostly full of it) analyzing (to death) what it takes to be a highly successful entrepreneur  - allowing both existing and would-be entrepreneurs to manically self diagnose whether or NOT they have the ‘juice’. Most focus on entrepreneurial traits [...]