At MOO we’re nerds for business cards so this was particularly funny. Via Lisa Rodwell, VP Marketing at MOO.
The dark side of Dubai
Worth reading [Independent].Innovate!Europe
My good friends from Guidewire are looking for some more startups to apply to their European events… should be great fun. Note the London event was moved so you can still get in there!
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Innovate!Europe is looking for Europe’s top startup, and the deadline to apply is March 23rd.
Innovate!Europe will be hosting Going Global workshops and networking meetups in Europe and Israel from March 30th - April 8th (see below or check the calendar). Start-ups will receive mentoring and feedback from Guidewire Group’s renowned analyst team on how to improve your pitch and hone the skills you need to compete in fast-paced markets like Silicon Valley.
Best of all, there is no cost to apply or to participate in the Going Global workshops.
Start-ups in the workshops held so far have raved about the experience. Conor O’Neill of LouderVoice, called it “pure gold” and said it was “the most impressive start-up workshop I have ever encountered.”
If you want to participate in the competition but can¹t attend one of the workshops, fill out the form anyway. If you’re selected, Guidewire Group’s analysts will conduct a phone interview with you.
30 MARCH Bern, Switzerland
Going Global workshop from 9:30 to 17:30: apply now
Networking Meet-up at 18:00 (co-hosted by Orrick Swiss Innovation Promotion Agency CTI) – RSVP required
1 APRIL Tel Aviv, Israel
Going Global workshop from 9:30 to 17:30: apply now
Networking Meet-up at 18:30 (co-hosted by Orrick) – RSVP required
3 APRIL Berlin, Germany
Going Global workshop from 9:30 to 17:30: apply now
Networking Meet-up at 18:00 (co-hosted by Orrick and SAP) – RSVP required
6 APRIL Paris, France
Going Global workshop from 9:30: to 17:30: apply now
Networking Meet-up at 18:00 (co-hosted by Orrick) – RSVP required
8 APRIL London, UK
Going Global workshop from 9:30 to 17:30: apply now
Networking Meet-up at 18:00 (co-hosted by Orrick) – RSVP required
Note: You don’t need to be a workshop participant to join us at one of the networking meetups. The meetups are also open to investors, journalists and other members of the entrepreneurial community. However, an RSVP is required as space is limited.
If you want to follow the competition, learn about the competitors and connect with other members of the ecosystem, subscribe to the blog or join the Innovate!Europe’s Facebook and LinkedIn groups.
Daily kills the video star
For everyone upset at YouTube blocking music videos in the UK, allow me to pimp Dailymotion’s Music channel. Some great stuff on there.
From Autumn To Ashes-Pioneers
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I took a meeting with an entrepreneur that went kinda like this today. It was pretty awesome :)
Google needs to buy Facebook
Was just installing Latitude on my Blackberry and wanted to share loc with my friends… and FB has really won out over OpenSocial in that respect. It’s the de facto standard.
GOOG is sitting on $15B+ in cash. Somewhere in there is a Facebook deal.
Via Zero Hedge: How close we came… Money quote at 2:20.
On Thursday (Sept 18), at 11am the Federal Reserve noticed a tremendous draw-down of money market accounts in the U.S., to the tune of $550 billion was being drawn out in the matter of an hour or two. The Treasury opened up its window to help and pumped a $105 billion in the system and quickly realized that they could not stem the tide. We were having an electronic run on the banks. They decided to close the operation, close down the money accounts and announce a guarantee of $250,000 per account so there wouldn’t be further panic out there.
If they had not done that, their estimation is that by 2pm that afternoon, $5.5 trillion would have been drawn out of the money market system of the U.S., would have collapsed the entire economy of the U.S., and within 24 hours the world economy would have collapsed. It would have been the end of our economic system and our political system as we know it.We are no better off today than we were 3 months ago because we have a decrease in the equity positions of banks because other assets are going sour by the moment.
