Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten

Open Thread Radio Interview

Open Thread Radio, presented by Kemal Rijken: "We talk to Internet entrepreneur Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten and venture capitalist Sharon Weinbar about how the low overheads associated with starting an online business means that it is possible to start a business in a weekend and how start-up's should just get on with...

Documentary about… ehm… me?

Omar Kbiri, dutch blogger and entrepreneur, is producing a bunch of documentaries about entrepreneurs. He followed me around during The Next Web Conference and turned 8 hours of raw material into this documentary. I guess it gives you some insight on how I work and how I think about success....

Technology Trendwatcher of the Year

Last night I was awarded the 2010 Specialist TWOTY Technology award. It was a nice ceremony which ended in a great party with way too much champagne. I'm very proud to have received this award and had a hard time saying something useful when i received it on stage. This is what the jury said about me: Winnaar: Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten: De kunst van het trendwatchen Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten is een zakenman en heeft zich het bloggen en het duiden van kansen op het word wide web en...

Watch me juggle at the “Werken in Overvloed” seminar

Last week I spoke (In Dutch) at the 'Werken in Overvloed' seminar about work, my career and how there are 'more currencies than money'. I even juggled a few apples. Erno Hannink made a short video and posted it to Youtube. Here it...

Video “Bij ons in de BV”

Yesterday (November 26, 2009) I was a guest in Jort Kelder's new show titled "Bij ons in de BV". I was invited to talk about 'The Perfect Idea' and how to find it. The show is in Dutch and my segment starts at the 28:50...

“There are more currencies than money”

A few years ago Patrick and me were invited to greek Blogger Camp. It was a very inspiring trip and we met a lot of great people. We felt, and were treated, like VIPs and stayed in beautiful hotels, enjoyed great food and partied all night. At that same trip we also met Timothy Ferriss. Yeah, 4 hour workweek Ferriss. He gave a presentation right after me in which he explained his idea about "more currencies than money". What it comes down to is that if you want to do big mountain skiing in...

The little white marble boat

Fabio Viale makes white marble objects that don't look like white marble objects at all. See all his work or just this movie about his little white marble...

Talking Heads

via youtube.com Their first (or one of the first) public...