De Pers: Social networking
On page 20 of dutch magazine De Pers (available as PDF here) you can find an article about Social Networking with a few quotes from me. One example: Ik gebruik LinkedIn vooral als dynamisch cv en ik onderhoud via die site mijn zakelijke contacten. Ik heb er nu meer dan vijfhonderd, dat is haast te veel. Ik wil iedereen persoonlijk kennen To clarify that: I want all those people to really know me. If I call one of those 500 people I want them to answer the phone and say ‘Hi Boris, how are you doing!’ and not ‘Excuse me, Boris...
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As an entrepreneur you always try to get attention for your companies and projects. I have been working on this for years and have managed to attract all kinds of attention for a lot of our stuff. But recently there has been more attention for me in general and less for the projects I do. I am very easy to please and generally accept any speaking or interview opportunity for any magazine or website. I just always say ‘yes’ when I’m am asked to do an interview or presentation. And it is starting to take more time than I am...
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Yesterday I received a Fon router. In case you don’t know; Fon is a company that gives away free Wi-Fi wireless networking routers to anyone who wants to install one and make it accessible to other Fon users. FON received $21.7 million (in 2006) from Google, Skype, and Sequoia Capital to build a free network of Wi-Fi hotspots all over the world. The idea is that you set-up the Fon Access Point in your window and allow other users to access your Hotspot. If they also make their hotspot available to other ‘Foneros’ they can...
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PICNIC07 is a ‘cross media festival’ held in Amsterdam this week. It is an international conference with over 60 seminars and workshops, parties, a games festival and more. One aspect of PICNIC may easily get overlooked, but I am sure it may end up being one of the most interesting parts of the festival and not just because I am involved… PITCH!; on Thursday 27 September in the morning is a Pitch training session which I am involved in. Entrepreneurs often underestimate the need for focused presentation, and do not realize...
read moreBunch of iPhones
We ended up buying 15 iPhones in San Francisco earlier today. Then we went straight to the airport to catch our flight to Amsterdam. We carried three extra bags with 5 iPhones in each bag to distribute the weight evenly. When we loaded the iPhones into the x-ray machine the operator of the machine called over another security person who stared into the screen and then yelled “Oh my god, RUN!!!!”. First time ever that I met a security guy with a sense of humor. The stewardesses gave Patrick a special box in their kitchen to stash...
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