An accelerator programme might be just what your startup needs. It will give you that extra boost to start gaining traction. You’ll be able to meet and learn from experts, as well as interact with a large community of startup enthusiasts. It sounds very promising, but how do you choose the right accelerator from among so many? This guide to Berlin’s accelerator programmes will help you pick the best one for your business.

Networking and learning are key to becoming a successful startup founder. And what a better way to network and learn than to attend events? If you’re a startup founder in Berlin, these are some of the events that will help you extend your network, find mentors and partners, learn, stay inspired and move forward with your business.

When a startup reaches a billion-dollar valuation and joins The Global Unicorn Club, to say this is a serious business seems to be a massive understatement. Entering the not-so-plentiful company of top-class enterprises is a tremendous success everyone will talk and write about. And so we are today, focusing exclusively on the NYC startup scene!

The New York (NYC) tech ecosystem (Silicon Alley) currently ranks no. 2 in the country only behind Silicon Valley. Silicon Alley owes its dynamic growth since the mid-2000s to NYC’s large capital reserves and the developed financial market, efficient technical infrastructure, and deep synergies with old industries (e.g insurance, banking). Thanks to these facilitators, the NYC tech scene today hosts many world-famous tech companies, such as BuzzFeed, Etsy, MongoDB, FourSquare, Kickstarter, just to name a few. Despite the fact that NYC’s tech ecosystem is maturing, it’s still one of the fastest growing tech hubs in the United States which draws vast amounts of venture funding, startup exits, and acquisitions.

The success of Brexit referendum proved to be a huge blow to the image of London as the European tech capital. For months, the fears have grown. In fact, 2016 has been a great year for UK's startups. While the future of the financial passport and the access to EU talent remains uncertain, the European markets should remain open for the UK companies, and they should continue to increasingly depend on the efficiency of remote teams based in EU countries.

Celebrating a city is about celebrating the individuals that make it remarkable. That’s why we want to focus on the most successful startup founders of 2017 that are based in NYC. Of course, to make the list you had to meet the following criteria:  Founder of a stable, yet promising startup in 2017, Founder based or started startup in NYC, Recent achievements and success.

Berlin’s tech scene is thriving. So much so that Germany’s capital apparently welcomes a new startup every 20 minutes, according to advisory agency Gruenden. And whilst it hasn’t quite taken over European leader, London, Germany’s capital currently ranks 7th in the world for startups with an estimated 2,400 new firms located there. The city also has a knack for attracting investment with €2.4 billion in venture capital invested in Berlin’s startup scene last year, according to Ernst and Young.

Thanks to our clients we have a chance to participate in some of the most innovative and futuristic projects on the planet. One of them is ShiftWear. A New York based startup that threw down a challenge to the biggest fashion corporations. The goal is to create "most advanced, immersive sneakers ever".

Like many other tech hubs in the CEE region, the Baltic states are getting more and more attention from venture capitalists and investors. Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, with a joint population of over 6 million inhabitants, are one of the most active tech hubs in the region. It comes as no surprise that the business is thriving in the region. According to the FT report on Central and Eastern Europe: Technology & Innovation, the Baltic states have been ranked top 3 among the countries in the CEE region where it’s the easiest to do business. But what is the driving force behind the tech development in the Baltic states? And, more importantly, what are the biggest advantages and challenges for these countries?

As a professional and as a technologist, you always want to be up-to-date with the latest news from the field of business and tech. But how do you know what other representatives of the industry think about its current state? How do you make sure your opinions stay relevant in an industry that's constantly changing?

Last time, I brought to you the top 15 most prospective startups shaking up the New York scene. This week, we’re looking at the other side of the coin – the New York startups that have already found great success and firmly established themselves in our hearts and minds.

The business landscape is packed with visionary startups looking to change the world and make it a better place. Life is not so rosy, though. Plenty of promising startups are destined to misfire, and one of the reasons is the fact that they fail at successfully pitching their businesses to investors. Their ideas can be amazing, but if they can't convince lenders to trust them and share the risk their ventures involve, they might not even get a chance to make it to the market.

If there is one thing that is certain about the London startup ecosystem, it is the fact that no one knows what is the next big thing. Netguru has been brave enough to list top 10 most promising startups in 2016. We have now checked how our predictions worked and, happy with the accuracy, we take the challenge again.

 The New York tech sector is continuing to mature, with swathes of hot new startups bursting onto the scenes, innovating everything from FinTech to FoodTech. But who are they? We’ve put together a list of the top 15 most prospective New York startups to keep your eye on in 2017. Let’s meet them.

I want to help you not to fail. I respect you might have your vision and you are confident it is good. Your product or development team respects that as well. There is a chance you are a genius in the making, and your business idea will change the world. Or you’re not and you just don’t know it. This is why I’m being honest and why I want to tell you not to rely on your gut and vision all the time. You don’t have to learn from your own mistakes and this is how to avoid some of the most popular ones.

Prague still has a long way to go before they can compete with top European startup hubs like London, Berlin or Amsterdam. That said, the city offers enormous untapped growth potential for emerging companies.

Many product owners, especially in enterprise-level businesses, have at some point considered hiring a development consulting agency. Before making the final decision, they usually take into consideration hiring freelancers or building an in-house dev team. In this article, we would like to demonstrate what benefits working with an agency can bring you. We firmly believe that when you adopt a team approach from the very start of a project, it can enormously boost the project’s future success.

In 1944 John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern published Theory of Games and Economic Behaviour which was a breakthrough in the area of Mathematics and Economics. It fostered thinking about games in a more rational way and gave us a powerful framework in which to do so. Having read it, I would like to share some of my thoughts and perhaps show you how you can apply these concepts to startups or, indeed, to everyday life. The techniques at the heart of this theory, or maths in general, can give us some basic intuitions for thinking about startup strategies since Game Theory investigates how to behave when there is a conflict of interest.

The  Fintech sector attracts billions of dollars in VC investment. Each week, new startups take over markets that used to be controlled by banks and insurance companies. What will come out of the revolution? Who will win? How will it shape the future of financial services? Read our take on  Fintech vs. Banks.

Undoubtedly, London is one of the most important startup ecosystems in the world and it’s growing fast. More and more young companies decide to move to London whose market is also very diversified. If you are still unsure which are the hottest London meetups, incubators and communities, want to learn about how to face the challenge of talent drain or simply seek for some inspiration, London Startup Guide by Netguru is for you. Download now!