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Arrange a meeting for your next life…beg your pardon?

By Eric Bun
June 3, 2008
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Dragon’s Den is a TV program which enables entrepreneurs to present their start-ups to VC’s and of course for the next Webbers – who’re happy to meet start-ups and new business ideas – a must see. Especially when someone is presenting a business plan which relates to social media, communities and next web functionalities and this happened yesterday. An entrepreneur presented nextlifemeeting.com which is a social website for people who want to meet their counterparts in their next life

nextlife meetingNextLifeMeeting.com is a website for people who believe in reincarnation and want to make an appointment with like-minded in the future. You can define your profile on the website, define your profile of your past life……What? Wait a moment…..Ow, I see, if you follow the course at mypastlife.com you can uncover your personal life and profile of your past life…. Anyway, after you filled in your past life experience you can specify your focus in your past and future life and based on this focus you can make an attempt to meet each other in the nextlife. (As you would understand, you won’t be able to remember your password and profile, so focus points should enable you to keep your appointment in your next life – I guess).

As a I’m not an adherent of the faith related to reincarnation I don’t see the added value of social communities and social media for this project. And to be honest, I fully agreed with the VC’s who choose to not invest in the idea because it is simply worthless. Besides the architecture, interface and content (mix of Dutch and English) leaves much to desired. Therefore, credits to the creative brains behind the idea, negative kudos to the executor. I don’t want to meet you in this and next life at all.

Eric Bun business innovation consultant
Eric is a business innovation consultant at a large management consulting firm in the Netherlands. He helps organizations defining their web and e-business strategies, deploying social innovation and aligning business innovation to strategic objectives. Eric is graduated at the TU Delft on the subject of managing Communities of Practice in 2007. He has interest in deploying new (e-)businesses and is happy to be involved in relating topics such as co-creation, brand hijacking, e-marketing and innovation strategies.

  • mahmoud
    It's really interesting. Your method in writing is attractive indeed. I don't believe in reincarnations nor do I believe in souls. I feel pity for those who spend their lives (rather than their money) thinking about such silly things and wasting their days and resources. Again, thanks for the nice post.
  • Because it is a very creative idea, but a profound business model is lacking. Here at the next web we try to share insights behind start-ups and I think that nextlifemeeting is a very creative idea. However, as I said the way it is set up needs some additional research.
  • Ben
    "Therefore, credits to the creative brains behind the idea, negative kudos to the executor. I don’t want to meet you in this and next life at all."

    Why write about it then?
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