
What Viber’s $900m acquisition means for Cypriot (and other EU) startups.
It’s with great excitement that I saw the news spreading about Viber’s acquisition by Japanese internet-juggernaughts Rakuten for $900m. Not only have the team (in
It’s with great excitement that I saw the news spreading about Viber’s acquisition by Japanese internet-juggernaughts Rakuten for $900m. Not only have the team (in
It’s been a roller-coaster of a year, being so closely tied with the Cypriot economy, seeing through a crisis and launching a phoenix-like project which
I spent the whole of the weekend that just passed live blogging from hack{cyprus} and sleeping in the back seat of a car whilst plugging
There are many benefits to starting a new business. But very few would count sleeping in their back seat as one of the benefits. I mean,
All throughout our lives, here in Europe, we are raised to be fairly risk averse, avoiding failure by any means necessary. This is a problem
I am, like many others, very concerned about the growing unemployment rate on our lovely island. With companies being forced to close, and even more
Cyprus is a miraculous place, the birth-place and childhood-playground of many multi-millionaires and hand-full of billionaires, all around the world. However something has changed lately (probably in
Hey there. Let me first start by introducing myself, what I do, and what this blog’s purpose is. My name’s Hector Kolonas, and I’m one
I’m a workspace technologist – which just means I get to work with a tonne of awesome people and tech that support, run, market and enrich hundreds of business communities and workspaces around the world.
I currently lead included.co and syncaroo.com, and curate This Week In Coworking, the ProptechUpdate, the Integrations Map and the Big Bodacious List of coworking software. Learn more about me and my work here.
In my blog and email updates I share my thoughts, observations and spotted trends regarding workspace, technology & entrepreneurship.