People | Die Persönlichkeiten, die man im Startup-Sektor kennen muss

Cait O'Riordan, Chief Product and Information Officer at Financial Times ©Ivan Kolazov

interview

Financial Times: AI and Machine Learning Will Disrupt the People Who Read Us

Marvin Liao, 500startups comes again for DigitalK @500 startups

#interview #digitalk2019

Marvin Liao: European Founders Are as Good As US Ones But Sometimes Don’t Have the Same Ambition

Andreas M. Antonopoulos © private archive

INTERVIEW

Andreas Antonopoulos: Non-State Money Is Breaking the Monopoly and Giving People More Choices

Atanas Kutsev, Gergana Stancheva, Ivo Dimchev, Boris Mihov ©Stereofox

PERSONALITIES

The Curious Case of Tech & Business People and Their Creative Side Projects

Elina Zheleva,© launchlabs

face of the week

Elina Zheleva Who Brought Design Thinking to Bulgaria and Now Takes it to The Next Level

© Mat Brown, Pexels

work

996: The Chinese Culture of Overtime and its Critics

#new space in town

Missia23: The New Hub in Sofia on a Mission to Bring Creative Industries and Tech Sector Together

Hristo Georgiev, Atanas Simeonov and Veli Pehlivanov are starting a whole new company and aim to be a factor on the IT services market very soon - Resolute Software © Jordan Mihajlov, TrendingTopics.bg

new player

Resolute Software: The Three Entrepreneurs Who Want to Change the Face of IT Services

Alex Shopski (in the middle) is a digital entrepreneur and cybersec consultant who's been trying to work with the government for quite some time and has found a formula © Odyssey

face of the week

Alex Shopski and His Idea of How Business to Government Startups Could Enter the Game

interview

The Pitch Doctor: Founders Believe They Need To Address The Investors’ Brain First. That’s a Mistake

© Katherine Hanlon, Unsplash

#femaleinvestors

A Global Directory Shows The Female Face of the Global Venture Capital Industry

Victor Penev was one of the panelists during RE:TURN, the initiative that aims to bridge the Bulgarian startup ecosystem with the diaspora in the USA ©BVCA

Face of the week

Victor Penev and Edamam: On the Intersection between Tech Entrepreneurship, Healthy Food, and Yoga

Alex Zhigarev, partner at Speedinvest ©Si

Interview

Investor: If Banks Are Smart, They Will Become the Platform for New Generation Fintech Startups

Diana Medanova, COO of bsurance and insurtech expert ©bsurance

Interview

InsurTech Innovations Come From Western Europe but are Received Better on the Eastern Markets

Bogomil Balkansky is a well-known name in the Bulgarian but also US tech ecosystem and is also involved in the creation of a new Bulgarian center for entrepreneurship and innovation in the Valley ©Digitalk

interview

Bogomil Balkansky: If You Have Asked for an Intro, You Better be the First to Answer

© Pixabay

Guest Post

Why I Don’t Have a Smart Home

Sofia has evolved to a real startup hub thanks to a lot of private investments and efforts ©Dimitar Karanikolov

events

Three Events Aim to Bring the Bulgarian Ecosystem and the US Diaspora Closer

©MOVE.BG

Impact

Changemakers: The New Social Network for Tech, Art and Green Entrepreneurs in Bulgaria

Ivan Alexandrov, founder and CEO of eBag, expects another year in which the business will double. ©Jordan Mihajlov, TrendingTopics.bg

growth

Online Grocery eBag Closes a €650K Round and Considers an IPO

Tatyana and Alex wanted to found a startup together while they were students, then learned what it means to run a businesses and are happy they are not doing it together now. ©private

entrepreneurial couples

Tatyana & Alex: My Venture. Your Venture. Our Adventure.

No, that's not a stock picture. Unlike their wedding photo, Kremena and Ned Dervenkovi, have never competed in real life, they do start a lot of initiatives together, but not businesses. ©Vassil Nikolov

entrepreneurial couples

Kremena & Ned: My Venture. Your Venture. Our Adventure.