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by tj on April 02, 2007
I met Andrew Klein founder of Spotzer at last years ETRE in Barcelona. At this time Spotzer made first headlines as a alpha version but it has progressed tremendously since then. Time for an...
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by tj on March 27, 2007
Stefan Wiskemann, Founder of 21Publish and a great friend and mentor of mine has finally agreed to reply to my interview requests. And off we go: Disclosure: I'm an investor in 21Publish and...
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by tj on March 24, 2007
I'm just back from a three weeks trip to wintry Germany. Besides the marketing stunt for Kinkaa at ITB we also used the time speak to potential investors for Kinkaa. So far Kinkaa is financed by...
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by tj on March 07, 2007
After two weeks in Florida with lots of sun (and many alligators -really!) we are here at the worlds biggest travel event. 11,000 exhibitors present everything from exotic destinations and travel...
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by tj on December 22, 2006
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! 2006 was an amazing year for me personally and for this company. Coming out of nothing in 2004 - Creative Weblogging now spans the globe with almost 100 bloggers...
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by tj on December 14, 2006
Knowledge@Wharton presents some (not necessarily brand new) lessons: According to Sam Hamadeh, founder and chief executive of Vault.com, a New York publisher of job information, being an outsider...
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by tj on December 14, 2006
Seriously I'm still blogging here - although I admit far from often enough. Maybe it is because I just turned 30? Maybe because bootstrapping two startups at the same time can get incredibly busy?...
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by tj on November 17, 2006
1) You are co-founder of dialo.de and dealjaeger.de? Please tell us more about these startups. Dealjaeger.de is the shopping community where users can post the best on- and offline deals. The...
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by tj on November 13, 2006
The last Webmonday gave me that chance to meet several German entrepreneurs. Fascinating because it is such an usual success story is surely www.regis24.de. Co-founder and CEO Max Maendler told me...
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by tj on November 01, 2006
Jotspot has found a new home as part of the emerging Google collaboration suite. As we built the business over the past three years Google consistently attracted our attention. We watched them acquire...
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by tj on November 01, 2006
As you might have seen we have started a new company called Kinkaa. While Kinkaa shares the same founders as Creative Weblogging - it's a separate company and has (slightly) different investors....
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by tj on September 30, 2006
So here is a tale that every entrepreneur around will like - how do you get a domain worth nearly $3 million in a recent auction for free? Simple - you just have to make the right call. John Gott,......
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by tj on September 06, 2006
The DEMO organizer team have been so kind to repeatedly invite Creative Weblogging to their fall event in San Diego. Demofall is the little brother of shiny DEMO but works judging from last years...
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by tj on August 23, 2006
The Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP) has cut out a new stylish section of freely available videos, podcasts and articles from various Stanford resources in one new interface. For everyone...
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by tj on August 18, 2006
As Richard White writes my favorite calendar app is now up for grabs on ebay: t was both a sad and liberating day for me as Kiko dived into the deadpool. I won't get into all of the dynamics of......
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by tj on August 18, 2006
While admiring the Youtube success I always wondered how they will ever generate the numbers to make it a profitable venture. During my recent trip to Berlin, Germany fellow serial entrepreneur Chris...
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by tj on August 14, 2006
According to PE Week Wire and Techcrunch, MeeVee, which we interviewed here has raised another $8 million in a third-round of funding. I'm not so sure if I get the secret sauce of the Meevee...
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by tj on August 05, 2006
Rachel Rosmarin at Forbes writes about the virtues of pitching at the recent AlwaysOn Summit This month, 50 small-time tech entrepreneurs didn't even get their full ten minutes to make their case....
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by tj on July 18, 2006
Beautiful setting here for the summit - with wonderful views over the San Francisco Bay. Mike Linksvayer opens the summit with an introduction to Creative Commons, where he works as CTO. Creative...
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by tj on July 17, 2006
The folks at Future Exploration Network who organize the Future of Media Summit 2006 in San Francisco and Sydney have been kind enough to invite your beloved blogger (me that is) to the event. The...
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by tj on July 07, 2006
If you as an aspiring entrepreneur think about your own video ad but have no funds to pay for it - check www.spotzer.com. The site provides pre-made spots that are not exactly ground-breaking but...
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by tj on June 21, 2006
Creative Weblogging has a new baby called Bootstrapme - there Shawn A. Hessinger has two daily updates about how you successfully Bootstrap your business. Pretty helpful stuff - here is a introduction...
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