Archive for June 2015

Sensorwake's olfactory alarm clock smells success on Kickstarter

Launched by the 18 year-old Guillaume Rolland, SensorWake calls itself the world’s first olfactory alarm clock, “Invented to make your mornings happy.” The product doubled its 50,000€ goal in less than a week, making it the most successful hardware project launched in last week’s big Kickstarter France launch. The project has been launched by Guillaume […]

10 takeaways from Meeker's Internet Trends deck

10 takeaways from Meeker's Internet Trends deck

If you work in tech you’ve probably already come across last week’s publication of Mary Meeker’s annual Internet Trends presentation. Meeker — formerly of Morgan Stanley and now with storied VC firm Kleiner Perkins since 2010 — presents a curated set of data reflecting what she sees as the major trends in internet usage. The […]

Why Start-Up Founders Need to Focus on Their Personal Brands

Why Start-Up Founders Need to Focus on Their Personal Brands

Are Your Personal Search Results Hurting Your Startup Success? 5 Must Answer Personal Branding Questions for Start-up Founders The following is a guest post from Jason McDonald, Director of StringCan Interactive Europe, and his US Agency Brand Strategy Partner, Robin Bramman of Robin Bramman International. StringCan Interactive is a digital strategy, design and development agency that […]

Challengers, the Barcelona-based 'unconference' kicks-off on 17-18th June!

This year is the second year of Challengers, the Barcelona-based ‘unconference’ which seeks to redefine the tech conference experience. Co-founded by Kayvan Nikjou, who built up his conference organization bonafides working on Helsinki-based, mega-conference SLUSH, and Alex Andreu, with Challengers they are looking to create a more free-flowing, non-conventional, ‘unconference’ type of experience.  Each year, Challengers partners […]