Bring your friends for the negotiations
There is a scene in Erin Brockovich where a bunch of lawyers come into an office to talk about a settlement. Erin Brockovich, played by Julia Roberts, asks the receptionist…
Boris
Boris is a blogger, speaker and serial entrepreneur. He founded The Next Web but also V3 Redirect Services (sold), HubHop Wireless Internet Provider (sold), Twitter Counter, Spread.us and several other companies. Boris is very active on Twitter as @Boris, on Google+ and Facebook.
Stories by Boris
![This folding car could change the way we travel in cities [Video]](http://cdn.thenextweb.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2011/08/035-79x66.jpg "This folding car could change the way we travel in cities [Video]")
Match the piece to the puzzle
I spoke to an entrepreneur who had a plan. An ambitious, grand plan. As we spoke about the details I discovered a pattern. I noticed that every detail was depending…
![America’s CTO says Startup Visa is Critical To The American Economy [video]](http://cdn.thenextweb.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2011/07/036-79x66.jpg "America’s CTO says Startup Visa is Critical To The American Economy [video]")
Will Google+ Replace Facebook?
I frequently get questions like these: “Is Google+ going to kill facebook like Facebook killed MySpace?” The answer is “no” but not because Google+ isn’t going to be hugely successful….
Is revenge a good motivation?
A few weeks ago an entrepreneur asked me “do you think revenge is a bad motivation for starting a business?” My answer: “not at all!” As an entrepreneur it is…
Accenture's Innovation Awards
This year, Accenture has asked me once again to contribute to their yearly innovation competition, the Accenture Innovation Awards in the Netherlands. I have been involved with the Communications, Media…
10 ways to screw up a web form
Today I complained (on Google+) about web forms where you have to re-enter your email address. I always feel insulted when sites ask me that. As if I can’t be…
How much time do you have left?
A lot of entrepreneurs are looking for developers. Or for funding to be able to hire developers. Sometimes they spent months, even years, working on funding, finding a good team…
The small changes make a big difference
As an entrepreneur you are often trying to focus on the Big Picture. And that is good. But it is also good to realize that big changes can often come…
Pigeons, Sex and Investing
It is very difficult to determine the sex of a pigeon. I used to keep pigeons as a kid so I’m good at it. There are three ways to do…
Suffering from displacement behavior?
You know what an Inbox is right? It is a todo list that the whole world can add items to. We all have a lot of things to do and…
Entrepreneur Time Versus Employee Time
Time is relative. It can be cheap, free, expensive, long and short. For an Entrepeneur time is one of the most valuable assets there is. You can’t buy more. It…
Why don't you buy a jet fighter?
There once was a scrap yard owner who had financial troubles. He had a tough time competing with other scrap yard owners and just didn’t know how to differentiate from…
Compliments are free
A few weeks ago I finished reading “Sex on the Moon” by Ben Mezrich. I enjoyed the book a lot so tweeted something about it. Within a few minutes the…
Become a regular at a restaurant
A few weeks ago I attended a talk by Mike Lee (“World’s Toughest Programmer”) about entrepreneurship. One of his stories was such an eye opener that I asked him to…
Are you an expert or a professional?
As an art student I owned my own dark room and studied the basics of photography. You needed to do that to produce a photo. Unless you understood the whole…
