By Hamish McKenzie On June 29, 2013 What follows is an excerpt from my new ebook “Beta China: The Dawn of an Innovation Generation,” which is the result of a reporting trip to China last year. The book is now on sale via Amazon and Apple for the…
By Rob Coneybeer On June 29, 2013 Branding a world-class consumer hardware company is dramatically different than for consumer software, Web, or mobile companies. Branding begins with storytelling, and crafting compelling stories for hardware requires…
45sound.com makes fan-shot live music videos sound better by replacing the on-camera audio with a high-quality master live recording of the show. Live fan-shot videos are great. But they sound terrible. This is where we come in. 45sound magically replaces the audio of any video with a live audio recording from the show. Add some crowd sound to the mix and capture the atmosphere on the night. Now, fan-shot videos can truly represent the artist ... and their music.
Here is a video with Cathal Furery CEO & Founder of 45sound:
Vesta Preferred: Building a Realty Firm From Scratch!!!!!!
For co-founders Greg Pekarsky and Brad Robbins, 80-hour workweeks are just a part of the hustle.
Ever since Greg Pekarsky and Brad Robins founded Vesta Preferred Realty, the two have been working nonstop. Finding balance and a strong support network has helped them keep growing their Chicago-based start-up.
For entrepreneur Greg Pekarsky, making it in America is the payoff. For Brad Robins, it's living in a luxury loft with his future wife.
SimGas designs and markets innovative biogas and sanitation systems for households in (sub) tropical regions. SimGas’ high quality mass-producible biogas systems make affordable and clean energy available for millions of households, improve lives, and contribute to the reduction of deforestation and carbon emissions. SimGas BV was founded in May 2009 by two brothers: Sanne and Mirik Castro. Their goal is to prove that social entrepreneurship is profitable. SimGas engages in product development and investment in the field of agriculture and basic utilities. SimGas has strong ties with the biogas community via its respectable Board of Advisors.
Sanne Castro co-founded SimGas in 2009 with his brother Mirik. Inspiration for the company emerged from Sanne’s Master’s thesis research, which addressed the feasibility of large-scale biogas systems in Tanzania and Ghana. His master’s degree from TU Delft in Energy Systems Engineering focused on sustainable energy systems. Sanne has in-depth technical knowledge on biogas and the market for biogas systems. He manages business activities for SimGas in both the Netherlands and East Africa and the intended business expansion to Asia. Sanne is responsible for SimGas’s product development and technology implementation.
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On June 13th, 2013 at the Philippine Center in San Francisco the Latitude Longitude Conference, A Closer Look at the Philippines was held. One of the panels at the event was,
Local Global. Global Local.
Emerging markets are defined by their growth and Developed Markets are evaluated for theirs. Hear how local companies are capturing global audiences and what led Global Companies with a twist to build their presence in the Philippines.
As the debate over H-1Bs and immigration reform rages on, consider this: A third of the venture-backed companies that went public between 2006 and 2012 had at least one immigrant among its founders, according to a survey by the National Venture Capital…
MTreader is an app that increases the user’s reading speed, comprehension, and reading comfort. Their algorithm allows anyone to read twice as fast from screens without any extra effort and with better comprehension. Based on years of experience in brain improvement, MTreader developed an algorithm that makes reading from screens easier and more comfortable, which results in faster reading with better comprehension.
MTreader is a subsidiary of MTcompany B.V. MTcompany is the Dutch specialist in Speed Reading and has trained over 68,000 people, including fortune 500 companies, and several universities.
Mark Tigchelaar is founder and managing director of MTcompany. Mark is a brain expert and has written 3 books on speed reading. He has been an entrepreneur for over 9 years. Mark: “What would happen if every knowledge worker, from student to medical staff, can read twice the amount of articles in the same time, with a better comprehension? People can reach much more of their potential with this software. We expect this software to be the further of digital reading. It’s our ambition to be the #1 app in reading.”
Viddyad was founded by a team of technical, marketing and video production professionals with more than 20 years experience in online technology, TV production and digital media. We are passionate about creating easy to use, yet sophisticated, technical platforms that enable businesses around the world to create their own video ads online.
Never before has local business been able to go to one central source to automatically select, create and publish professional stunning video ads for their business with access to over 1 million professional videos and images to choose from.
The viddyad platform is powered by Foxframe technology - the world’s first cloud-based collaborative video creation, editing and distribution platform for business with a built in content library.
Here is a video about Viddyad with Founder Grainne Barron:
The debate over H-1Bs is both important and emotional. Given that it involves our jobs, that’s no surprise. However, it’s also an issue infused with myths and posturing, which is why we decided to produce this special report. We want to debunk the…
Plants have a fundamental role in our society. They provide us with food and form the basis for clothes, medicine, and bio-fuel. The latest available figures by the World Trade Organization estimate the global plant industry turnover to be close to 3 trillion USD. Around 400,000 different types of plants are traded daily by over 9 million companies across the globe. FlorAccess is a global trade platform optimized for the horticulture industry that connects buyers and suppliers throughout the horticulture business chain. FlorAccess was founded in 2009 and has spent close to three years developing the platform, together with leading players from the industry.
Ewoud Goorts is founder and VP of Product at FlorAccess. He started selling vegetables from his yard at age ten and has been involved in horticulture industry ever since. The idea for FlorAccess was born in Ethiopia during his studies of International Business. He conducted research for the Agricultural Economic Research Institute of Wageningen University in the form of a feasibility study for the Ethiopian floriculture industry Market Information System (MIS). After spending time in Russia for his studies, where the urge for an MIS was acknowledged by local businesses, Ewoud decided to drop out and commit himself fully to the development of FlorAccess.
By Hamish McKenzie On May 14, 2013 It was March 1903 on a farm near the tiny town of Timaru in the South Island of New Zealand, and Richard Pearse, a humble farmer and inventor, was sitting atop a winged contraption made of bamboo, tubular steel, wire…
By David Holmes On June 27, 2013 “3D-printing is one of the last industries to enter the cloud,” says Hardi Meybaum, CEO of Boston’s GrabCAD, a community of mechanical engineers and 3D-printing enthusiasts (think GitHub for product engineers).…
On June 13th, 2013 at the Philippine Center in San Francisco the Latitude Longitude Conference, A Closer Look at the Philippines was held. One of the panels at the event was,
Silicon Valley Immersion. Imitated not Duplicated.
Silicon Valley has become the gold standard for countries aspiring to develop an innovative entrepreneurship focused ecosystem on their own. The draw, the drawbacks and the growing community of international players discuss what immersion means to them.
Susteq’s main goal is to sustain the water flow in developing countries. Susteq’s customers are existing commercial- and development organizations that value improvement of living conditions of end-users in communities. Currently, it is highly challenging for these organizations to collect water-usage fees to keep water systems running. Susteq offers technology to provide individual end-users access to water with digital wallets using RFID technology and money transferred by mobile phones. Susteq has two employees; Founder Marten, responsible for business strategy and technology, and Leonie for public relations and administrative activities. Susteq was founded in the summer of 2012 and currently has three European customers active in Kenya and Tanzania. Susteq lives up to its slogan for these organizations: “Sustain your flow.”
Marten Susebeek has a background in business administration and mechanical engineering. During his master’s assignment for Philips in Ghana, he was triggered by the potential of bridging demand for water and willingness of people to pay a small fee for it. This idea led to the founding of Susteq.
By Hamish McKenzie On June 25, 2013 In our PandoWeekly interview the other day, Kik founder Ted Livingston said that he believes messaging is the killer app on mobile. Indeed, messaging apps are taking over the world, so much so that Facebook felt compelled…
On June 13th, 2013 at the Philippine Center in San Francisco the Latitude Longitude Conference, A Closer Look at the Philippines was held. One of the panels at the event was,
The Rise of the Startups & The App Track
From Startup Weekend, UP techno Business Hubs, Incubators, Accelerators, Blogs, Launching platforms and entrepreneurship becoming the“word du jour”. An app for this, an app for that. Hear from a new generation of app companies who share what the appetite is for apps and whether global app companies are real businesses that can grow and succeed.
By Hamish McKenzie On June 26, 2013 Rockpack has strong credentials and a good story to tell. Its founder, Sofia Fenichell, is a 45-year-old mother of two who works on the startup until 2am, after she has put her kids to bed. After a career in advertising…
SOFTWARE VENDOR Microsoft has launched Microsoft Ventures to try to help startup businesses become successful. Microsoft has dabbled in helping startups try to succeed through its Bizspark programme, however the firm is putting more effort behind this…
Pubble is a community engagement platform that brings the social web to your site. Change how you interact with your audience while continually enhancing your web site. Pubble is a startup from Ireland.
Pubble is for any organisation that interacts with its users online. From large education providers to online retailers, small businesses to charities. If you are answering customer queries by email right now then pubble can help you.
Pubble is the most effective way to build engaged, active communities on your site. The web is being rebuilt around people. Now is the time to put people at the centre on your site.
On June 13th, 2013 at the Philippine Center in San Francisco the Latitude Longitude Conference, A Closer Look at the Philippines was held. One of the panels at the event was,
New Markets. New Industries. New Entrants – Growth tends to breathe life into the new industries and new markets while extending new life to others. We discuss the evolution of companies and the rise of sectors benefiting from the wave of change and helping to drive growth.
MOVES TO MONITOR COMMUNICATIONS DATA in Australia have been blocked, for now. According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), security agencies downunder have been clamoring to get their hands on communications data belonging to Australian citizens…
By Nathaniel Mott On June 25, 2013 They say that becoming a parent changes you. You’ll stop staying out so late. You’ll start day-drinking more frequently. You’ll stop hanging out with your friends and start wondering why your life has become a…
By Erin Griffith On June 25, 2013 IS PINTEREST’S API COMING? 1. WHY WE THINK SO/AKA NEWS PEG OF THE GUY. 2. PINTEREST WAS WISE TO WAIT. IT COULDN’T DO IT BEFORE BECAUSE IT DIDN’T KNOW WHAT IT WAS. IT DOES NOW- IT’S A MARKETING COMPANY. - HERE…
By Sarah Lacy On June 24, 2013 Our PandoMonthly with Fred Wilson was one of our most popular so far, and it was brought to you by Smartling – a company that makes it possible to adapt your website into multiple different languages and manage all those…
On Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 at 6:00pm at RocketSpace in San Francisco, CA US MAC in partnership with Enterprise Ireland welcomed 7 incredible companies from Ireland for a Demo Night! Eryc Branham, Chief Revenue Officer of RocketSpace kicked off the evening with an opening address.
The panel of judges was excellent! The moderator of the panel was Max Shapiro is the founder and CEO of PeopleConnect. The panel consisted of Monali Jain is an angel investor focused on software, mobile and cloud technologies; Allan Young is currently founder of Runway, co-working in San Francisco; Nicolai Wadstrom, a Serial Entrepreneur with a track-record within Enterprise Software, Internet, Computer Games; Paul Twombly is a serial entrepreneur and high tech veteran with over 40 years of experience in telecommunications, software and computer networking.
Why the “Steve Jobs of China” is crucial to the country’s innovative future (Book excerpt) (via Pando Daily)
How to brand a consumer hardware startup (via Pando Daily)
Immigrant-Founded Startups Surge (via Dice News in Tech)
The Facts Behind the H-1B Debate (via Dice News in Tech)
Number 8 Wire entrepreneurialism: How a cultural myth can inspire a country (via Pando Daily)
Partnering with Autodesk, GrabCAD wants to build an App Store for engineers (via Pando Daily)
SMS with videos: Invi’s visual take on the mobile messaging craze (via Pando Daily)
New video app Rockpack is bold and beautiful — but does it deserve to live? (via Pando Daily)
Microsoft launches startup funding and support through Microsoft Ventures (via The Inquirer)
Data retention bill defeated in Australia (via The Inquirer)
Totally safe for work: Say bye-bye to porn with MetaCert’s new iPad browser (via Pando Daily)
Finally, Pinterest knows what it wants to be. Now how about that API? (via Pando Daily)
“Either you will be a global company, or you won’t be a company” (via Pando Daily)
