Ben Allen, Author at StartUp Beat

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StartUp Beat has relaunched to take a new and improved look at startups from around the world. We will continue to profile the world’s most innovative early-stage startups through company pitches, interviews and guest columns from entrepreneurial experts. StartUp Beat is now based in Medellín, Colombia, one of Latin America’s burgeoning tech hubs.

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Ben Allen

Ben Allen is a traveler, a writer and a Brit. He worked in the London start-up world for a while but really prefers commenting on it than working in it. He has huge faith in the tech industry and enjoys talking and writing about the social issues inherent in it's development.

Features

Yaniv Feldman on the creation of cointelligence and crypto vs traditional economies

Ben Allen Posted On March 5, 2018

While the crypto markets exist in eternal flux Yaniv Feldman, co-founder and CEO of cointelligence.com, provides a sober and mature approach to the growing incorporation of the crypto markets into the traditional economy.

Features / Perspective

The contrast between shitcoin and altcoin is pure startup

Ben Allen Posted On January 19, 2018

The lower end of the cryptocurrencies market is filled with cowboys and outlaws, it’s a world of pluck, cynicism and chance, and encapsulates the startup mentality almost entirely.

Startup Pitches

Beer: The latest market to be upended by tech

Ben Allen Posted On January 19, 2018

The US beer market suffers from a hangover from prohibition-era distribution laws, which the tech sector has now turned on its head.

Features / Perspective

The Silicon Valley Paradox: Tech’s Solutions to the Food Insecurity on its Doorstep

Ben Allen Posted On December 27, 2017

One in four people in Silicon Valley are at risk of hunger, according to a report in The Guardian sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Perspective

Contracting Millennials: Tech will help identify top emerging talent

Ben Allen Posted On December 21, 2017

Millennials are cornered by the current zeitgeist, labeled as lazy by some and idealistic by others.

News

Neurotechnology implants could drastically change the aging process as we know it

Ben Allen Posted On December 10, 2017

This week, in Boston, six nursing homes announced plans to close without explanation. And a further three Connecticut nursing homes are facing fines for jeopardizing resident safety. These kind of news stories are a symptom of a damaged elder care system that is already […]

Funding & Acquisitions News / Launches / News / Startup Pitches

Coding Autism looks to train engineers and promote independence for people with autism and Asperger’s

Ben Allen Posted On December 5, 2017

Workplace diversity issues are broader than gender, ethnicity and age; 66% of autistic adults are unemployed.

Uncategorized

How are apps getting behind the Great Firewall of China?

Ben Allen Posted On December 1, 2017

The internet was introduced in China in 1994 in as part of the Open Door approach to tap into Western capitalism, six years later came the introduction of the Golden Shield Project.

Features / News

Central European Startup Awards Winners Announced

Ben Allen Posted On November 23, 2017

Thousands of nominations have been narrowed down to 1,400 applications, and from there over 100 national winners were selected. And we now give you the final 13 regional winners for Central Europe.

Funding & Acquisitions News / News / Startup Pitches

SophiaTX builds the systems behind your everyday transactions

Ben Allen Posted On November 20, 2017

Every time you deal with any company, you are by proxy dealing with a series of other companies. B2B business is booming, and the e-commerce B2B market by itself is expected to be worth $6.7 trillion by 2020, and it only accounts […]

Interviews / News / Startup Stories

Startups tackling India’s healthcare inequality

Ben Allen Posted On November 16, 2017

healthtech, digitisation, development, rural, urban, healthcare

The lack of a digitized ecosystem in India, especially in rural areas, might seem like a hindrance for tech companies, but some companies are finding it affords opportunities which can’t be found in developed countries.

Advice / Features / Interviews / Startup Stories

The entrepreneur who became a Lyft driver to conduct customer research

Ben Allen Posted On November 9, 2017

entrepreneur, forkspot, lyft, restaurant, Startup

Grigori Mikayelyan was a failed and an aspiring entrepreneur; furnished with a new idea – and determined to make a success of it – he became a Lyft driver to conduct customer research with his passengers.

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