Global Security Challenge

GSC Blogs from February 2009 (12)



Friday Relief: weekly interactive short story about "Max the Spy" - Chapter 4 Today

In cooperation with www.spuukie.com, each Friday we will feature one segment from an interactive short story, called “Max The Spy”. this funny and somewhat poignant story of Max the British spy trapped in post-ww2 Berlin.  A world within ...

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Venture Capital Roundup: investments in security startups in 2009...

  guest column by Dan Roberts, a security and defence consultant in London   Some glimmers of hope, despite the adverse economic conditions, with several security focussed start-ups securing VC funding over the last few weeks. Adm...

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GSC contenders raise over $45 million | Read about ForgetMeNot's success story

The Global Security Challenge is proud that our top contenders and finalists from the previous annual competitions have subsequently raised over $45 million in fresh capital. Today we are reporting about the success story of one of our past participants: ...

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London Business School ranked #1 in the world

It should come as no suprise to most of you that we are about to brag-blog about our alma mater, London Business School, for being ranked as the #1 MBA school in the world by the Financial Times in January 2009. London Business School (LBS) has a so...

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Guerrilla Marketing for Startups: Trade Shows

A guest column by Mike Holt, a startup advisor from Get2Volume in Singapore   Attending trade shows is a good way to expand product awareness, to generate sales leads, and to learn about the market and competitors. A trade show is where r...

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The European Union gives green light to biometric passports.

A guest column by Moritz Schneider, political journalist in Berlin On January 14th, the European Parliament backed new rules on the introduction of biometric passports.  The MEPs have voted to implement biometric identification in the Schengen zone ...

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Friday Relief: weekly interactive short story about "Max the Spy" - Chapter 3 Today

In cooperation with www.spuukie.com, each Friday we will feature one segment from an interactive short story, called “Max The Spy”. this funny and somewhat poignant story of Max the British spy trapped in post-ww2 Berlin.  A world within ...

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100s of UK startups expected to fail for lack of funds

There is so much to blog about today...the collision of the Russian and American satellites? the new study that says that only 2% of the 4-5,000 surveyed SMEs in England are active risk takers? No, today the winner is...drumroll please... Richard Anton, ...

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Joe Biden marks new beginning for transatlantic relationship at 45th Munich Security Conference

The GSC’s Munich correspondent reports about the “45th Munich Conference on Security Policy” that happened on February 6-8 2009.While many Munich residents were again relieved on Sunday evening that the annual commotion of foreign politi...

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Friday Relief: weekly interactive short story about "Max the Spy" (Chapter #2 Today)

In cooperation with www.spuukie.com, each Friday we will feature one segment from an interactive short story, called “Max The Spy”. this funny and somewhat poignant story of Max the British spy trapped in post-ww2 Berlin.  A world within ...

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John Reid's new Centre for Security and Resilience Studies launches at UCL

Former UK Home Secretary, Dr. John Reid MP via the University College London is setting up a new, groundbreaking ‘do-tank’ called the Centre for Security and Resilience Studies.  It aims to offer a unique opportunity for students and acad...

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London's snow storm to cost City 1 billion GBP || New MET boss will keep police on roads

The heaviest snow fall in the last 18 years hit the UK today. More than 250 flights were cancelled at London’s airports, the underground was not working for most part of the morning, motorways were in gridlock and it is estimated that only one in ev...

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