Guest Opinion

Mark Turrell shares the story of how he used social technology to help the MDC win the 2008 elections in Zimbabwe. More »

Entrepreneurs should not fall into the trap of focusing on a quick exit, writes Tien Tzuo. Focus on building something bigger. More »

Serial entrepreneur and investor Jos White says the recent Coutts report on European venture capital is fundamentally wrong. More »

Ben Tompkins says that being a venture capitalist in Europe today is a bit like being an entrepreneur, but it's way too early to count European VCs out of the game just yet. More »

It’s time to face the challenges of upgrading our educational systems so they are fit for purpose, argues Javier Agüera. More »

Fred Destin says that while venture capital is being disrupted there are still significant opportunities out there, provided VCs are willing to embrace the wave of change that is approaching them. More »

Why do people fake their online influence? Dan Howe, who once experimented with follower gaming, explains. More »

It isn't the government's job to keep investors in business, writes Fred Destin, who says the European venture capital market may be set to contract even further. More »

Start-up founders should not be ashamed to be salesmen, writes Emma Vites. It's the name of the game. More »

Investors should stop targeting start-ups that will make a quick buck and focus on long-term purpose-led businesses, writes David Erasmus. More »

Stian Westlake dispels the myth that the technology industry is in meltdown. More »

The web's 'open' ethos is moving from the web into the real world. But is this glut of open initiatives stifling innovation and leading to groupthink, asks Robert Carroll. More »

As web services evolve, sometimes it’s difficult to believe that customers will ever be able to talk to a real human again. But the future can be different and humans will have a huge part to play, writes Darren Fell. More »

Will the introduction of tax breaks for the UK games industry result in a new generation of developers, asks Richard Wilson. More »

Why are politicians so bad at securing their own domain names, asks Jeremiah Johnston. The effect of not doing so can be disastrous for their campaigns. More »

Most people who wear contact lenses are resigned to being seen in glasses from time to time. Geeks, especially: staring at the screen in an air-conditioned office really dries out those daily disposables. But there seems to be one exception, writes Milo Yiannopoulos. More »

Publishers at the London Book Fair seem to have missed the memo about e-books being the future. But this isn't necessarily bad news, writes Jon Collins. More »

Michael Kushner, founder of Kushner Property and the Silicon Roundabout blog, argues that excess hype in east London has not been a boon for start-ups. More »

Entrepreneurship is not a panacea for all employment ills, writes Alan Gleeson. We need to discourage those who aren't fit to start their own business. More »

As our dependence on technology increases, so does our energy consumption. How can firms mitigate the impact of growing compliance burdens and rising energy costs, asks Tate Cantrell. More »