E-business

28 Lessons I Learned About Startups @ the #WebSummit
November 10, 2015 Category: E-business, Public speaking
The Web Summit, the annual orgy of startups, web entrepreneurs and “unicorns”, is a fantastic feat of the tech world’s brightest entrepreneurs. Almost 42,000 people from 134 countries flew to Dublin for three days to meet, mingle, invest and be …
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Hooked: How to build habit forming technologies
September 9, 2015 Category: E-business, Public speaking
A fascinating presentation by Nir Eyal, author of the book by the same title which is well summarized in this public lecture. If you are interested in behavioral science, consumer psychology, user experience (UX), UI, interface design and website applications, …
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Seth Godin: This is broken | TED Talk | TED.com
August 8, 2015 Category: E-business, Marketing
One of my favorite Seth Godin presentations on why things don’t work, why sign/system/website/marketing creators just don’t put any effort into really considering what their customers, clients and users actually need. Must watch for everyone in marketing, product design, e-business …
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The Feature-Usability Trap
June 23, 2015 Category: E-business, Marketing
When you start a new business and define its scope, it inevitably comes with an endless list of feature ideas: what the service will do, how many buttons/settings/options do you want to add to its interface, will you enable users to do whatever they want (instead of understanding what they actually need), and… where do you draw the line?
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Design rule #1: Don’t make me think
May 11, 2015 Category: Corporate communication, E-business, Marketing
When was the last time you read the user manual of a newly bought vacuum cleaner? How many times did you watch the on-screen tutorial of a web app? My guess is: ages ago, if ever. Ever since IKEA has created text-free, …
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6 Business Models for Online Entrepreneurs
April 29, 2015 Category: E-business, Marketing
Doing a business online may be easy or highly challenging, depending on the model you choose. Here is the ultimate list of the 6 core ways you can make money on the Internet.
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Waiting for the THE BIG idea? Better start now.
April 9, 2015 Category: E-business, Marketing
Successful businesses are not based on creating a brand new industry from scratch. What makes them stand out is having a simple, single idea that they execute with such perfection and quality, applying such operating procedures that had never existed before.
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Punching above your weight: using freelancers to develop your business
March 28, 2015 Category: E-business, Public speaking
My presentation at the BetaCoWorks on how we use freelancers in various businesses to ‘punch above our weight’, with a few insights for you to use in your own enterprise. Enjoy and share!
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How to become an entrepreneur… in EU affairs
July 23, 2013 Category: E-business, EU Affairs
The full transcript and free podcast of the presentation I had given at the European Commission’s DG Enterprise and European Young Entrepreneurs (EYEs) conference entitled “From stagiaire to enterpreneurship” on 18 July 2013. Practical tips, business ideas and EU affairs covered in 29 minutes!
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Sh*t entrepreneurs say: this video just NAILS it!
January 3, 2013 Category: E-business, Marketing
We, entrepreneurs, especially those in the online world (and who isn’t there these days?) can connect with this video like with no other. A/B test? Instagram killer? Pivot? MVP? We’ve all said these things… and more 🙂 Enjoy and tell …
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