Nordeus, the Serbian social gaming company behind Top Eleven, is organizing a game development hackathon competition in Belgrade in late December, bringing this genre of events onto the local scene. The goal of the competition is to help develop the Serbian game developing scene and certainly to help the Nordeus [...]

Today marks one week since the start of Startup Week and it seems appropriate to come out with a wrap up of the conference’s content and the overall impressions. I’ve had the honour and privilege of being a part of SW as one of the ambassadors for which I thank [...]

The last day of Startup Week was least crowded and least filled with must-see presentations and panels. However there was one talk that made the whole day shine as the previous ones, one of the best (if not the best) of the whole conference, courtesy of Doug Richard of Dragon’s [...]

The second day was TechCrunch Europe day here at Startup Week 2011 with Mike Butcher moderating a number of panels, talks and the startup challenge. This and other posts from Startup Week 2011 are powered by .ME Domain, get a .me domain for your startup or project here. The first [...]

I’m not the biggest fan of motivational talks but every once in a while I come across one that really strikes a chord with me. Pascal Finette‘s presentation yesterday at the Startup Week conference was one of those, and was probably the best presentation of the day too. This and [...]

Daniel Cronin opened the first (or third if you’re a startup) day of the Startup Week conference like a rock star, asking the audience to cheer and show energy. The room responded in style, which was a bit strange in this setting, a conservative, imperial  XIX century establishment. Yet, as [...]

Tuesday was a quiet day here at Startup Week, that is if you aren’t a startup since yesterday pitching sessions were central to the agenda for them, as a part of the SW startup challenge. This and other posts from Startup Week 2011 are powered by .ME Domain, get a [...]

Not the guys from Speedinvest, anyway. This was my favourite workshop of the first day of Startup Week, a refreshing look on how to approach the process of seeking an investment on the one hand and how to approach and interact with your prospective investor on the other. Oliver Holle [...]

So, Startup Week has finally begun. I’ve been looking forward to conference, among other things since it is very ambitious in it’s scope, both with regards to programme and the sheer number of participants. The first couple days are focused on the Startup Challenge which is an integral part of [...]

Yesterday I  booked my first stay on airbnb, one of the hottest startups of the moment. There were a bunch of things I loved about the company before this, many parts of their story, but the experience, the look and feel of the interface were really amazing, above expectations even [...]