Category Archives: Internet
Killing Innovation
I was about to write a nice post on communities and audience, after all I gathered some interesting opinions on Twitter last night. Worry not, that’s in the drafts.
But as I took a break I read Mike Arrington’s post regarding MySpace. Immediately I remembered Dick Brass’ article in the New York Times and I thought to myself: What the heck is MySpace and Microsoft doing? And Google for that matter. Are these fast becoming me too companies, simple runner-ups? Are Facebook, Apple, Amazon and Twitter the only companies driving innovation these days?
MySpace just pulled the plug on what was probably their last lifeline. Microsoft is eaten from the inside by personal rivalries. Google is constantly playing catch-up with little or [...]
A beautiful mind
You’ve seen the movie, now watch a recorded session at TED, from 2005. It’s absolutely amazing and the grand finale will blow you away.
Now please go on and read the comments at the original location of the video. I’m quite sure you’ll learn something new today.
Startup Showcase: WIP
I’ve met Alex and Claudiu of WIP on a Friday evening in late October 2008. It was the first formal meeting that the local online community had organized and I was eager to meet new people, listen to them talking about new projects.
We live-streamed the event through Qik and I remember being quite excited. As I’m always eager to learn about interesting local projects I’ve asked for their business cards and I was to follow up with them quite soon.
I’ve followed them closely for the past year and when I first decided to do a few startup showcases they were the first to pop into mind. So I sat down with Alex and had a little chat with him regarding [...]
Monday’s announcement
Seth Godin once quoted the guys from 37Signals stating that the key to shipping on time and on budget is that when you run out of time or money, you ship.
Fortunately none of this happened in regards to the projects I was about to announce today. It’s just the timing that’s not quite right. Instead of rushing into it I’ve decided to let each project play out its own timing. Not to worry, it will happen very soon for each of them.
But I won’t let you leave with empty hands and I’ll give you a small piece of news: We’ve got new talent over at (INC)3 and we’re also taking our business offline & abroad.
Thank you for your patience & [...]
Stick to the basics
It’s not uncommon to find me passionately getting into startup-related discussions, even with people I know little about. Since I’ve mentioned I’ll be doing a few startup showcases though I’ve been pitched three times. (and I’ll shortly be on my way for a fourth one in a couple of minutes)
What I noticed that most people forget is that a startup or a project needs to be kept simple and really stick to the basics and really answer the following questions (if you know them and you have a correct answer, you’re clearly on the right track) :
Does it solve a problem? (if it’s not you really should be stopping here and move on to the next idea)
Does it do something better [...]
Next Monday’s Announcements
We’ve all been busy in the past 2 months, as you might have been too.
A lot of good things came along the way and a few amazing opportunities showed themselves, thus we immediately acted upon them.
In our first exercise of transparency I’ll be announcing (INC)3’s current investment portfolio, as well as the latest acquisition but most importantly, the people that made everything possible. We’ll also share some insights on what we’re looking in a company and what we’re planning to achieve. I’m almost certain that no one is as excited as we are, yet I hope you’ll share our enthusiasm and commitment.
Thank you, save the date, the main announcement will go live first thing Monday morning, on the 8th of February.
Are you a Linchpin?
If not, you should become one.
Ever since Seth Godin mentioned his new book I became quite curious. Not so much because of the Apple-style hype (Seth says that this is his best work – I hope for more in the near future) but because it tries to smash the barriers of your conditioning, eliminate unhealthy fear and ultimately turn you into a linchpin – a remarkable and indispensable person.
I’ve been advocating this for a while and for a plethora of remarkable people I know this book will come in handy; it will change the way they think about fear and doing the thing they think they love.
If you’ve watched Seth’s presentation at 99% you need to read his guest post at Escape [...]
Startup Showcase
In the past few months I’ve come across a few very interesting and promising startups. Many of these though lack the opportunity and resources to get the word further out than their friends and close acquaintances but most importantly, go way beyond their national borders.
Therefore I’m going to start a series of showcases on these type of startups and I’ll try to point out what sets them apart, what problems do they solve and most importantly, why should we care.
I plan on starting next week with a local startup I’ve been following for a while. They do some amazing work and hopefully my showcase will do them justice. I plan on making Robert Scoble proud.
I’m quite familiar with the local startup [...]
How I Tweet
Without any doubt you will agree that Twitter has become an indispensable communication tool. Some even dare call it the next email. I’ve created my account almost two years ago but only actually started using it as a proper communication tool in early 2009 and I’ve never looked back ever since.
Twitter is at this point on the rise of fast becoming the real-time, main-stream communication tool of choice. It’s quite an understatement that if you’re not on Twitter, you don’t exist.
At some point I was actively following over 500 people and the stream was fast becoming a torrent of noise. For a while I was even auto-following everyone that followed me, out of common courtesy. Guy Kawasaki is still doing [...]
Going strong; thank you 2009
Thank you.
There isn’t a better or a more appropriate way to start off a post on 2009. It’s a genuine thank you and it took me the entire past year to realize that I have so many things to be thankful for. Because 2009 was the year all aspects of my life changed for the better. It was a tough year yet somehow most of the people I know managed to make the absolute best of it.
It all started one morning in the spring of ‘09 when I was enjoying a coffee downtown Budapest and I was implementing a campaign on Trilulilu. It was so close to an epiphany that I remember it like it was this morning. I then [...]