Dear Deputy Permanent Representatives, dear Members of the European Parliament and the European Commission, As you are preparing for the last trilogue meeting on the proposed EU Copyright Directive, we are solemnly calling on all negotiators to seize this last opportunity to give Europe a broad, clear and innovation-friendly mandatory TDM exception. We, representatives of …
Press Release
November 15, 2018
Allied for Startups Joins Startups Nations Summit in Indonesia, Bringing the Voice of Entrepreneursto APAC Policymakers
Advocacy network to harness the full potential of Asia’s growing innovation ecosystem — focusing on the startups community in Indonesia — by advocating for digital policy solutions that enable growth for entrepreneurs Surabaya, 16 November 2018 — Allied for Startups, a worldwide network creating consensus on policies that positively impact startups, announced their #Allied4Apps APAC …
Data
September 29, 2018
Why Data Protection & Data Localisation Don’t Mix Well
Data localisation measures run contrary to best practises in lawmaking. Besides increasing cost and decreasing choice for users, they are bad news for startups globally. Contrary to their intent, such measures make data protection harder. Data protection is in startups’ DNA. While some applications are indispensable for users, deletion is only a click away if …
Startups
September 29, 2018
Launching Allied4Apps
For the past decade, the ecosystem of developers and startups in Asia-Pacific (APAC) has been accelerating its growth and dynamism to elevate its members to the competitive global force they are nowadays. Local and international powers are now looking up to APAC startups to develop and deploy digital innovation, especially for the mobile application industry. …
Policy
September 29, 2018
Startups & Developers
From Mumbai to Manila, and from Tokyo to Sydney, thousands of innovative and ambitious startups are bustling every day. In a global race for unicorns and new technologies, APAC governments can accelerate the success of local entrepreneurs by seizing the right opportunities. Nurturing entrepreneurs and mobile developers can be the winning ingredient of our economies, …
Data
March 20, 2018
Free Flow of Data: A ‘ferrari for startups?’
If a startup was a car, what would it be? In light of the fragmentation in the digital economy, the racetrack it is on would be curvy and steep one. Yet, if the regulation for free flow of non-personal data passes, Rapporteur Corazza Bildt thinks startups could get a ferrari. 🏎 What’s this about? Currently, …
Startups
January 29, 2018
Accelerating growth of startups in business services and construction
While the long-term goal for startups, the Digital Single Market, remains a priority — there might be another goodie coming from the EU that many of us never heard of: the e-card.
Policy
January 26, 2018
Case in point: PSI Hearing Shows That Startups Belong at the Policy Table
Case in point: PSI Hearing Shows That Startups Belong at the Policy Table Startups like straight talk: If there’s a problem, flag it and fix it. In Brussels, things are sometimes less straightforward. At a recent public hearing on the reuse of public sector information (PSI) stakeholders gave rosie introductions on how good open data …
Privacy
January 4, 2018
GDPR for Startups in Practise
This is the story of Aplyfifi – a name that stands for thousands of startups in Europe that are platforms, third party providers and will have to become data protection compliant by March. The idea is simple: a one-click application. Allowing visitors of your website to drag+drop their CV into a widget, and then follow …
Artificial Intelligence
January 4, 2018
Artificial Intelligence: Why Regulators Need to Understand Startups First
We all love to reflect on the big questions in life while driving. This makes us great thinkers and bad drivers. Entrepreneurs and scientists are the rockstars of this century. Artificial Intelligence is exploding around the world and in Europe. In this wave of WTF? and OMG we want to look at how Europe can keep up while …