If you run a search on Romania’s IT sector you could easily be left with the impression that the country is about to deliver the next Facebook. But while the country’s IT sector is indeed booming, it also has an innovation problem. Romania has more IT engineers per capita than the US, India, China or Russia, and over the past …

The day after the last games of the group stage at the ‘Euro 2016’ were played out in France when we will know the teams who made it to the knock-out phase, another ‘make-or-break’-decision is due: The ‘Brexit’- referendum. In the tragedy of ‘Hamlet’, William Shakespeare’s opening phrase “To be, or not to be…” contemplates death and suicide. 400 years …

What Type Are You?   Entrepreneurs come in all shapes and sizes, but it turns out that the most successful ones can be grouped into six different personality profiles with certain traits in common. This is according to the Founder Institute, a launch program for startups, which has worked with top social scientists to test over 30’000 entrepreneurs in correlating their working …

Have you ever wondered, what’s the difference between regular guys like you & me and self-made, ultra-successful people? Last night, I stumbled upon an article at inc.com I’d like to share here, because it might give you an answer to this question: Ultra-successful people view life differently from us, and its reflected in how they live, work, save, invest, and give. They …

Over 20 years to construct, Over 2’000 workers, Over 2’000 meters deep, Over 200 km/h fast   Next week, the world’s longest and deepest traffic tunnel – the Gotthard Base Tunnel through the Alps – will be inaugurated in Switzerland. The tunnel will span a length of 57 km – with a total tunnel system including shafts and passages of over 150 km – and …

What new trends will emerge in the next several years with the potential for explosive growth? We’ll probably get answers at the ‘Top 10 Tech Trends Debate‘ who takes place this week in Santa Clara, in the center of Silicon Valley. But you don’t need to travel half way around the world to get a glimpse of the future. I …

Apple is Europe’s most loved brand and dominates social conversation, according to a just released study by social analytics company NetBase called the Brand Passion Report. The data to get the the top 50 brands in Europe with the strongest, most positive consumer emotions was gathered from 6,5 millions posts in social media from 50 countries during the period April 2015 …

‘’You are not rational; there is no such thing as ‘fair’; compromise is the worst thing you can do.’’ In the just released book ‘Never Split The Difference’, former FBI lead international kidnapping negotiator Chris Voss breaks down these strategies so that anyone can use them in the workplace, in business, or at home. After retiring from the FBI in 2007, Voss …

This Friday and Saturday, Japan will play host to the meeting of the G7- finance ministers and central bank governors. The gathering of the finance elite from the 7 wealthiest developed countries (representing more than 64% of the net global wealth) will take place in Sendai, about 70 km north of Fukushima. The choice of Sendai is designed to highlight reconstruction …

  In case you haven’t noticed, oil prices are staging a strong recovery towards 50 USD per barrel. That’s almost twice the price of February, when oil dropped to 26 USD/barrel – so be prepared for higher costs when your car needs the next fill-up. This remarkable price movement of the ‘black gold’ within a few weeks can also be seen …