Author Archives: Silicon Roundabout

When I envisioned myself starting a company, I never dreamed it would be a dating app. First of all, the space is littered with graves of failed startups. Talk about a crowded space with a dearth of success stories! Second …

“It’s true: the likes of Dragon’s Den, HBO’s Silicon Valley, and podcasts like StartUp give the impression that building a business is as simple as having a good idea and finding some money to implement it. In reality, anyone who …

Prior to launching Zendesk in 2007, I was working as a consultant for some of the larger organisations in Denmark. My role would typically be to come in and make progress in areas where the customer had stalled due to …

We asked Julia Bosch, founder of Outfittery, the online shopping service, about how the men’s market differed and to talk about the growth of her business!

The entrepreneurs in our list have raised over $240m in funding. The VC’s in our list have invested in many of technologies leading disruptive businesses. So we asked for the books that had inspired them!

“When an entrepreneur is thinking about an accelerator, I would encourage them to focus on the point of differentiation between programs. All accelerators are not created equal and there are right and wrong programs for your startup. Personally, I think …

Carwow is expanding the way Britain buys cars. We’ve taken the existing car buying process – in which new car buyers have no choice but to travel to dealerships and haggle for a good price – and turned it on …

Brainly was founded on the idea that if you create a digital learning environment and put students in charge, they will have the opportunity to learn freely. Under this idea, we’ve built Brainly to be the world’s largest social learning …

YOU-app, our new wellbeing app is gearing up to revolutionize self-improvement. The weapons: micro-actions, positivity, and support. We all make big resolutions. Eat better, move more, get organised… These resolutions are ambitious, vague, and most of us stumble to fulfil …

Running out of coffee at home can be a real pain. I remember waking up one Saturday morning and the coffee jar was empty so I had to go out to a local corner shop and buy a sub-standard, overpriced …