New York, 17th August 2008 After doing a TV interview this week on TCT, and spending every spare minute watching the Olympics – it is not so strange to think about the ways of networking/connecting in the old China and the way we think about networking today – with all the media we have […]
Silicon Valley Connectors
New York, 9th July 2008 Business Development is probably the most important thing in the life of an entrepreneur, after fundraising. However, it is often an issue that an entrepreneur hides behind the fact that he or she is "too busy", whereas it is probably more a lack of comfort with the topic and the […]
Gay Pride Amsterdam 2008
Amsterdam, 2nd August 2008 Twice a year, Amsterdam turns into one big party. On 30th April we have our Queen’s Birthday when 750,000 people in addition to the 800,000 inhabitants colour the city Orange. The other event that attracts thousands of people is the Gay Pride. Gay Pride started in 1969, (then known as the […]
Entrepreneurship in a Downturn
New York, 26th July 2008 In difficult economic times it is often not easy to raise funding for a new business. If you are looking to start a business for which large investments are necessary – like needing to purchase large machines or buying in a lot of stock, it will most often prove very […]
Steve Jobs
New York, 24th July 2008 In the financial news this week, much is made of the health of Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, in particular after the quarterly results were announced earlier this week. The question relates to his pancreatic cancer in 2004, and the fact that he kept it quiet then for about 9 […]
Freedom: thinking out of the box
California, 19th July 2008 Freedom – the word has many meanings and connotations, and sometimes all of them encompassed into one. There is freedom as defined by our democracies, freedom of speech and freedom of religion. I believe Freedom is one of our most fundamental needs, like food and water. Many people have lost their […]