The Slush Seven Startup Competition
We received 21 very high quality applications out of which we needed to choose the Seven that had the best fit with Slush and had most potential to become successful startups with the initial push that Slush can provide.
The following startup teams will be presenting at Slush (in no particular order):
Nixarn
Siilein research
Pot it!
illme
FPC
Hila
ClassicExplorer
Congratulation all the teams who made it to the final!
I'm testing how reporting an event from a distance works out. The next session will start 13.15. They are still waiting for people to return from lunch. Starting in just a few minutes. It will be interesting to compare notes with some of the other Jaiku-reporters. I try to think about who are in my audience. Who reads my Jaikus. Slush 7 is about to start.
You can make it anywhere if you can make it in the middle of a Finnish slush snowstorm, says the speaker. The future hopes and success companies will be presented.
Nixarn is ready for a presentation. Nicklas tells about IPTV program. He's from Åbo Akademi. When World! These are all new "brands" and I'm probably mixing the names. Phonological loops? Did I hear the name right? Read http://www.nixarn.fi More information through Arctic Startup. He said, Ville...meaning Vesterinen. You can find him on Jaiku.
9 billion hours of time is used for gaming. How to create games that are both fun and useful at the same time. The Eavesdropping game...Typing down as fast as you get to get some points.
There is a market for this. 40 million...datamanipulation...you can do it in every language. Did I get it? I'm not sure. 5 minutes is a short time to get a message through.
Case: How to get an underground band from Stockholm to Helsinki? In Potting you create a project. Define a goal. How much money is needed. 10 000 euros needed. Four months to get the money. Look for co-buyers. Digg your social networks to find co-buyers.
To get rid of common cold permanently. Medicin 2.0. Viruses are invisible for they eye, the government. You can hide. Collect medical symptoms from Facebook status updates. Tie the symptoms to the locations. No interaction with the users. Located based social networks are diagnosed. 40 bn dollars in USA. 10 % savings mean $4 bn. Social Media Update Hmmm Service.
Analytics in the presentation. There is a map. Where are the best products, services, google maps and information to your mobile. There are plenty fo opportunities. Online advertising. Selling statistical data can be sold to companies. Integrating store's catalogs into website. They need startup capital. The team is committed and they have the technology background. Marketing campaign is about to start.
Hila. Social Media Services. How about the public sector? Is there any use of Facebook in the public sector. How to catch people and to get feedback. It's not a technical challenge. Integrate the work-flow of public organizations. Web 2.0 platform. Bicycle route in bad condition. Stays visible in internet. Blurp! Put comment. User generated market research or problem transmission.
Finding it from iTube isn't so easy if you don't know a lot of the background. They want to create a place where to find the music. There are numerous recordings of the same song. Semantic data is needed to create a tool to find the music. 10 - 100 interpretation of the same song are "somewhere" but how do you find the one you would like to listen to. Long tail mentioned. Better music quality is required. They hope to attract advertisers. Also Sheet Music sales is targeted.
@Kitti, thanks, I wanted to test this reporting mode and I can serve some off-line people who come to read this later. It will be nice to compare notes later. You're there, I guess.
Moving to Startup-up Developer LIVE is becoming more technical. The speaker talks about sensors in connection to Web.
Camera Access. Take a camera picture / video to your Facebook profile picture. Sounds like a small thing but makes the FB more live. I just think about how little I used FB chat. What's the reason?
Do the Apps for the top devices like iPhone and most advanced S60 devices. Don't waste your time on the older gadgets. The platform you choose will also choose your audience: iPhone, Java, etc.
In the web there are several players. iPod and the Apple "dictatorship". HE speaks about the monetization. I did come in the middle so it's not a very consequent report.
In the mean time I say, "Hello!" to Seppo Nevalainen at Mediracer an innovative company from Oulu with a product with global potential. Additional information to be found here http://carpal-tunnel-syndrome-cts.blogspot.com/
I move over to a new room Entrepreneur 2.0 LIVE . They should have a mobile group moving from stand to stand. That would give more insight. I hear a girl singing but don't have an idea about the context. Let's suppose it has to do with the Classical Music application. But it's just a guess.
If you like to know more about me: http://kknetwork.ning.com/
* You are welcome
* We try to combine business development and social media
* Crowdsourcing
@Kitti, I've been a member for some time. It's interesting to compare. The same kind of things happen on both sides of "Östersjön". Could you tell more as an onsite reporter about HUIKEA? @Kaitsu would like to know.
This is an interesting testing for me to find out if distance, local and scattered participants are able to create new knowledge about a seminar that is streamed. Let the questions come.
If you folks like to compare notes, @Kitti is reporting online #comments" target="_new">http://jaiku.com/channel/Slush/presence/49593093#comments She is onsite. I try to figure out what is going on from a distance. I also see new possibilities in how to have a continuous stream. Mobile units could be used to get in depth profiling of the startups and also about VCs and people moving around. The technology is there but mobility isn't use to the fullest extent. It would be nice to test a mobile LIVE event some day.
The next thing: 16.00 / 16.45 Panel: Assembly, Star Wreck, MobileMonday, GetJar. Moderated by Taneli Tikka. I'll do some other things in the meantime. This has been a micro-research-project testing distance reporting and connecting with onsite people and those who might have no idea about this event. We'll analyze this with some offline people that will have the ability bring their insights later. This approach was motivated by an ongoing interest for a short reporting about a Tessler Car video in making in February 2008. The posting attracts people all the time and there seems to be a lot that can be done to improve EVENT REPORTING.
There is an interview going on but the background noise is quite loud. I write down these observations for future use. The video stream is okay but audio voice could be given new possibilities.
Going on: Panel discussion with Risto Siilasmaa, Monty Widenius and Ilkka Paananen moderated by Matt Marshall. Korjaamo, Helsinki. The seminar continues until 5 PM.
Kurre Linderoos also blogged about the event in Kauppalehti.
Sun is the main sponsor of the Slush Event. The work has been all done by volunteers. Sun spokesman speaks. Sun is interested about start-ups. MySQL is also there. If you want to learn more about Jumpstart of Your Startup. The man asks you to sign up. Englishman happy with Finlands weather of today (lots of snow). There will be a social gathering at HELMI later tonight.
Mobile Monday started up eight years ago. It's the worlds largest mobile community. it's in over 60 cities. It started in Helsinki and grew out of there. They went to Tokio and invited people there. Silicon Valley spotted MM and the word was spreading: New York, Seattle, London, etc.
Star wreck made by nerds that didn't have nothing to do. They starting to work with the Internet community. Collaborating film production platform was created. These people have connected. They opened it up and helped people to connect over Internet. Now a teaser showing Iron Sky the Nazi Moon travel parody. They went there 1945 and are coming back 2080.
Iron Sky is a little bigger film. Awarded in a film festival in Oslo for working with Internet and the open collaboration. The new companies often start up out of hobbies. How about a business plan of 200 pages. Better to have the passion and the organic growth. Create the business plan later on is the other way around.
Not a complicated business plan is needed.
If you're skillful, it's a poker game, be persistent, it's not the business plan first. Better to love the work and show the passion.
Startup is like having a baby. Love and hate it. It goes up and down. Write a blog. If you have 20 babies? Are the VCs the midwifes anymore? They are the kinder garden. They make you move faster. There is a role for VCs.
Established, profitable, the speaker comes from Lithuania, from banking and financing. What do you want? We are the Venture Capital firm. We are 60 % profitable. Build a lifestyle company. The other part is to build a public company. People own bars because they like their customers and their job. But building an Enterprise and becoming really global you need a lot of help.
Is it so difficult about rising funding. The people will find you if you keep doing the things and being passionate.
Building presentations and not building businesses.
It's way easier to build a presentation than a business. You've to build business. You've to know how to make a fire. Start something small and have it burning. Create a sustainable fire. Let your income being 1000 euro per month. Don't try to build a presentation but a business.
Mistakes you've made? Lots and lots of mistakes. In the corporations people can't admit they make mistakes. Entrepreneurs have to admit and change your mind. We didn't start measuring things early enough. What people do? How many pages we do? Start small. Carefully measure. What is the return. Have one customer to come and stick to your site. Measuring things very precisely.
ASSEMBLY we started out as bunch of guys. Growth. Sure you'll rent this place? Rent the whole place. What about expenses? Made a big loss. Selling floor space on an expo not understand about our potential clients. We didn't event understand what we didn't understand. 19 year old. We didn't plan. A little more research.
Teemu Arina. Half of my presentations on slide share. It requires a lot of courage to throw away the presentation. Presentation is a means, it's not the goal.
You learn while you create the presentation. It has to be real. Make it real. You've to able to communicate. Investors. Team members. What are we making. Tech people speak to computers. Can you tell me? We don't have drama classes. You need to convince? How do you convey that?
Kaitsu has been running the show in the other building... Is it the same Kaitsu? Flues. Slash. There was another Hel... as the organizers. Peter's last word. No public funding. That was Slush 2008. Eerikinkatu 14. Helmi restaurant.
This was all about "figurin out". @Kitti reported on another channel. I will analyze the content later. #comments" target="_new">http://jaiku.com/channel/Slush/presence/49600638#comments
It was fun to do this. I got some great ideas for some future projects. It's becoming easy to connect and to communicate M2M.
@Kitti Thanks for the information. I think we'd like to be at slush 2009. KK-Net will get some new resources on board starting next month. You inspired me to do this. Thanks for that.
@ymb, thanks for the comment. First, I planned to follow @Kitti who is a professional Jaiku onsite reporter. Then something flashed or slushed in my mind and I started to write down the wysiwyg from the live video streams. It was a learning process. I've been following eg. Demo in USA but Jaiku provides an added value while the information is available for people who didn't have a chance to follow the event. I got a number of ideas during the reporting about how to improve events and seminar reporting.
@vascellari Your LeWeb Seesmic Loic LeMeur blog has an important thing that goes well as a continuation to this Slush reporting. Passion and Love are great things even in Startups and Entrepreneurship.
@ubiq, it was an interesting experience. The remote aspect has intrigued me since someone asked, Why do Web 2.0 people and enthusiasts go to meetings and seminars? I've nothing against F2F but this enables a much larger audience and M2M commenting.
@visualradio Thanks for this back channel - you did a fantastic job through Floobs. Jaiku reporting is all about active listening / previous knowledge of the issue / and personal passion to make sense and share - it usually gets better with several people contributing and adding different angles.
@Kitti This is parallel processing it generates new knowledge. The Jaiku reports are also the source for a long tail of Slush and other meetings / seminars. I've plans about how this can be processed and we can return and reflect upon created material. You've Kitti been the person who inspired and took me over the threshold. I'd today a free slot with no pressing deadline. I also see that after events there are dead periods (incubation times) that could be used for product and service development. I return to this aspect.
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Sponsoring cathegories: Gold, Platinum, Silver. You can follow the Slush stream here: http://parvi.fi/slushstream1/
1 year ago by visualradio
Need to mentions UK Trade & Investment as a sponsor as well. I hear people speaking Japanese. Media Partner Arctic Startup, TechCrunch, The Next Web,
1 year ago by visualradio
There is also Access Forum 2008.
1 year ago by visualradio
The Slush Seven Startup Competition We received 21 very high quality applications out of which we needed to choose the Seven that had the best fit with Slush and had most potential to become successful startups with the initial push that Slush can provide.
The following startup teams will be presenting at Slush (in no particular order):
Nixarn Siilein research Pot it! illme FPC Hila ClassicExplorer
Congratulation all the teams who made it to the final!
1 year ago by visualradio
I'm testing how reporting an event from a distance works out. The next session will start 13.15. They are still waiting for people to return from lunch. Starting in just a few minutes. It will be interesting to compare notes with some of the other Jaiku-reporters. I try to think about who are in my audience. Who reads my Jaikus. Slush 7 is about to start.
1 year ago by visualradio
You can make it anywhere if you can make it in the middle of a Finnish slush snowstorm, says the speaker. The future hopes and success companies will be presented.
1 year ago by visualradio
Nixarn is ready for a presentation. Nicklas tells about IPTV program. He's from Åbo Akademi. When World! These are all new "brands" and I'm probably mixing the names. Phonological loops? Did I hear the name right? Read http://www.nixarn.fi More information through Arctic Startup. He said, Ville...meaning Vesterinen. You can find him on Jaiku.
1 year ago by visualradio
Siilein Research and spending quality time with your family. Tommy Horttana. Viljami Lappalainen (psychology). They talk about market research and...
1 year ago by visualradio
9 billion hours of time is used for gaming. How to create games that are both fun and useful at the same time. The Eavesdropping game...Typing down as fast as you get to get some points.
Speach Magic software Tutkimustie Oy
Are mentioned.
1 year ago by visualradio
There is a market for this. 40 million...datamanipulation...you can do it in every language. Did I get it? I'm not sure. 5 minutes is a short time to get a message through.
1 year ago by visualradio
Pot-it! matches buyers for common goals.
1 year ago by visualradio
Case: How to get an underground band from Stockholm to Helsinki? In Potting you create a project. Define a goal. How much money is needed. 10 000 euros needed. Four months to get the money. Look for co-buyers. Digg your social networks to find co-buyers.
1 year ago by visualradio
Pot Master invites with e-mail, social networks Pot it Suggests
If the pot is full the project will become reality This could be a great test-marketing tool
1 year ago by visualradio
They are looking for partners and collaborators. Why not join their pot. There was an idea in this.
1 year ago by visualradio
ILLME is next. Markus Bergman is a medical doctor. Sophisticated treatments but also common illnesses. Parents waiting for hours in the waiting rooms.
1 year ago by visualradio
To get rid of common cold permanently. Medicin 2.0. Viruses are invisible for they eye, the government. You can hide. Collect medical symptoms from Facebook status updates. Tie the symptoms to the locations. No interaction with the users. Located based social networks are diagnosed. 40 bn dollars in USA. 10 % savings mean $4 bn. Social Media Update Hmmm Service.
1 year ago by visualradio
Weather forecast for flue: WFF!
1 year ago by visualradio
FPT project. A second Åbo Akademi project. Food price trend.
1 year ago by visualradio
Analytics in the presentation. There is a map. Where are the best products, services, google maps and information to your mobile. There are plenty fo opportunities. Online advertising. Selling statistical data can be sold to companies. Integrating store's catalogs into website. They need startup capital. The team is committed and they have the technology background. Marketing campaign is about to start.
1 year ago by visualradio
Hila. Social Media Services. How about the public sector? Is there any use of Facebook in the public sector. How to catch people and to get feedback. It's not a technical challenge. Integrate the work-flow of public organizations. Web 2.0 platform. Bicycle route in bad condition. Stays visible in internet. Blurp! Put comment. User generated market research or problem transmission.
1 year ago by visualradio
1 year ago by visualradio
How to work with these guys. The projects are around. They can talk with partners and investors.
1 year ago by visualradio
Classic Explorer also in the final seven. VALVE. Social Web and the classical music. Music export Finland.
1 year ago by visualradio
Finding it from iTube isn't so easy if you don't know a lot of the background. They want to create a place where to find the music. There are numerous recordings of the same song. Semantic data is needed to create a tool to find the music. 10 - 100 interpretation of the same song are "somewhere" but how do you find the one you would like to listen to. Long tail mentioned. Better music quality is required. They hope to attract advertisers. Also Sheet Music sales is targeted.
1 year ago by visualradio
More information is available at the Slush 7 companies. There are 20 start-ups around.
1 year ago by visualradio
Tanila Tikka will be running a panel at 4 pm. Mobile Monday. Starwreck. They announce the winners of Slush Seven.
1 year ago by visualradio
Slush as Woodstock! Things work fine, no problem.
1 year ago by visualradio
I move over to another room http://parvi.fi/slushstream2/
1 year ago by visualradio
Wow, @visualradio is doing a great job at distance reporting through Floobs channel.
1 year ago by Kitti
@Kitti, thanks, I wanted to test this reporting mode and I can serve some off-line people who come to read this later. It will be nice to compare notes later. You're there, I guess.
1 year ago by visualradio
Moving to Startup-up Developer LIVE is becoming more technical. The speaker talks about sensors in connection to Web.
Camera Access. Take a camera picture / video to your Facebook profile picture. Sounds like a small thing but makes the FB more live. I just think about how little I used FB chat. What's the reason?
1 year ago by visualradio
Do the Apps for the top devices like iPhone and most advanced S60 devices. Don't waste your time on the older gadgets. The platform you choose will also choose your audience: iPhone, Java, etc.
1 year ago by visualradio
HUIKEA.com. Is that the company the speaker is coming from? I ask questions while I'm reporting from a distance. He seems to be an Apple man.
1 year ago by visualradio
I create the link here: http://www.huikea.com
1 year ago by visualradio
In the web there are several players. iPod and the Apple "dictatorship". HE speaks about the monetization. I did come in the middle so it's not a very consequent report.
1 year ago by visualradio
Floobs is the video platfrom the use at Slush.
1 year ago by visualradio
Java is a rather clumsy language
Groovy is a new language
In the mean time I say, "Hello!" to Seppo Nevalainen at Mediracer an innovative company from Oulu with a product with global potential. Additional information to be found here http://carpal-tunnel-syndrome-cts.blogspot.com/
1 year ago by visualradio
Seppo Nevalainen: there are 400 participants at the Slush Helsinki Meeting
Startups
Venture Capitalists
People supporting new ventures
I see that the the streams are using http://www.parvi.fi
1 year ago by visualradio
The FLU mapping application was rather interesting. Would it be possible to build a global CTS map with the same program? This just came to my mind.
1 year ago by visualradio
The Pot It might also become an interesting service. All depends on how they attract users.
1 year ago by visualradio
My comments are "unofficial" and should affect no-one. I just use my time to re-collect some of the information I received.
1 year ago by visualradio
The FTP thing again might become an interesting service. The challenge again is to attract enough users.
1 year ago by visualradio
Siileen has to be described better. It might help to see it working.
1 year ago by visualradio
Finding classical music, why not. A niche service.
1 year ago by visualradio
@visualradio huikea.com is @teemu s new project. Teemu has been working 4 jaiku and google. I cant wait to hear more about huikea!
1 year ago by Kaitsu
I move over to a new room Entrepreneur 2.0 LIVE . They should have a mobile group moving from stand to stand. That would give more insight. I hear a girl singing but don't have an idea about the context. Let's suppose it has to do with the Classical Music application. But it's just a guess.
1 year ago by visualradio
For your information, there is a Swedish Startup site: http://swedishstartups.ning.com/
If you like to know more about me: http://kknetwork.ning.com/ * You are welcome * We try to combine business development and social media * Crowdsourcing
1 year ago by visualradio
The Swedish startups have a ning community. Not bad idea to use ning platform.
1 year ago by Kitti
@Kaitsu Are you familiar with HUIKEA?
1 year ago by visualradio
@Kitti, I've been a member for some time. It's interesting to compare. The same kind of things happen on both sides of "Östersjön". Could you tell more as an onsite reporter about HUIKEA? @Kaitsu would like to know.
This is an interesting testing for me to find out if distance, local and scattered participants are able to create new knowledge about a seminar that is streamed. Let the questions come.
1 year ago by visualradio
Huikea does have a web site: http://www.huikea.com/ You can request more information through that website!
1 year ago by visualradio
If you folks like to compare notes, @Kitti is reporting online #comments" target="_new">http://jaiku.com/channel/Slush/presence/49593093#comments She is onsite. I try to figure out what is going on from a distance. I also see new possibilities in how to have a continuous stream. Mobile units could be used to get in depth profiling of the startups and also about VCs and people moving around. The technology is there but mobility isn't use to the fullest extent. It would be nice to test a mobile LIVE event some day.
1 year ago by visualradio
I got email: Thank you for your interest in Huikea.
We are just ramping up, thus it's too early to share specific details about Huikea. We will inform you when we are ready to tell more.
Teemu and Pekka, Huikea team
1 year ago by visualradio
The next thing: 16.00 / 16.45 Panel: Assembly, Star Wreck, MobileMonday, GetJar. Moderated by Taneli Tikka. I'll do some other things in the meantime. This has been a micro-research-project testing distance reporting and connecting with onsite people and those who might have no idea about this event. We'll analyze this with some offline people that will have the ability bring their insights later. This approach was motivated by an ongoing interest for a short reporting about a Tessler Car video in making in February 2008. The posting attracts people all the time and there seems to be a lot that can be done to improve EVENT REPORTING.
1 year ago by visualradio
The event home page has more information for you Program Speakers CompetitionLocation Contacts Tickets Party News Demo Press Room about
http://slushhelsinki.com/
1 year ago by visualradio
There is an interview going on but the background noise is quite loud. I write down these observations for future use. The video stream is okay but audio voice could be given new possibilities.
1 year ago by visualradio
I learned about this event through Janne Saarikko and his blog in Kauppalehti
http://janne.blogit.kauppalehti.fi/2008/11/24/loskan-keskella-slush-helsinki/
1 year ago by visualradio
Going on: Panel discussion with Risto Siilasmaa, Monty Widenius and Ilkka Paananen moderated by Matt Marshall. Korjaamo, Helsinki. The seminar continues until 5 PM.
Kurre Linderoos also blogged about the event in Kauppalehti.
http://eunglish.blogit.kauppalehti.fi/2008/11/24/slush/
1 year ago by visualradio
Kirjoitin aiheesta blogin Kauppalehteen. Janne ja Kurre ovat myös kirjoittaneet. Katsotaan, saadaanko lisää väkeä seuraamaan.
http://visualradio.blogit.kauppalehti.fi/2008/11/24/live-reporting-from-slush-helsinki/
1 year ago by visualradio
Iron Sky traileri näytetään hetken kuluttua. Tikkujen ja adaptereiden yhteensovittamisesta puhutaan. Tämä on off-record puhetta.
1 year ago by visualradio
Sun is the main sponsor of the Slush Event. The work has been all done by volunteers. Sun spokesman speaks. Sun is interested about start-ups. MySQL is also there. If you want to learn more about Jumpstart of Your Startup. The man asks you to sign up. Englishman happy with Finlands weather of today (lots of snow). There will be a social gathering at HELMI later tonight.
1 year ago by visualradio
Go to HELMI to party and meet with potential investors from 7 p.m. and onward.
1 year ago by visualradio
Illme was picked. That's the medical company
Nixar was picked.
Siilein Research
1 year ago by visualradio
All of the participants are winners. They made it to the finals. All of them have a lot of potential.
1 year ago by visualradio
A small Silicon Valley at the Slush.
1 year ago by visualradio
Taneli Tikka is serial entrepreneur and a deal maker. IRC-Gallery is one of them.
1 year ago by visualradio
Funding does happen in this economic climate. Ilkka told about a funding from China today.
1 year ago by visualradio
Drink tickets at the SUN booth ;)
1 year ago by visualradio
Mobile Monday started up eight years ago. It's the worlds largest mobile community. it's in over 60 cities. It started in Helsinki and grew out of there. They went to Tokio and invited people there. Silicon Valley spotted MM and the word was spreading: New York, Seattle, London, etc.
1 year ago by visualradio
Ga... I couldn't get the name. 60 million dollars...
1 year ago by visualradio
The ASSEMBLY computer festival since 1992. People creating cool stuff with computers: meet, have fun, before internet, had to come together.
Partnered with HP. Mobile games.
1 year ago by visualradio
It's one of the biggest on the globe. There is a bigger one in Sweden. It's a great people to connect.
1 year ago by visualradio
Star wreck made by nerds that didn't have nothing to do. They starting to work with the Internet community. Collaborating film production platform was created. These people have connected. They opened it up and helped people to connect over Internet. Now a teaser showing Iron Sky the Nazi Moon travel parody. They went there 1945 and are coming back 2080.
1 year ago by visualradio
I did see the trailer at Cisco Helsinki 2008 seminar this year. I guess it was spring time. They are coming back 2018!
There was an error in the previous Jaiku post.
1 year ago by visualradio
Iron Sky is a little bigger film. Awarded in a film festival in Oslo for working with Internet and the open collaboration. The new companies often start up out of hobbies. How about a business plan of 200 pages. Better to have the passion and the organic growth. Create the business plan later on is the other way around.
Not a complicated business plan is needed.
If you're skillful, it's a poker game, be persistent, it's not the business plan first. Better to love the work and show the passion.
1 year ago by visualradio
It's impossible to test inhouse. You need to get the comments from users. Mobile gadgets take a broad testing environment.
Facebook and MySpace business plans were not on the initial business plan. The plans can be defined at a stage when your project is flying.
1 year ago by visualradio
You need to have the passion for what you are doing? How about the power point? The business plans and power points come when the time is ready.
Planning is everything but instead of a business plan, write a blog.
When you go through the dark moments, what should I do?
1 year ago by visualradio
Startup is like having a baby. Love and hate it. It goes up and down. Write a blog. If you have 20 babies? Are the VCs the midwifes anymore? They are the kinder garden. They make you move faster. There is a role for VCs.
1 year ago by visualradio
I completely agree with what they talk about. Focus on your customers. Go after good customer relationships. VCs will follow.
1 year ago by visualradio
Established, profitable, the speaker comes from Lithuania, from banking and financing. What do you want? We are the Venture Capital firm. We are 60 % profitable. Build a lifestyle company. The other part is to build a public company. People own bars because they like their customers and their job. But building an Enterprise and becoming really global you need a lot of help.
1 year ago by visualradio
VC is the assembly line of building a company. It's not about the money but about how to build a successful Enterprise.
1 year ago by visualradio
Is it so difficult about rising funding. The people will find you if you keep doing the things and being passionate.
Building presentations and not building businesses. It's way easier to build a presentation than a business. You've to build business. You've to know how to make a fire. Start something small and have it burning. Create a sustainable fire. Let your income being 1000 euro per month. Don't try to build a presentation but a business.
1 year ago by visualradio
Mistakes you've made? Lots and lots of mistakes. In the corporations people can't admit they make mistakes. Entrepreneurs have to admit and change your mind. We didn't start measuring things early enough. What people do? How many pages we do? Start small. Carefully measure. What is the return. Have one customer to come and stick to your site. Measuring things very precisely.
1 year ago by visualradio
ASSEMBLY we started out as bunch of guys. Growth. Sure you'll rent this place? Rent the whole place. What about expenses? Made a big loss. Selling floor space on an expo not understand about our potential clients. We didn't event understand what we didn't understand. 19 year old. We didn't plan. A little more research.
1 year ago by visualradio
Star wreck: mistakes done when we did things the traditional way. Imitating the big guy is easy. Non-traditional ways has been our success formula.
1 year ago by visualradio
Clear that you was making a business? Started to get some pocket money.
When we started no idea of creating a business. We found doing business very accidentally. Not a very specific transition process.
Mobile Monday was never intended being a business. The idea was to enable people to meet. Open bar.
1 year ago by visualradio
Teemu Arina. Half of my presentations on slide share. It requires a lot of courage to throw away the presentation. Presentation is a means, it's not the goal.
You learn while you create the presentation. It has to be real. Make it real. You've to able to communicate. Investors. Team members. What are we making. Tech people speak to computers. Can you tell me? We don't have drama classes. You need to convince? How do you convey that?
1 year ago by visualradio
I think this is the end of this. They wrap it up quickly.
1 year ago by visualradio
Kaitsu has been running the show in the other building... Is it the same Kaitsu? Flues. Slash. There was another Hel... as the organizers. Peter's last word. No public funding. That was Slush 2008. Eerikinkatu 14. Helmi restaurant.
1 year ago by visualradio
This was all about "figurin out". @Kitti reported on another channel. I will analyze the content later. #comments" target="_new">http://jaiku.com/channel/Slush/presence/49600638#comments
It was fun to do this. I got some great ideas for some future projects. It's becoming easy to connect and to communicate M2M.
1 year ago by visualradio
@visualradio Yes. Kaitsu and Floobs.
1 year ago by Kitti
@Kitti Thanks for the information. I think we'd like to be at slush 2009. KK-Net will get some new resources on board starting next month. You inspired me to do this. Thanks for that.
1 year ago by visualradio
@visualradio thanks for this. It allowed me to keep up with what was happening whiule still being able to do some of the day job tasks.
1 year ago by ymb
@ymb, thanks for the comment. First, I planned to follow @Kitti who is a professional Jaiku onsite reporter. Then something flashed or slushed in my mind and I started to write down the wysiwyg from the live video streams. It was a learning process. I've been following eg. Demo in USA but Jaiku provides an added value while the information is available for people who didn't have a chance to follow the event. I got a number of ideas during the reporting about how to improve events and seminar reporting.
1 year ago by visualradio
@vascellari Your LeWeb Seesmic Loic LeMeur blog has an important thing that goes well as a continuation to this Slush reporting. Passion and Love are great things even in Startups and Entrepreneurship.
http://www.andreavascellari.com/?p=1341
1 year ago by visualradio
@visualradio very interesting remote jaikureporting! Thnx.
1 year ago by ubiq
@ubiq, it was an interesting experience. The remote aspect has intrigued me since someone asked, Why do Web 2.0 people and enthusiasts go to meetings and seminars? I've nothing against F2F but this enables a much larger audience and M2M commenting.
1 year ago by visualradio
@visualradio Thanks for this back channel - you did a fantastic job through Floobs. Jaiku reporting is all about active listening / previous knowledge of the issue / and personal passion to make sense and share - it usually gets better with several people contributing and adding different angles.
1 year ago by Kitti
@Kitti This is parallel processing it generates new knowledge. The Jaiku reports are also the source for a long tail of Slush and other meetings / seminars. I've plans about how this can be processed and we can return and reflect upon created material. You've Kitti been the person who inspired and took me over the threshold. I'd today a free slot with no pressing deadline. I also see that after events there are dead periods (incubation times) that could be used for product and service development. I return to this aspect.
1 year ago by visualradio