Tech haven, Launch Pad, has become a breeding ground for ambitious digital media professionals by offering the young creatives and entrepreneurs shared office space, while its precursor, Launch Pad Ignition, provides a select group of tech entrepreneurs with business assistance through its annual accelerator program.

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What makes immigrants so much more likely to launch a high-tech startup, compared with their native born peers?

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As if to drive home the challenge, the Berlin state government took the opportunity to launch its own mini Tech City initiative, called Login.

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