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News
- Small Business Saturday sees spend hit all-time high(smallbusiness.co.uk)
- Gibraltar launches world’s first licence for fintech firms using blockchain(Independent)
- Rich kids 10 times more likely to become inventors, creating ‘lost Einsteins’ (CNBC cover Harvard and Stanford research suggesting lack of exposure and mentoring for youth is inhibiting innovation)
- Indiegogo now lets you fund via (SEC compliant) token sales(TechCrunch)
Opinion
- Small Business Saturday sees spend hit all-time high(smallbusiness.co.uk)
- Gibraltar launches world’s first licence for fintech firms using blockchain(Independent)
- Rich kids 10 times more likely to become inventors, creating ‘lost Einsteins’ (CNBC cover Harvard and Stanford research suggesting lack of exposure and mentoring for youth is inhibiting innovation)
- Indiegogo now lets you fund via (SEC compliant) token sales(TechCrunch)
Features
- BBC: How Toni Mascolo gave hairdressing a makover (obituary)
- Beauhurst: A 2017 retrospective: The year of the megadeal
- Fast Company: These entrepreneurs are transforming the Middle East’s startup scene