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In today’s „Top 5“ edition, Tiburon-TV is looking at new and innovative approaches to education. Myngle, Busuu, Lingueo and sofatutor are all about learning the Web 2.0 way, whereas Twidox offers lots of precious resources for educational institutions.



Multi-awards winner Myngle.com operates a platform for online language education combining quality teaching and community. The Netherlands-based startup was founded by ex-eBay and Berlitz language company employees. Myngle asks people to pay about 300-400 Euro up front for lessons and thus is booking 20,000 Euro per month.



Language learning community Busuu.com is a project of the UNESCO’s year of learning languages. Madrid-based Busuu uses an integrated video-chat application where students can connect with native speakers for free. The startup has been nominated twice for the European TechCrunch Awards.



Another marketplace for learning languages is Lingueo.com. Courses in more than 40 languages can be taken in a personalized class any time, any place. You do not have to download anything and the only things you need are a microphone and a webcam.



Sofatutor.com is a virtual tutoring system with user generated videos for pupils and students. The Berlin-based interactive video platform has been launched in March 2009 and offers more than 1700 tutoring videos. Click here to watch a two-minute pitch from Plugg conference.



Twidox is another startup targeting the education market - although not a traditional learning website. The free online library offers an open education resource feature where universities can create a university system to share all their learn material, lecture handouts and research similar to MIT’s OpenCourseWare.

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These women want to do it their way. They started a company and run it the way they think a company should operate. In today’s „Top 5“ edition we introduce five bold female entrepreneurs and their promising internet startups: Kerstin Schilling with Intershop/AdiCash, Dania Gerhardt from Amazee, Danielle Grossi with smeepe, Marina Tognetti with Myngle and Tina Aspiala from eat.fi:

Kerstin Schilling - CEO of cash bonus program AdiCash and co-founder of Intershop Communications - says there are important style differences between male and female business leaders. She is convinced that women are „better in investments because they are more focussed on output“ and finds that „like in nature women are ‚the grey ones’, those who are doing the job behind it.“

Dania Gerhardt is co-founder and „operational and financial wonderkind“ of Social Collaboration platform Amazee.com. „Women really do talk more than men“ Dania says. „It is crucial that they use their inter-personal communication skills to get in contact with the right people and to approach them in a different way by using their female side.“

Danielle Grossi was a normal employee in IT for ten years before she co-founded online portal smeepe.net. She describes herself as somebody who has what it takes to be an entrepreneur and states that persistence more than anything else is responsible for success. „A woman should follow her dream and do what she feels is the best for her“ she says. „Whatever it is, if it’s starting a company or starting a family.“

„E-Learning Queen“ Marina Tognetti left the corporate executive track to become entrepreneur of global language e-learning marketplace Myngle.com. Marina is a passionate traveler, spent one year backpacking through Asia as well as traveling to many different countries around the world. She says she always tried to maintain a healthy balance between mind and heart, working with her mind, making choices with her heart.

„Women need to get over their fears of being not qualified enough. More men are willing to do things they aren’t ‚technically’ qualified for“ finds Tina Aspiala, founder of Finnish restaurant search and review site Eat.fi. She encourages women to feel the fear and do it anyway. Says Tina: „Those who say you can’t be doing it should get out of the way of those who are getting it done.“

Stay tuned! Next Monday we’ll be looking at „The Five Most Promising Grown-Up Startups“.

Myngle.com brings traditional language education to the online mass market and thereby breaks geographical limitations. Founder Marina Tognetti points out that „in its first year of life, Myngle already proved that it is successful with regard to growth and profitability“ @ Plugg, March 2009 in Brussels, Belgium

To find all pitches from Plugg 2009, please click here.

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