ZUORA
Zuora Is sort of like Adyen … it scratches a fintech itch a lot of companies have. In this case, Zuora has the cloud-based subscription revenue management software that clients such as entertainment giant HBO and media companies such as Financial Times need. The company – based in SanFran – has 800 emplo…>

Boston-based HubSpot has gotten a LOT of pub for its work culture, consistently ranked among the highest-rated tech employers.

On the company’s landing page is a 128-slide LinkedIn deck covering in painful detail how HubSpot is revolutionizing the way people work … in a good way.

So, what do they do to gen…>

We have to start by plugging the hometown team.

Based in Amsterdam (an hour from our HQ in Eindhoven), Adyen is the most Silicon Valley-like company in the Netherlands, exceeding all expectations through hustle and vision. At the beginning of 2018, eBay announced it would dump iconic payment pioneer PayPal in favor…>

• Tomorrowland Winter, 9 thru 16 March – Tomorrowland organizers are adding a winter event, renting out the entire ski resort of Alpe d’Huez, France, for the expected 30,000 attendees. (Check out the vid.) This is already sold out, but you can get on the waiting list here.

This is a tough one … two events in Paris at almost the same time. The deeptech-focused Hello Tomorrow versus all things to all startups Viva Technology? Which might be a decision Dispatches has to make … we’ll see.

Okay, we know all about Hello Tomorrow above. Let’s look at Viva Tech, which is one of the majors,…>

Mobile is still where the action is, and MWC Barcelona (the new name) is one of the Big Three tech/startup events along Web Summit and CES in Vegas. This show mixes first looks at cutting-edge tech from more than 2,400 companies with programs built around industry visionaries dispensing digital wisdom.

And, it will…>

It’s like a race these days to figure out how many activities event organizers can add to music and skiing.

At Les Arcs Film Festival, it’s the other way ’round. This is a juried movie-industry event with 120 films that’s added concerts, DJ sets, outdoor adventure and lots of other stuff. And of course, there’s…>

Snow, scenery and a whole bunch of German (and one American) bands inspired by the Strokes and Nirvana.

This festival in the mountains south of Salzburg is going on its seventh year after starting – most of these festivals do – as a party that got out of hand.

On the bill for 2018 are Beatsteaks, Granada and Sei…>

If Rave on Snow is the beginning, Rise will take the party to a higher level. 15 thru 22 December, with some British EDM stars.

For 2019, they include they include Annie Mac and Camelphat (“Cola”) on the main stage. Ah, but there’s so much more.

This is one of the largest ski/music/wellbeing events of the year on Eu…>

This is a staged race through the Swiss Alps with the storied resort of Gstaad as the base. Yes, the pros will be there, taking it all seriously. But there will also be a lot of amateurs taking the partying seriously.

On 2 and 10 October we had two Mentor Meet the Teams sessions. On October 24 we organize an additional Mentor session.

In July we held a CERN hackathon where teams formed to build new business applications for three technologies.

Over the summer, the teams continued to meet and formulate their business…>