Posts Tagged ‘english’

Next Entries »
vt // 31.10.2008

Eddie Correia and Moses Mehraban @ shift08: conquering the Portuguese market

Video thumbnail. Click to play
Click to Play
Being situated in a small country which still has to develop a lot can also be an opportunity for an open market without big competition just waiting for you to conquer it. There is lot of space for developing ideas and products which might not be the most innovative ones but which are asked for by the Portuguese people.
» more
vt // 29.10.2008

Loic Le Meur – Seesmic.com: the new video twitter @ PICNIC08

Video thumbnail. Click to play Click to Play
Loic le Meur about Seesmic, the differences between the US and Europe for starting an Internet startup and hints for starters like "... don't try to finde something revolutionary..." more in the video! Interview shot at picnic conference in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Related articles by Zemanta
Reblog this post [with Zemanta]
» more
vt // 23.10.2008

idea pitch: TVtrip.com – Marc Ruff

Marc Ruff presented TVtrip.com in a 2 minutes pitch at the plugg conference. TVtrip is a search engine for hotels that uses unbiased videos to help you make the right hotel choice.
Related articles by Zemanta
Reblog this post [with Zemanta]
» more
vt // 20.10.2008

put out your own talent contest: talentsplanet – Dick Rempt @ PICNIC

At the PICNIC conference in Amsterdam, there have been lots of business ideas flowing around. Dick Rempt is a venture capitalist and serial entrepreneur, he calls himself a company builder. But just investing is not enough for him. Than he got in touch with the idea of talentsplanet, he could not resist and set up the startup himself. Watch the video to discover what talentsplanet is about and what Dick thinks about learning and failing.
Dick Rempt is driven by an approach of partnering and sharing so he is always looking for cooperations and new ideas. You have a service or product which would enrich or promote the idea of talentsplanet? Do not hesitate to contact Dick! picnic conference amsterdam From 24th to 26th of September 2008, hundreds of creative minds from all over the world came together in Amsterdam for the third PICNIC. More information and pictures shot at the event you will find on the eventsite picnicnetwork.org
Reblog this post [with Zemanta]
» more
vt // 17.10.2008

how to accelerate european business ideas with play & build – Mathias J. Holzmann @ PICNIC

A global network and incubator for ambitious young people, that's what co-founder Mathias J. Holzmann has in mind for his startup playandbuild. He aims to accelerate the process of bringing profit and even non profit business ideas to success, European wide or even worldwide.
Having young starters as a focus, that is a similarity to Nico Luchsinger and Antoine Verdon, the founders of the sandbox conference, which targets young talents under 30. picnic conference amsterdam From September 24th to 26th 2008, hundreds of creative minds from all over the world came together in Amsterdam, Netherlands for the third PICNIC conference to share ideas and thoughts. For nice pictures, shot at the event follow the link to the eventsite picnicnetwork.org
Related articles by Zemanta
Reblog this post [with Zemanta]
» more
vt // 16.10.2008

the whole presentation: wikinomics – Don Tapscott @ talk the future

Let's look back again to the talk the future conference, there so many interesting theories like the wikinomics by Don Tapscott, the exaflood by Bret Swanson or enterprise 2.0 by Andrew McAfee had been discussed, providing us profound insights about the changes happening around us and inspiring us on how to use them for business success. What is the theory of wikinomics by Don Tapscott about? The subtitle of his book with the same name is 'how mass collaboration changes everything'. Don refers to the power of the masses and illustrates it with examples like the open source movement around wikipedia or linux. But he also shows how commercial businesses can take advantage of the genius of the masses. Watch the video and listen to his story of a gold digging company which through opening and sharing its knowledge and Geo-data could not only prevent its bankruptcy but even more realize tremendous assets through finding new gold resources.
The presentation is too long for you? Go to the video-interview, we published a few weeks ago with Don Tapscott, providing a short overview about wikinomics. Don is not the only one observing the changes in our culture taking directions to mass collaboration. Look at the idea of James Surowiecki with his book 'The Wisdom of Crowds: : Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations'. Or Clay Shirky, a successful author and speaker with a colourful background of work experiences, who wrote a book with the title 'Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations'. As he says, it is about "what happens when people are given the tools to do things together, without needing traditional organizational structures." Great example for Shirky's idea is OpenAd.net by Katarina Skoberne. It's an online marketplace for buying and selling advertising, marketing and design ideas with more than 11,000 creatives from over 125 countries. Learn more about the idea of OpenAd and Katarina Skoberne through the video-interview taken at the PICNIC conference. talkthefuture08 The presentation of Don Tapscott was held at the talk the future conference 'the future of work and business', in Krems, Austria on September 5th, 2008.
Related articles by Zemanta
Reblog this post [with Zemanta]
» more
vt // 14.10.2008

crowd funded music – sellaband.com – Pim Betist @ PICNIC

While the big labels get afraid of the fundamental changes the Internet and the general technological development causes them, there are some fresh ideas upcoming to revolutionize the music business enabling promising artists to get enough money to release their own album. Pim Betist, co-founder of sellaband.com, explains how anybody can become a micro-investor and fund new talents. Very frankly, Pim provides us with insights about the business model behind, which also entailed some criticisms.
The idea sounds simple, find 5.000 believers who buy one or more shares for $10 each. Once you reached $50.000 you will be the lucky one to get you album produced. The success of sellaband is impressing, 14 artists already reached the required $50.000 and have their albums produced, 12 more artists are funded and are on the way of album production. As sellaband takes an transaction fee for any money purchased and gets the interests of the stored money which is waiting to hit the $50.000 you can get an idea about the profitability of that business model. That also caught the attention of investors and that is maybe why sellabend got its $5 Million funding by Prime Technology Ventures for expanding in the US. So it is no surprise, that there are lots of competitors on the market which also want to have a peace of the cake: forMyBand is a German variation of the same idea, at slicethepie the single investments start at $5. Justaloud.com and talentarena.de have a different approach but also enable independent music and artists to fame, both are based in Germany. A similar concept but for independent films offers indie maverick. Also established bands use their fans to receive a pre-financing. The veteran U.K. progressive rock band Marillion could raise $725.000 by selling deluxe versions and gifts related to their new album like going to the studio with them and participating in the recording. That might also be a very cost-effective sales channel for the musicians because as their audience pays in advance they will save a lot of money for marketing and distribution. picnic conference amsterdam The interview with Pim Betist, co-foounder of sellaband.com, was realized at PICNIC08, where creative minds from all over the world came together to share ideas and thoughts. It took place in Amsterdam, Netherlands from September 24th to 26th 2008.
Reblog this post [with Zemanta]
» more
vt // 13.10.2008

spreading viral videos in the web with bemba.com – Arne Dibbits @ PICNIC

One more Dutch entrepreneur, Arne Dibbits, shares some insights about his startup at the PICNIC conference. Bemba provides you an easy way to share web pages and videos on Facebook, Hyves (the Dutch Facebook), Twitter, your blog and bemba. See the following interview to learn what else bemba offers and how they plan to make money with their services.
picnic conference amsterdam The interview with Arne Dibbits about bemba.com was realized at PICNIC08. Hundreds of creative minds from all over the world came together in Amsterdam, Netherlands from September 24th to 26th to share ideas and thoughts.
Related articles by Zemanta
Reblog this post [with Zemanta]
» more
vt // 09.10.2008

the whole presentation: exaflood – Bret Swanson @ talk the future

Let's look back to the talk the future conference, there so many interesting theories like exaflood, wikinomics or enterprise 2.0 had been discussed, providing us with insights about happening changes and giving us ideas how to use that for business success. So what is the exaflood of Bret Swanson about? He says that the amounts of data in the Internet are incredibly increasing. Did you know that 75 video conferencing calls would equal the entire US Internet traffic of 1990? For an first idea about his thoughts you may have seen the interview, published a few weeks ago. But you want to learn more? Watch the video of his whole presentation and see the astonishing number comparisons which Bret provides to illustrate the changes.
There is a huge discussion out there, whether the Internet is running out of bandwidth or not. In the same time the New York Times opens up a different kind of discussion. The dependency of the Internet traffic going through certain network points. As the Internet was developed in the US almost all traffic went through US connections too. While growing to a global data network the US looses its competitive advantage and also the control. The importance of the dependency issue was shown during the fight of Georgia with Russia, when several Georgian government Web sites had been attacked by hackers. As most of Georgia’s access to the Intnert is flowing through Russia and Turkey it might be obvious where that attack came from. So the independence issue is a quite concerning one for several countries, which lets the global data network continue to crow providing all different kind of connections. talkthefuture08 The presentation of Bret Swanson was held at the talk the future conference 'the future of work and business', in Krems, Austria on September 6th, 2008.
Related articles by Zemanta
Reblog this post [with Zemanta]
» more
vt // 09.10.2008

idea pitch: sportme.de – Philipp Hartmann

Philipp Hartmann presented sportme.de in a 2 minutes pitch at the plugg conference.
» more
» Next Entries