Written on 5th May 2009
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Zee, Editor in Chief at The Next Web, Principal at WeDoCreative.
Written on 2nd April 2009
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Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Serial Internet Entrepreneur
We are proud to announce another keynote speaker for The Next Web Conference: Jeff Jarvis
Jeff is associate professor and director of the interactive journalism program at the City University of New York’s new Graduate School of Journalism and consulting editor of Daylife, a news startup. He writes a new media column for The Guardian and consults for media companies.
Jeff is also one of the internet’s A-list bloggers. His blog, BuzzMachine, is part of the top 1000 most popular blogs in the world at number 558.
Jeff recently published ‘What Would Google Do‘. As Jeff describes:
“I try to reverse-engineer the success of the fastest growing company in the history of the world, the one company that truly understands how to succeed in the internet age, and then take those lessons and apply them to a number of industries, companies, and institutions, from carmakers to restaurants to universities to government.”
Yesterday Jeff published this PowerPoint version of his book. Browse through it for an idea of what it is about but make sure to visit us at The Next Web Conference 2009 so you can experience his talk live.
We previously had Nova Spivack scheduled to speak again during this years conference. Unfortunately he had to drop out at the last moment. Luckily we were able to replace him with Jeff!
Written on 31st March 2009
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Patrick de Laive, Internet entrepreneur and co-founder of The Next Web Conference. Twitter: @patrick
Update: Vote Now!
Yesterday we emailed 43 startups that they were selected to give a 5 minute demo/presentation for The Next Web Rising Sun Startup Rally. The jury had selected these 43 companies out of almost 200 companies who applied. It is very difficult to pick 43 start-ups from 200 submissions and the jury spend a lot of time checking out all the information presented to them to make an informed decision.
Of course a lot of startups were disappointed that they didn’t make the cut. I can imagine the frustration these people feel as I’ve been rejected in many Startup rallies as well. I received many emails, calls, IMs and tweets asking for ‘5 minutes of my time’ and a second chance. This and the fact that many startups are really cool got me thinking on how we could give them a second chance…
I think the jury did an excellent job and have invested a lot of time to rate all companies (thank you Barend, Adeo and Stewart) and we stick with the choices we made. But we still decided to adopt the idols (Pop Star) model and let the people, our audience, help us pick 3 of the 24 companies we will see on stage at The Next Web.
We have room for 24 start-ups presentations on stage. 20 start-ups will be selected by our jury, 1 start-up will be selected during the conference (from attending start-ups with a booth) and 3 start-ups will be chosen by the audience by votes.
So here is your second chance to present your startup at The Next Web Conference. If you want to take advantage of this opportunity, read this closely.
How you can join
- Record a 90 second pitch why you should be presenting at The Next Web (not a second longer).
- Upload it to youtube with the tag ‘tnw09demo’
- Leave a comment here with the url to your movie
We have developed a voting mechanism and post all videos here on Thursday and let our audience vote on them. The top 3 startups with the most votes will be invited
Who can join?
Any startup can join, if you’ve submitted your company for the Rising Sun Startup rally or not. As long as you enter your movie before Wednesday 14:00 CET.
Written on 17th September 2008
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Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Serial Internet Entrepreneur
Watch this video titled “How NOT To Use PowerPoint”. First laugh a little, then watch it again and actually listen to those tips. He IS right you know!
One of his quotes: “Powerpoint can just suck the life right out of you. It is amazing”
Go ahead, forward it to EVERYONE in your office…
Written on 19th March 2008
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Ernst-Jan Pfauth, editor in chief
Start-up rallies can be disastrous. Take the start-up rally at Le Web 3 for example. They had installed a start-up dock over there, which was a nice place to rest for most attendees. On top of that, the jury consisted of a few ‘I’m playing with my Blackberry’-guys. So the entrepreneurs saw a disinterested crowd and turned really nervous. I couldn’t watch it.
Here at PLUGG it’s totally different. Start-ups present on the main stage in two rally’s of ten companies. They only have two minutes, short ‘n’ sweet, and were encouraged to ‘act excited’, since if they aren’t excited about their own product, who will? That’s what I’m talking about!
The guys from Bragster really got the point. It’s a service on which friends can dare each other to something incredibly stupid. And it works, the people and the press love it. Moreover, rapper 50 cent is registered as well. What more can you ask for?
One of the team members of the French Bragster team challenged his colleague Niko to ‘throw a pie in Bertrand’s face’. So guess what happened when the two enthusiastic guys walked up the stage? Exactly, Bertrand’s world suddenly consisted of just pie and whipped cream. The audience was stunned.
After a rally, this very same audience had the opportunity to rate the start-ups. I won’t be surprised when Bragster really gained some points just by bringing the idea of their very fun start-up into practice.
Update: There you have it: Bragster is one of the tree finalists at the Plugg startup rally.
More about the other start-ups in the upcoming weeks, that’s a promise!
Written on 26th February 2008
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Ernst-Jan Pfauth, editor in chief
Video service VIDDIX – launched in beta today – found a great way to enrich your online video experience. They allow you to add web content to video, since it consists of two panels. The video is playing at the left, while different web content – such as slides, pictures, YouTube videos, HTML and Flash embeds – shows up in the so-called iPanel at the right. So imagine you interviewed Boris about the Next Web conference, it would look something like this:
The guys from VIDDIX came up with their idea during their study Digital Communications. They graduated on VIDDIX and founded the company Invisios to bring their baby to the market. I hardly see any reasons why their project isn’t gonna be a huge hit. I mean, where YouTube and Slideshare end, VIDDIX is just about to get started. On top of that, the service will probably be really viral, since a lot of bloggers might be tempted to use VIDDIX for screencasts and presentations.
Although they might have to improve their embed function. Since the current one doesn’t bring over VIDDIX’s main advantage, namely the web content. I guess it has something to do with the thing in right bottom corner, yet I can’t figure out. Other from that, I foresee a bright future for VIDDIX.
Written on 19th July 2007
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Patrick de Laive, Internet entrepreneur and co-founder of The Next Web Conference. Twitter: @patrick
Rod Beckstrom is the author of the highly successful business book ‘The Starfish and the Spider’. He was the last speaker of The Next Web Conference 2007 and did a great job. He was inspiring, enthusiastic and gave everyone a lot of food for the brain.
Keynote: Rod Beckstrom – The Starfish and the Spider (more…)
Written on 19th July 2007
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Patrick de Laive, Internet entrepreneur and co-founder of The Next Web Conference. Twitter: @patrick
Dick Hardt, the CEO of Identity2.0 company Sxipper gave an amazing presentation about the future of online identity. He has a great presentation style and did 804 slides in 29 minutes and 4 seconds! It is not only a very good presentation but he addresses a very interesting field for the future of the web as well; our online identity. It is a very popular topic at the moment (think of OpenID).
Thanks Dick for this great performance and for inspiring us!
enjoy
Keynote: Dick Hardt – The Next Identity, the Hardt Way (more…)
Written on 6th June 2007
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Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Serial Internet Entrepreneur
If you missed Deborah Schultz presentation or would like to see it again you can. She posted it on SlideShare:
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