‘Cool is not a reason for a new bank. Control is,’ reads a new advert for the Berlin-based digital startup bank N26. Plastered across London’s transport network, does the ad, one of a series they’ve rolled out, intentionally cast shade in the direction of its coral pink competitor, Monzo? Such online, branchless services claim to […]
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Paris-based business incubator Station F – which calls itself the largest ‘startup campus’ in the world – will start offering co-living leases later this year. In preparation, it’s currently hiring a community manager to help new tenants settle in. The job description offers an interesting insight into what this role entails. Take a look at the […]
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Unlike James Bond our mornings don’t consist of sitting in the bath, reading papers, on the phone and leisurely taking out time. Well for some they might. But how did you spend your commute this morning? It can be strange, being squashed up on a bus or train for up to an hour every morning, […]
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Shaving is a lost art, with less time and more and more gentlemen preferring a beard, the Angle Razor from Morrama is on a mission to bring back the art. With a machined aluminium handle that puts the balance point at the thumb and forefinger, the Angle Razor uses physics to help deliver a more controlled shave. […]
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Mr.porter took a look at The co-founder of Airbnb’s home and shares his local hotspots. It’s more bachelor pad than billionaire’s palace, but Mr Joe Gebbia’s characterful home in San Francisco is an accurate reflection of who he is and the company he started. Airbnb was launched in 2007 from the small apartment nearby that Mr Gebbia shared […]
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So, you quit your day job and gone out alone in the big bad world. You were full of ideas, dreams and fire; you wanted to revolutionise the world and build a better society. But now, having come short several times, you’re thinking about returning to a normal nine to five. And it’s understandable – selling […]
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WeWork has spent 2017 riding a rocket. The co-working company leases buildings, renovates them to be luxe Silicon Valley-style offices, and then rents out those offices one desk or a conference room at a time. Just within 2017, WeWork raised $4.4 billion from SoftBank’s Vision Fund. As of October, it had 172 locations in 18 countries, used by more than 150,000 members. WeWork itself employs over […]
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It had to happen at some point, but it was assumed there were many years of steep growth still to come for Airbnb. The number of people booking a room on the platform grew just 3.3% last year, falling from 7.9% in the previous 12 months, and even higher in previous years. (That data is […]
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Oh Jeff, for a very brief moment, Amazon god Jeff Bezos was crowned the richest person in the world, overtaking Microsoft’s co-founder Bill Gates as No. 1. Due mostly in part to Amazon’s stock rising on Wednesday morning, Bezos’ net worth went up to $90.9 billion USD compared to Gates’ net worth of $90.7 billion USD. For the past four […]
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Like many entrepreneurs, Martijn Roordink hasn’t worked in a traditional office for the last 10 years. It’s what you’d expect from the founder of Spaces, the Amsterdam-based co-working company he launched in 2008. Yet his unorthodox working life sheds light on the popularity of communal work–and the extent to which the workstyle has taken root in the U.S. and […]
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Estonian design collective Kodasema has just launched a new prefabricated home which could potentially shake up the UK’s housing industry. Priced at just £150,000, the tiny 25-square-metre micro home doesn’t need foundations and can be easily moved back-and-forth on the back of a truck. Even better for individuals looking for their own place, the Koda house’s £150,000 […]
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Amabrush, the world’s first fully automatic toothbrush. This slightly strange device is capable of brushing your teeth in a staggering 10 seconds. This is possible thanks to a flexible mouthpiece — three years in the making — that vibrates every tooth clean just by pressing a button. The toothbrush in turn boasts built-in micro-channels […]
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