The publisher who is not afraid of Apple or Google

Our lovely marketing girl visited the first edition of Phare: a web conference organized by Ghent Web Valley. So, An, How was your day? “The Internet evolves towards being the centre of our lives. How will this change the way we will work, play, dream in the future? Where is the Internet going and how [...]

Posted on February 24, 2011 in Internet & media Read more

5 Drivers for Future Business Models

This is a guest article by Kia Davis, Senior Strategy Manager at Visa Europe and future entrepreneur. When new technology develops, the first business models seem to imitate the old technology experience within the new medium. As the new industry matures and the new medium is better understood, new business models emerge, often led by [...]

Posted on February 10, 2011 in Internet & media Read more

The Future Of Publishing: Newsgrape?

I’ve had interesting conversations with Leo Fasbender, founder of Newsgrape. The guys at Newsgrape are building a web-platform that attempts to revolutionize the way people share and experience text on the web – just like YouTube has done for videos. Newsgrape’s vision is that the time of unconnected, individual blogs is over. They are building [...]

Posted on December 31, 2010 in Internet & media Read more

Reputation auction: Pay to work

What is a good reputation worth to you? In a professional context, a lot seems like a good answer. CharityBuzz illustrates the power of a good reputation selling platform. In return for some valuable company names on a CV, people participate in auctions for jobs. They pay to work. Companies that have a few spots [...]

Posted on May 27, 2010 in Internet & media Read more