Yearly archive for 2006

Blogs & Brands

Once again, I am in San Francisco and between the obligatory Christmas shopping had a little time to peruse the New York Times…and came across [...]

Back from Le Web 3

The third event seems to be a tipping point for yearly conferences: Finally word has gotten from the insiders to the mainstream that it’s the [...]

Le Web 3 – Politicians entering the scene

The Le web 3 conference is taking an interesting turn: After word got around that French minister Mr Sarkozy will be speaking later today, everyone [...]

Zudeo Launches

One of the privileges of being a VC is being able to see your portfolio companies grow and be successful. One of these companies is [...]

Big Idea Video Contest Started by Some Silicon Valley VCs

When I started my office hours some time ago, some VCs asked me whether I wasn’t getting inundated with random requests. Turns out that I [...]

Social Shopping in Germany

While browsing my (German) blog subscriptions, I just came across the Exciting Commerce weblog again, a really worthwhile read when it comes to the German [...]

Why the “S-Box Web 2.0 Performance-Index“ Seems Like a Bad Idea

Benjamin Wittorf just sent me the link to this article from the FAZ that talks about the Stuttgart stock exchange starting a new index tracking [...]

Bar Camp Cologne, SIME 06, Le Web 3

I am just trying to figure out which conference I’ll really be able to attend during the rest of the year…it’s a busy season. I [...]

Setting up Multiple Libraries in iTunes

Have you ever had your hard drive running out of space and got frustrated because there is no good way to put your music on [...]

Making Money on the Internet (this is not spam!)

If you looked at my slides posted below, there is a whole lot of talk on how companies make money on the Internet. Apart from [...]