Last week, we had a “bug hunt” session at the Notman House, an event aimed towards startups and product developers and designers. For those who’ve been to a bug hunt session, it’s an opportunity to participate in a small but fun & focused event where you get to discover new & existing applications. A diverse [...]
Upcoming NewTech #32: dishcrawl, GetMeListed, TouiTouiTV and LifetimeBook
We’re heading up to a crazy July, with dozens events lining up for Startup Festival, and the festival itself. To begin with, we have the 32nd NewTech demos at McKibbins next tuesday. Like StartupFest, the event features 4 startups presenting in front a tech-savvvy audience: Dishcrawl is the new way to discover your food neighborhood, [...]
It’s the community, stupid
VentureBeat wrote a couple of days ago how Amsterdam aims to attract tech entrepreneurs. The article highlights the infrastructure (events, places, communities) offered by existing startups and individuals, and how it paves the way into making Amsterdam a place known in Europe for innovation, collaboration, and entrepreneurship. Here’s a quote: What sets us apart is [...]
The Value of Mentors in accelerator programs
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Jason Calacanis interviews the founder of Kickstarter
Particularly interesting interview with Yancey Strickler, the founder of Kickstarter.com. The project started in 2005 when Yancey met his co-founder, Perry Chen, in a restaurant (where Perry worked as a waiter). Perry came up with the idea for kickster while trying to raise money for a concert in New Orleans. He shared his idea with [...]
Upcoming: TheBugHunt @ NotmanHouse, Thursday
We organized a first Bug Hunt last month for 3 web applications and 1 iPhone app. The event gathered a diverse panel of users, with different interests and abilities, who would go through the applications looking for UI problems. For most application developers, it’s an eye opener that resets their priorities. So the next TheBugHunt [...]
Mark Suster’s Speech At NYU
Pretty interesting speech by Mark Suster given at New York University. He packs a lot of useful information into the presentation including some interesting points about how you can indirectly contact VCs via Google Alerts. This is not the intention of this post, but do VCs really do that Mark? :) Big part of the presentation is [...]
ORGAnimal is a pet web app manager
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