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I’m a FreshCotton model now…

Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 12:31:48 +0000

“Lifestyle magazine BLEND publiceert in haar oktober editie de editorial ‘Selected by Influentials’, welke geheel is bedacht en uitgevoerd door jonge invloedrijke bloggers. Het is voor het eerst dat de groeiende invloed van Nederlandse bloggers op de fashionwereld op deze manier tot uiting komt. De editorial draait om kleding uit de nieuwe Selected etalage van webshop FreshCotton.”

Innovation & Education

Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 08:10:40 +0000

Driegesprek over de toekomst van de opleiding Interactieve Media (CMD Amsterdam) from JT vd B on Vimeo.

I participated in an interview about innovation and education. In Dutch:

“Driegesprek tussen Marian Spier (manager / docent opleiding Interactieve Media), Milan van den Bovenkamp (student Interactieve Media ) en Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten (Internet Serial Entrepreneur) over de toekomst van de HvA-studie Interactieve Media (CMD Amsterdam).”

Open Thread Radio Interview

Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:58:10 +0000

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 it.”

Documentary about… ehm… me?

Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 08:54:43 +0000

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

Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:56:51 +0000

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 het mobiele web eigengemaakt. Met de Next Web en Bowlr is hij in staat om de Tech- en Digi-wereld van achter de computer vandaan te trekken en mensen samen te brengen. Met de Next Web blog en Bomega blog toont hij zich ook een visionair in deze wereld. In een korte tijd schrijven veel visionairs interessante bijdragen voor hem. Zijn blog is een vroegtijdige bühne voor vernieuwing. Boris is een echte spotter, maar doorbreekt ook grenzen met zijn talenten, events en weblogs. Als kunstenaar is hij in staat om anders naar fenomenen te kijken. Daarmee onderscheidt hij zich als trendwatcher in zijn niche.

They also showed this photo made by Robin de Puy and will publish a video interview later. I like the photo because it is a less polished and more casual version compared to the usual ‘suit and tie’ photos you see from me.

Watch me juggle at the “Werken in Overvloed” seminar

Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:33:33 +0000

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 is:

Video “Bij ons in de BV”

Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:11:13 +0000

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 marker:

“There are more currencies than money”

Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:05:27 +0000

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 Andes then you shouldn’t spend your life in a cubicle saving money to go big mountain skiing in the Andes one day.

You should just go.

Don’t take the detour to achieving your dreams. I was sitting there, in my swimming trunks, looking out over the warm blue Greek ocean and I ‘got’ it. I wasn’t doing boring work to go be able to afford a vacation to Greece; I was working in Greece, and it felt like a vacation!

Fast forward to 2009 and Huub van Zwieten. Huub wrote a book on how to quit your job. He isn’t saying that you shouldn’t work. He is saying that there are some people who are so passionate about the work they do that they don’t even consider it a job. I’m in that book too and one quote that he highlighted is “There are more currencies than money”.

Yeah, the quote I ~~stole~~ learned from Timothy. The reason I’m in the book, according to Huub: “Boris inspires in combining personal and professional life, with extraordinary results and a lot of fun”.

Now Huub is organizing an event, in the Netherlands, which I’m going to attend. On Novemeber 20 where you can experience the same adventure that Marijn (who the book is about) experiences. Would be cool to see you all there:

http://talentfirst.nl/werkeninovervloed/