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University College Cork student Mark O’Sullivan has won top prize at the Student Entrepreneur Awards 2020 for a device that helps detect brain injuries in newborns.

Mark O’Sullivan has won the top prize at Enterprise Ireland’s Student Entrepreneur Awards 2020 for his Neurobell medical device.

The University College Cork student, who is doing his PhD with the Infant research centre, was one of 10 finalists participating in the virtual final of the third-level Student Entrepreneur Awards.

The Student Entrepreneur AwardsThis was the 39th annual Enterprise Ireland competition, which was sponsored by Cruickshank, Grant Thornton and the Local Enterprise Offices.

Siobhán Ryan, a student from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, won the Cruickshank High Achieving Merit Award for her project PressiDect. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1592007306.983331/Brain-injury-detection-device-wins-Student-Entrepreneur-Award?ref=audio_experience

Sure, the startup turned heads with its pricey L16 camera, but these days mobile photography is almost exclusively the domain of the handset.

In a category where manufacturers raced to add more cameras, the PureView had the most, with a five-hexagonal array.

At the very least, however, it gave Nokia/HMD some bragging rights and managed to set the handset apart in one of the most hotly contested corners of the smartphone hardware race.

But Light is getting out of the smartphone game.

Nor is it clear what life after smartphones looks like for Light. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1592001907.9850056/Imaging-startup-Light-is-exiting-the-smartphone-business-–-TechCrunch?ref=audio_experience

Top Startup Ecosystems in 2020: Ranking 1,000 Cities and 100 CountriesStartupBlink, a global startup and innovation research centre, has launched the Startup Ecosystem Rankings Report 2020.

The 2020 version ranks 1,000 cities and 100 countries worldwide, tracking both momentum and trends within the startup ecosystem from 2017 onwards.

This year’s report also features a section ranking the different cities and countries responding to COVID-19 through innovation.

The rise of Beijing has pushed down both Tel Aviv (7th) and Berlin (8th), while Moscow, the center of the Russian startup ecosystem has grown by 1 place to 9th globally.

As for the cities, San Francisco (1st) is followed by two other US cities on the podium: New York and Boston. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1591996508.4498124/Top-Startup-Ecosystems-in-2020:-Ranking-1,000-Cities-and-100-Countries?ref=audio_experience

Earlier this month, we sat down with APX managing director Jörg Rheinboldt to discuss what makes APX different and how it’s weathering the coronavirus pandemic.

In 2013, he became CEO of Axel Springer Plug and Play and during his time as an investor, he put money into companies like N26, Zizoo, Blogfoster and Careship.

“We, the team, enjoyed investing in early-stage companies a lot and Axel Springer also enjoyed investing in early-stage startups a lot.

So we decided to stop investing in new companies Axel Springer Plug and Play.

In looking for a partner, Rheinboldt approached the Porsche family, which he had met at some of his previous investor events. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1591993806.6605453/‘The-money-is-still-there,’-says-APX-managing-director-Jörg-Rheinboldt-–-TechCrunch?ref=audio_experience

Featured mage by Sang Hyun Cho from PixabayAre you facing legal challenges in your personal life or in your business?

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As a responsive, caring, and listening lawyer, Attorney Anthony Van Johnson understands that each legal matter means a lot to a client.

Let Attorney Anthony Van Johnson take on your issues. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1591990209.8165853/Attorney-Anthony-Van-Johnson:-Your-Next-Lawyer-–-Business?ref=audio_experience

The Future Skills Centre (FSC) has invested in 30 community-based programs across Canada that aim to fill the skills gap and help workers acquire in-demand skills.

The centre is funded by the Government of Canada’s Future Skills Program.

The FSC was launched in February 2019 to fund new approaches to worker training skills development.

The FSC is also currently seeking proposals for rapid skills development projects for workers affected by COVID-19.

Image source Future Skills Canada | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1591989306.9065087/Future-Skills-Centre-funds-30-projects-testing-innovative-solutions-for-Canada’s-evolving-labour-market?ref=audio_experience

Tech companies are known for offering handsome office perks as a way to lure and keep talented workers.

But with most employees working from home amid the pandemic, companies are coming up with new ways to keep their teams happy and healthy.

Virtual commencementHealthcare tech company Accolade hosted a virtual ceremony to celebrate all employees with children in the Class of 2020, from preschool to MBA grads.

The mobile marketplace startup already offers unlimited PTO, but noticed some employees working more hours than before and taking significantly less vacation time.

Care packagesUplevel, 2nd Watch, OfferUp, and others sent care packages to employees with plants, puzzles, snacks, coffee, coasters, and organic soaps. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1591987516.068841/Tech-companies-get-creative-with-pandemic-and-protest-related-perks-for-employees?ref=audio_experience

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Think about Early Stage along the lines of an accelerated accelerator for early founders — only with more experts across a bigger range of the startup ecosystem.

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Is your company interested in sponsoring TC Early Stage? | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1591986610.5440009/Two-weeks-left-to-save-on-TC-Early-Stage-passes-–-TechCrunch?ref=audio_experience

And a lot of that work is going to go into writing copy.

Nevertheless, writing sales copy that converts requires more than what you have already covered in your business plan.

However, in your sales copy, you want to emulate Hemingway.

So, when you’re writing sales copy, make sure that the language you use is easy to read.

You’re writing sales copy, so that means you need to be convincing with your customers. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1591985708.4623775/5-Tips-for-Writing-Sales-Copy-That-Actually-Convert?ref=audio_experience

This week, I did a deep dive into Google Meet’s noise cancellation, a couple months after detailing Microsoft Teams’ noise suppression.

Sure, Google Meet cancels out musical instruments while Microsoft Teams keeps them, but other than that they’re nearly identical.

Google Meet and Microsoft Teams use AI to remove background noise in real time so you hear only speech on a meeting call.

Here’s the simple version: Google put its machine learning model in the cloud, while Microsoft put its machine learning model on the edge.

Here is Robert Aichner, Microsoft Teams group program manager:A lot of the machine learning happens in the cloud. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1591984807.3655033/ProBeat:-The-question-of-cloud-AI-or-edge-AI-is-far-from-settled?ref=audio_experience