Category Archives: Startup

How to turn an unfulfilled wish into 1 million downloads – The travelling intrapreneur

Posted on 01/05/2013 by

During my recent startup tour in Athens, Greece, I bumped into Dimitris and Manos, a duo of serial entrepreneurs. In this post, I’m hunting the secret of what it takes to reach 1 million downloads for a mobile app. Do you … Continue reading →

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The “we ended up doing it ourselves” mentality. Render.st & The Travelling Intrapreneur

Posted on 18/03/2013 by

I’ve met this startup of 3 entrepreneurs while on my startup tour in Bucharest. I heard that they built a service that “renders good looking streets and buildings” !? – I have to see this!

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The travelling intrapreneur: Solitaire being a lonely game is not fair. They changed the status quo. Solitaire Arena by Mavenhut

Posted on 11/03/2013 by

While on my latest startup tour in Bucharest, I’ve met the Mavenhut folks who famously got a hundred thousand users within 3 months by launching a social solitaire (?) game. I couldn’t wait to see them in person.

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Check up your SaaS business or business idea in 10 mins

Posted on 21/01/2013 by

What’s this? Many of us believe in regular checkups to keep an up-to-date awareness of our health status. Checkups also give us a chance to consult a doctor about lifestyle and longer-term things. Year on year, doctors learn more and more about … Continue reading →

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Business Model Generation with LEGO

Posted on 14/10/2012 by

A picture tells a thousand words. A LEGO model tells a thousand pictures and metaphors. LEGO SERIOUSPLAY turns planning meetings and workshops into a fun exercise and shifts participants into a “flow” state that we only experience while we play, … Continue reading →

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Why startups love the Cloud?

Posted on 23/09/2012 by

Startups are born into the Cloud era and they feel as comfortable with it as my 3-yr old with the touch screen. What’s the psychology behind this other than evolution and the cool behavior of generation X/Y folks?

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Do you know the definition of luck?

Posted on 16/09/2012 by

Luck is when an incredible amount of preparation meets opportunity – says Peter Zaboji of EEF (European Entrepreneurship Foundation). Marton Szoke (or as locals call him, Marci) has been invited by Peter to Prezi’s new HQ in Budapest for a … Continue reading →

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A Picture Tells a Thousand Words. A LEGO Brick Tells a Thousand Pictures.

Posted on 02/09/2012 by

If you’ve done market segmentation workshops in the past, you know that it is typically an interactive, engaging and rather exhaustive and fun exercise. One of the difficulties as a facilitator though is to capture the thought process: which markets, … Continue reading →

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Software as a 5 star Service

Posted on 19/06/2012 by

One of the key difficulties my clients encounter in their Software-as-a-Services journey is the transformation from being a product company to delivering services. The analogy I often use is to turn a grocery store to be a restaurant. I have … Continue reading →

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6 questions to make a good startup idea great – A recipe for startups and venture capitalists

Posted on 22/04/2012 by

Have you ever been stuck in a mud with your car? I had the fortune to experience this recently – the secret to get out of the mud is to have someone controlling the car and one or more people … Continue reading →

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