US Mission, part 4: Pitching, accelerators and San Francisco
Source: Wikipedia Everybody you ask will tell you that doing business in Silicon Valley is very different from elsewhere and for sure not easy. Gold seekers have to be prepared for that. The success...
View ArticleWindows Surface sold-out already
Will Surface, Microsoft’s tablet, appear to be a game changer? Did Microsoft (on purpose) order too little of them? Who will tell. But fact is that online orders are being backordered for 1-3 weeks. On...
View ArticleUS Mission, part 5: A warm welcome in Seattle
We traveled from a warm and sunny Silicon Valley to a wet and chilly Seattle, Washington, which appeared to be a completely different experience. Again we met a lot of entrepreneurship, but in a...
View ArticleUS Mission, part 6: Sweet home Chicago
After the very intensive first week of our mission we moved on to Chicago, which is the second largest “Polish” city in the world. Warsaw, the Polish capital, is the only city with more Polish...
View ArticleSilicon Valley not everybodies Holy Grail
About a week ago I returned from a very intensive and inspirational trip to the USA. On Wednesday October 17, 2012, an economic mission organised by the Pomeranian region/Gdansk government traveled to...
View ArticleLet’s create 1200 startups in one weekend
You might think it’s crazy, 1200 startups in 58 hours. Although, it might sound like a crazy idea, it’s this weekend’s aim of the Global Startup Battle, a new initiative of Startup Weekend. Across the...
View ArticleAgile working explained in 15 minutes [video]
Personally, I really prefer to work in an Agile way. Already several years ago we started working like that at Goyello. Some clients immediately understand the advantages, other’s don’t. Explaining...
View ArticleThe Startup Weekend in Trojmiasto is won by Virtual Recruiter
On Friday evening at 7pm we kicked-off the Trójmiasto Startup Weekend. As you could read in my previous post this weekend is part of the Global Startup Battle, aiming to start 1200 new startups. In...
View ArticleEastern Europe rising as an outsourcing destination
I noticed that my blog post about the Tholons Top 100 Outsourcing Destinations 2010 still attracts many readers. Although, this post is about 2 years old, it didn’t lose its value. The conclusions of...
View ArticleThe Hobbit is coming soon but not soon enough
Are you also looking forward to December? Probably you know already what I’m talking about. No, it’s not about Christmas. I mean December 14th or may be even the 13th. That’s the day the first part of...
View ArticleChasing the Holiday season spirit in the rising e-commerce market
The shopping rush season has already started in November and especially sped up after Thanksgiving. What’s more it seems the mobile devices and multichannel strategies bring the expected results for...
View ArticleBe warned: Online reviews often fake [Infographic]
Online shopping is booming, no secret about that. We’ve already reported that also this Holiday Season we all together are buying more online than ever before. Probably, just like others, you heavily...
View ArticleYou just cannot ignore social media any longer
Last weekend I presented the “Do’s and don’ts of social media” in front of a group of friends. Knowing that I’m using social media for a long time and that I was teaching about this subject at the...
View ArticleThe changing retail landscape
The commerce reality is changing dramatically fast. With the developments and new trends that have arisen over the last year it’s especially visible. As in each technology-dependent area the novelties...
View ArticleExtending retail to mobile apps is hip!
A modern human being has on average 40 mobile apps on his smartphone. The mobile device has gathered a variety of our daily-use tools from a classic calendar to a rather extravagant metal detector....
View ArticleMobile will fuel e-commerce turnover
We have already been writing about the huge influence of mobile devices on the advancement of the e-commerce market. However, Forrester went as far as to predict a 10% growth each year on the US...
View ArticleMore iPhones sold than babies born [Video]
The Heartbeat of the new world economy is mobile according to the latest video by Erik Qualman, among others the author of Socialnomics. Globally mobiles are outnumbering the amount of people, which...
View ArticleThe surprising Polish IT Outsourcing potential
Typically, when you think of IT Outsourcing you think, India. However, India is not everyone’s holy grail. Many emerging countries might have better conditions. Poland is a prime example of such...
View ArticleThe amazing power of reviews [Infographic]
Reviews appear to be an important and integral part of the decision making process for a buyer. This shouldn’t be underestimated by any business. This is certainly noticeable in the retail industry,...
View ArticleCalling all awesome European entrepreneurs!
Increasingly, you will find in many cities call outs to entrepreneurs to jump on the stage and shout out their awesome ideas. I really like this trend and support it whenever I’m able to. Currently,...
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