Why Google became so successful – reviewing Steven Levy’s “In The Plex”
I just finished reading “In The Plex”, Steven Levy‘s book on Google, and can highly recommend it to anybody who wants to better understand Google’s success. While many things are not completely new if you have followed the company for a while, the systematic recount of Google’s history and the decisions they have taken along […]
Social is the first layer you need to build, not the last
As social has become integral part of how web product are built these days, every new start-up pitch contains some social angle. While this is great to see, a few approaches seem to treat social as an afterthought and not the foundation of the business. A social commerce site will mostly likely not be successful […]
The Art of the Investor Pitch
I gave a talk yesterday at Bootup about the “Art of the Investor Pitch” – Maura Rodgers did a great job summarizing it and here is the full slide deck. Being good at pitching investors is one of the key success factors for entrepreneurs so have a look at the presentation to see if there […]
The stream is broken
One of the key innovations in social media was Facebook’s newsfeed and it transformed the site from a social network built around profiles to a truly engaging communication platform. But as every site with a focus on social has adopted a feed, the noise seem to have reached an unproductive level. No viral marketing strategy […]
Startup Visa Canada launched today – your support is needed!
In an increasingly globalized world the economic success of a city, a region or a whole country depends increasingly on their ability to attract the best and brightest from all around the world. This has been the driving force behind the rise of Silicon Valley as the technology hub and whole countries like the US […]