Economic growth is the increase in the amount of the goods and services produced by an economy over time. It is conventionally measured as the percent rate of increase in real gross domestic product, or real GDP. Growth is usually calculated in real terms, i.e. inflation-adjusted terms, in order to obviate the distorting effect of inflation on the price of the goods produced. In economics, "economic growth" or "economic growth theory" typically refers to growth of potential output, i.e.
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Why Airbnb's incredibly successful IPO was a maverick move
In early 2020, Airbnb’s management announced that to address the slowing growth in sales, it wanted to scale back ancillary ...
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4 tips to survive your startup’s awkward adolescence
I've identified some important strategies to grow and evolve a company while maintaining the culture upon which it was built. ...
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6 things I wish I knew before I bootstrapped my first SaaS startup
What was the difference between the failure of PricingBot and the success of ScrapingBee? Simply put, experience. Here's ...
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More than 50% of humans in the world use social media — here's what you need to know
The new Digital 2020 October Global Statshot Report shows the digital trends marketers and businesses need to keep an eye ...
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How my childhood 'startup' failed miserably
Wondering what's the step many first-time founders miss to prevent premature and problematic growth? Well, my childhood venture ...
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Nextdoor's CEO proves how kindness makes business sense
The world of business is often denoted as cut-throat, and ruthless but there’s also room for kindness — that's what Sarah ...
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Why entrepreneurs should give up hope… as a strategy
Tunde Kehinde, co-founder of Lidya and Jumia, shares how to find the perfect co-founder, how to scale, and when entrepreneurs ...
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Europe got 10 more unicorns in H1 2020 — but brace yourself for COVID-19 instability
Europe saw its unicorn count increase by 10 in H1 2020, bringing the total in the continent to 53 — but COVID-19 is sure ...
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Global EV market expected to reach 320M vehicles by 2040
Wood Mackenzie, an energy consultancy group, forecasts that the EV market will grow by up to 35 times over the next 20 years. ...
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What is an 'entrepreneurial ecosystem'? And why you need one to raise a startup
The geography of entrepreneurship is “spiky,” meaning that from region to region there are significant variations in ...
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Global digital and social media usage July 2020 — everything you need to know
Increased digital activity has resulted in some important trends, laid out in the new Digital 2020 July Global Statshot report. ...
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A look inside Europe's $7 trillion technology market
Turns out, strong performances from Adyen and its semiconductor industry placed the Netherlands first in Europe for tech ...
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Guns and ammo stocks surge to eclipse 'stay-at-home' darlings
'Stay-at-home' stocks thrived in the first half of 2020. But as protests swept across the US, a very different kind of company ...
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Here's what $10K invested at the height of the dot com bubble would be worth today (Oops, not quite)
Imagine Futarama is a documentary of your life, only instead of unfreezing in the 3000, you wake up today: 20 years since ...
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Civil unrest pushes US gun stocks to outpace tech's biggest companies
Big tech might thrive in pandemics, but the firearms industry is growing even faster as Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests ...
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Don’t confuse following your gut with your ego — or your business will fail
Justas Janauskas, the co-founder of Vinted and Qoorio, was once told to always follow his gut. It was the worst advice he’s ...
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Podcast: How mobility startups need to adapt and grow in 2020
Sustainability is one of the most important areas of growth across industries, and some will need to adapt more than. The ...
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Stanford uses AI scans of satellite images to track poverty levels over time
A new AI tool can track poverty levels in African villages over time by scanning satellite images for signs of economic ...
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These are the 3 public tech companies with the fastest accelerating revenues
Much faster than tech giants like Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft.
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Podcast: How France, the Netherlands, Latvia, and the EU are supporting startups in times of crisis
There is no country that hasn't been affected by the coronavirus. A major topic of concern that will affect not only individual ...
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Is growing your business on Instagram worth the effort?
Did you know we have an online conference about digital marketing coming up? Re:Brand will share strategies on how brands ...
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Raising capital during a crisis? This podcast interviews VCs on how to get it done
The coronavirus pandemic will have long-lasting effects on the global economy. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) reported ...
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Vestiaire Collective's CEO: Self-disrupt to keep up with customers’ evolving needs and wants
Vestiaire Collective's CEO on scaling overseas, servicing a digital native customer base, and the effects of coronavirus ...
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What European tech startups can learn from Asia's COVID-19 market response
If activity in China is anything to go by, there are lessons that will provide reassurance that it is possible to get through ...
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7 telltale signs your go-to-market strategy won't work
There are many critical factors to a successful go-to-market, but here are the most common, yet acute, flaws I've come across ...
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Microsoft stock pumps after it sees two years of digital transformation in two months
Microsoft just dropped its earnings for the first quarter of 2020 and — as one might expect — coronavirus lockdowns ...
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Responsible growth: Why tech companies must wake up
Too many companies are pushed into non-sustainable growth by IPOs, VC rounds, and a general 'monkey see, monkey do' attitude ...
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Onfido's CEO on how to play the fundraising game — stage by stage
Onfido's CEO and co-founder opens up about his experience of fundraising more than $200 million and why every stage of that ...
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Accelerators can help startups survive the pandemic by boosting diversity
Business accelerators are programmes which offer various types of support, including training, mentorship, access to workspaces ...
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Coronavirus threatens flow of US capital into European tech startups
European companies may struggle to raise capital from US venture capital funds as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) ...
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Reinvest and obsess: How BlaBlaCar became a European tech unicorn
BlaBlaCar's co-founder Frédéric Mazzella opens up about his company's growth story and the challenges he's faced along ...
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The EU is right to scrutinize small tech acquisitions — but not in detriment of innovation
The EU wants to scrutnize small acquisitions made in the continent by foreign tech giants. So, what does this mean for startups ...
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New Tesla registrations up 168% in Germany — adding to Model 3's EV dominance in Europe
Tesla's most affordable vehicle, the Model 3, is growing in popularity in Germany, with the number of new car registrations ...
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Tesla posts first annual profit — still loses $862M
In light of its popularity and strong sales figures, Tesla seems to have turned a corner recently after posting its first ...
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Sucks to be you, Dyson — company repays grant money back to UK government
It must suck to be Dyson at the moment. The UK government has recouped nearly all of its £8 million grant it gave the company ...
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A brief overview of what’s fueling the autonomous last-mile
To cut costs and deliver on consumer expectations, those exploring the last-mile space must continue to assess market conditions ...
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Bitcoin's cumulative transaction fees surpass $1B milestone
It was going to happen sooner or later, but over the past few days cumulative Bitcoin transaction fees have surpassed the ...
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Bitcoin’s market dominance reaches 2-year high and surpasses 70%
Rejoice! Bitcoin's market dominance has just surpassed 70 percent, according to CoinMarketCap. The highest it has been since ...
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Ripple Q2: Market share is down, but price is up – here’s what happened
Ripple did show an improvement and positive growth in Q2 over Q1, but it wasn't enough to alleviate the coin's poor start ...
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Bitcoin is the ‘King of the Asset Class Hill’ in 2019, analysts say
Bitcoin posted four consecutive months of solid returns, making it one of the best performing global assets of the year so ...
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Research reveals surprising relationship between climate change and fertility rate
Climate change will shape every aspect of human life – often in complex ways. Take the question of deciding how many children ...
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Here’s how Bitcoin performed in Q1 2019
Bitcoin had a varied first quarter in 2019, it went up, it went down. But thankfully, it closed the quarter slightly up on ...
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US presidential candidate Andrew Yang wants to fix ‘confusing’ cryptocurrency regulations (and give $1,000 to everyone)
Andrew Yang released a statement on cryptocurrency and digital assets yesterday, making a bid to regulate virtual assets ...
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Bitcoin’s creator totally turns 44 today – happy birthday, Satoshi Nakamoto
Today is also the day the US government took everyone's gold, and threatened hoarders with monstrous fines and imprisonment. ...
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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Portugal
It might be everyone’s dream to move to Portugal. Beautiful beaches, amazing food, and weather. Its vibrant startup scene ...
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Tech stocks are overvalued and it’s killing innovation
We’re entering an unprecedented era of advanced technology and behemoth tech companies driving its development. Earlier ...
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The last resort of failing tech companies is UX design - it won't save them
As designers in 2019, we have to take a stand on what we believe in and what we want for the world. The time to start fixing ...
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End of year crypto roundup: How did Litecoin perform in 2018?
With HTC Exodus adding support, the 2019 roadmap for Litecoin looks promising.
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Let's stop worshipping Silicon Valley in 2019
Silicon Valley is basically this American generation’s Detroit. It’s a business hub, an economic engine, and the stuff ...
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What we know about the ConsenSys layoffs, as told by a 'fired' employee
An anonymous ex-employee of ConsenSys has taken to Reddit to detail life inside the walls of one of blockchain's most powerful ...
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Why CEOs that say ‘no’ are good for growth
It’s no surprise that life as a startup CEO can be brutally exhausting, with long, grueling workweeks, constant stress, ...
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How an employee screw-up made my company better at employee retention
In order to keep a start-up company’s momentum going, you have to be proactive and creative in retaining employees -- since ...
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Tesla’s woes unlikely to end soon, but startups can take a cue
“Funding secured.” When Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk tweeted the above statement early August, it kickstarted a ...
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Amazon launches a Hindi site to lure India's next 100 million online shoppers
With a view to make Amazon the ultimate shopping destination for the next 100 million Indians, the company has launched a ...
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7 most common data visualization mistakes
In dataviz, as in any other field, there are rules, best practices, guidelines and then there is common sense. And contrary ...
