If you don’t feel comfortable with it, drop it
We’ve all experienced a proliferation of startup programs across the geography. With new programs come more mentors. Some are more valuable than others. And we all know this. There are two sides to mentoring. The advice received and the implementation of that advice. Most mentors will give contradictory advice. This
South Summit 2014: Show me, don’t tell me
One of the talks we gave at the South Summit 2014 conference in October 2014 in Madrid.
Videolean or how a start-up should hustle
I’ve know the guys behind Videolean for a while now. I’ve seen them expand beyond an island, all the way to London and beyond. Their latest move was to launch Videolean.com, a DIY startup video editor for start-ups. They’ve been pitching it to me for months, but I never had
Are we riding a lack-of-reality bubble?
For a long time I’ve seen this happening. There seems to be two planes of existence in the start-up world. One is what I call the trenches. This is where most of my start-up friends live. They wake up in the morning, start coding, go to talk to customers, they
Bitspiration crowdfunding the start-up prize
Some of you know that I have a very good relationship with Poland. Last year a bunch of friends got together and launched a new conference there called Bitspiration. We brought amazing speakers and we essentially designed the conference from speakers to speakers. It was a very homey setting and
Our two start-up favorites at LeWeb
I’m going to go ahead a make a quick prediction on the start-ups that might win the LeWeb competition this year. This is exclusively based on their webpage, my understanding of what they’re trying to do (sometimes quite liberal understanding), and the WOW factor they have. I’m declaring Agents of
Is your city a startup ecosystem?
My good friends from Startup Compass strike back with a new fascinating report called: “The Startup Revolution: The Global Rise of Startup Ecosystems And How They Compare“. I just got a glimpse at the report and it’s definitely going to be huge for a lot of governments. I must say
Save money (LOTS) with Startup Pack
Yeah you heard this, Startup Pack is offering 1000 free packs that gives you access to all the providers your startup needs to operate. I’ve seen this idea before, both with AppSumo (Good advice on the deal business by the way) and f6s deals page, but hey, never before it
Three cities and one story to rule them all
Wow, what a crazy two weeks we’ve had! We’ve been touring around Europe giving our communication and storytelling workshop and it’s been incredible. First, we want to thanks the guys at the Bitspiration conference in Krakow for inviting us to talk and for helping us give the workshop to their
Bringing the communication, PR and storytelling to Madrid
We want to announce that finally, we’re brining our workshop on storytelling to Madrid on June 6th (9am – 2pm). It’s quite a popular workshop for many startups as we aid them when dealing with tech bloggers, media and we work with them on the crafting of their startup story.
