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Podcast: Building Nurturing Ecosystems
Friday, May 14th, 2010
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With the economy calling out for new ideas and innovations, we’re discussing how to create a nurturing ecosystem, to foster great ideas and overall progress. I’m your host Markus and with me are Grow VC founders Valto and Jouko, as well as Bjoern Lasse Herrman, from Supercool School

Here’s some pointers from this weeks Podcast:

Bjoern introduces himself and Supercool School

Attracting attention from the BBC – “Cash-strapped entrepreneurs get creative”

  • Link to article: here

Community Highlight: USB CopyNotify!

  • Customer problems
  • Practical comments and suggestions

More on USB CopyNotify in the funding community: here

Main Discussion Point: Building a Nurturing Ecosystem

  • Bjoern highlights the importance of passion, shared interests, openness and leadership
  • Learning points from Supercool School
  • Change in the traditional “teacher” figure
  • Supercool development and progress
  • Jouko’s talk on 19th May at: http://startup.supercoolschool.com

Thanks for listening! We look to hear from you at podcast@growvc.com. Get in touch, suggest topics and make sure you tune in next week!

 
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Next10 Workshop
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
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The Next10 Conference in Berlin took place on May 11th and 12th. The theme for the conference was Game Changers, and with that theme, we felt right at home! More information on the Next10 conference can be found on their homepage: nextconf.eu
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Here you can see Jouko‘s presentation from his workshop at the event. The presentation illustrates the fundamental problems in the funding market and our shared futures. Enjoy!
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Podcast: Innovations and Game Changers
Friday, May 7th, 2010
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This week in our Everyone Funding Startups - Podcast, we had some fresh new things! Especially prudent when discussing innovations and game changers. This week Valto, Jouko and myself even ended up at politics, apple and Steve Jobs, so you could argue that the subject matter was.. broad. Jouko will be speaking at the NEXT Conference in Berlin the 11th and 12th of May, more on that is available on their website.

Do note the brand new jingle! We’re still working on it, so do let us know what you think at podcast@growvc.com!

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Some main points from this discussion: Innovations and Game Changers.

Harvard Business School study: Angel Backed Companies Less Likely to Kick the Bucket.

  • Investors bring competence, in addition to money
  • Balance between personal and business
  • Read the full Venture Hype article here

Grow Venture Community Highlight: Zonerider

  • Comparisons to other solutions
  • Future of wifi / mobile services

More on Zonerider in the Grow Venture Community or on their homepage Zonerider.com

Innovations and Game Changers

  • Transparency
  • Openness
  • Global money and talent

New outro jingle as well! Tune in next week for some fresh new topics and insights!

 
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Grow VC Podcast: Trust and the Internet
Friday, April 30th, 2010
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Another week, another Grow VC Podcast. Regular drill already, am I right?

This week the main discussion point was “Trust and the Internet”, how these two go together and what to remember when surfing cyberspace. This topic was suggested by one of our Twitter followers, @rikutter – cheers mate! This time around I was joined by Grow VC founders Jouko Ahvenainen and Valto Loikkanen, as well as our very special guest Alan Moore.

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Here’s some main points from the Podcast:

  • Alan introduces himself to our listeners

Check out Alans LinkedIn Profile here!

Community Member Highlight: LetmeCallu
A revolutionary easy-to-use Click-to-Call Solution!

  • Focusing the business strategy
  • Applications in customer service and relations

Main Discussion Topic: Trust and the Internet

  • Dealing with business plans and disclosure issues online
  • Trust as a building block for our future
  • Trust as a prerequisite for communication
  • “Trust in order to be trustworthy”

Thank you for being part of our movement! In many cases, the movement transcends the one and evolves into something with a life of its own. We’re grateful for your support and urge you to keep moving!

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Grow VC Podcast – Everyone Funding Startups
Friday, April 2nd, 2010
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The first Grow VC Podcast – Everyone Funding Startups was launched just a few hours ago. Our first discussion topic was “the Future of Funding” as suggested by one of our Twitter followers, thank you for that! The discussants were Grow VC founders, Jouko Ahvenainen and Valto Loikkanen.

The first Podcast featured these points:

>> Introduction to the Grow VC Podcasts

>> Member Highlight: Executive Mindshare

>> Main Discussion Topic: Future of Funding

> Current market and inefficiency
> Experiences from other actors
> Possible solutions

You can listen to the Podcast below and subscribe to the Grow VC Podcasts on iTunes. Please feel free to suggest discussion topics and ideas relevant to these Podcasts for the future. We’re looking forward to developing all these new channels and means with the community, so make sure you get heard!

 
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