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  • In 1884, 13 European nations shamelessly gathered in Berlin to parcel out the African continent

    In 1884, 13 European nations shamelessly gathered in Berlin to parcel out the African continent

    By Jacob Zikusooka Lest We Forget: On this day in 1884, 13 European nations shamelessly gathered in Berlin to parcel out the African continent like famished school children (on a school trip) haphazardly dividing up a pizza. Great Britain was represented by Sir Edward Malet (Ambassador to the German Empire).…

  • Companies offering more parental leave

    Adobe is offering employees six months of paid maternity leave, joining the group of companies that are upping the amount of leave they allow employees to take.

  • Google-Style Office Perks Go Mainstream

    Offices outside of Silicon Valley are making their offices more employee friendly with recreational space, free food and other perks. WSJ’s Rachel Feintzeig joins Tanya Rivero on Lunch Break. Photo: Grant Hindsley for the Wall Street Journal

  • Podcast with Matt Mullenweg

    Matt Mullenweg has been named one of PC World’s Top 50 People on the Web, Inc.com’s 30 under 30, and Business Week’s 25 Most Influential People on the Web. Matt is most associated with a tool that powers more than 22% of the entire web: WordPress. Even if you aren’t…

  • Nikolai Wolfert started the Leila ‘borrowing shop’ in Berlin

    The most popular items in Berlin’s first “borrowing shop” are the electric drills. At least one of the local people who have registered with Leila – a little shop on Fehrbelliner Strasse, north-east of the city centre – seems to be continually fixing shelves or hanging pictures. But it’s not…

  • Meet Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky

    Airbnb has garnered favorable comparisons to eBay’s $212 billion marketplace, and for most startups this would be a compliment. Not for Chesky. “People went to Dell for the computers, but they go to Apple for everything,” Chesky says. “That’s the difference between a transactional company and a transformational one.” There’s…

  • Richard Branson’s top 10 tips for success

    Richard Branson’s top 10 tips for success

    Richard Branson left school at the age of 16 and set up Student Magazine with one of his friends. He went on to start Virgin Records in the 1970s and is the founder of the Virgin Group. In the 1980s he formed Virgin Atlantic airline and the 1990s saw the…

  • Tommy Ahlers: The software boss who says he was born to lead

    For someone who happily admits he isn’t very good at computer programming, Tommy Ahlers has done rather well for himself in the world of software. The Danish entrepreneur is best known as the former boss and co-founder of ZYB, a cloud storage back-up system for mobile phone users. The business…

  • An interview with Ulrik Bo Larsen, Founder and CEO of Falcon Social

    GetApp: Which technology company do you most admire, and why? Ulrik Larsen: I really admire what Elon Musk has been able to build—both Tesla and SpaceX. As an entrepreneur you have to respect his vision and drive. Technology still lives in the abstract for most people, so convincing them to…

  • Why can’t all bosses be like Julian Richer?

    I’m not going to beat about the bush here: I think Julian is great. If I had to hold up someone as a role model for other wannabe tycoons to follow, the founder of the Richer Sounds hi-fi chain would be that person. Let me be clear: for all I…