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Minder, the app that wants to change content control

Minder, the app that wants to change content control

Disrupt SF 2014 Disrupt SF 2014, an event where new technology startups showed their products to the public and to prominent investors, took place last week in San Francisco. Launched by the web magazine TechCrunch in 2011, it has just reached its...
By Roberto Pizzato on 09/17/14 Comments Off on Minder, the app that wants to change content control
Is it time to change college?

Is it time to change college?

The concept of universities and teaching mechanisms hasn’t changed dramatically over the last 800 years: a particular person with knowledge of certain issues stands in front of people who know less about the issue; by speech they receive information...
By Rik van Eijk on 09/16/14 Comments Off on Is it time to change college?

Kickstarting the crowdfunding trends

  For those who might not yet be familiar with Kickstarter, this is a U.S. based funding platform for creative projects launched on April 2009 and working on the principle of crowdfunding : people (“backers”) can pledge to fund...
By Ana Crisostomo on 10/05/12 Comments Off on Kickstarting the crowdfunding trends
The experience of launching an online service in Russia and smart trust

The experience of launching an online service in Russia and smart trust

“Technique and technology are important, but adding trust is the issue of the decade” Tom Peters, business author Let’s play a game: try to find inappropriate word in a line. Bears, matryoshka dolls, vodka, Red Square, KGB, birch, e-commerce…...
By Daria Koreniushkina on 09/07/12 Comments Off on The experience of launching an online service in Russia and smart trust
Interview with Sanne Stricker from Roamler

Interview with Sanne Stricker from Roamler

Sanne Stricker (26) graduated cum laude from the Master of Business Studies at the University of Amsterdam. Her master thesis focused on the influence of negative tweets on consumer attitude towards brands and received a lot of media attention...
By Jorrit Schaap on 10/29/11 Comments Off on Interview with Sanne Stricker from Roamler
PICNIC 08 – The Future of Business Creation

PICNIC 08 – The Future of Business Creation

Werner Vogels: CTO amazon The future of business creation Yesterday at 16.15, the last lecture of a three day picnic was given. Dr.Werner Vogels, now CTO of Amazon.com, took the mic and started talking on how to start a...
By Jasper Moes on 09/27/08 Comments Off on PICNIC 08 – The Future of Business Creation