Archive for June 2015
Sensorwake's olfactory alarm clock smells success on Kickstarter
Launched by the 18 year-old Guillaume Rolland, SensorWake calls itself the world’s first olfactory alarm clock, “Invented to make your mornings happy.” The product doubled its 50,000€ goal in less than a week, making it the most successful hardware project launched in last week’s big Kickstarter France launch. The project has been launched by Guillaume […]
10 takeaways from Meeker's Internet Trends deck
If you work in tech you’ve probably already come across last week’s publication of Mary Meeker’s annual Internet Trends presentation. Meeker — formerly of Morgan Stanley and now with storied VC firm Kleiner Perkins since 2010 — presents a curated set of data reflecting what she sees as the major trends in internet usage. The […]
Why Start-Up Founders Need to Focus on Their Personal Brands
Are Your Personal Search Results Hurting Your Startup Success? 5 Must Answer Personal Branding Questions for Start-up Founders The following is a guest post from Jason McDonald, Director of StringCan Interactive Europe, and his US Agency Brand Strategy Partner, Robin Bramman of Robin Bramman International. StringCan Interactive is a digital strategy, design and development agency that […]
Challengers, the Barcelona-based 'unconference' kicks-off on 17-18th June!
This year is the second year of Challengers, the Barcelona-based ‘unconference’ which seeks to redefine the tech conference experience. Co-founded by Kayvan Nikjou, who built up his conference organization bonafides working on Helsinki-based, mega-conference SLUSH, and Alex Andreu, with Challengers they are looking to create a more free-flowing, non-conventional, ‘unconference’ type of experience. Each year, Challengers partners […]