Posts Tagged ‘switzerland’

FabLab partners with NomadWorking.net !

Posted By: Arjen

Monday night I arranged a very special Meetup with Prof. Peter Troxler of the FabLab in Luzern and 7 other creative minds. We gathered at the big table in my office in Citizen Space in Zurich to discuss one thing: How can ...

Walensee final

Posted By: Arjen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwjwSg85zhI Not a picture guys --- it's a movieCategory: ComedyUploaded by: arjenstrijkerHosted: youtube

SOMESSO

Posted By: Arjen

Find and hire the best social media agencies, vendors and consultants, based on actual case studies and reviews. Then get in touch by requesting free proposals. Somesso.com is the neutral social media solutions marketplace designed to compare the products and services ...

Agoracs

Posted By: Arjen

Agoracs is the name of my “GmbH”. It’s a private limited company that I founded in Zurich in 2008. It’s the starting place for all my ventures, like SOMESSO. Agoracs is my private incubator where small ideas are developed and take ...

The End of the Multinational Corporation? A PEST Analysis

Posted By: Arjen

Are multinational institutions in conservative industries, like banks and insurance firms, doomed to fail to deliver on its function in society as we know it today? More and more employees in big firms can't fake their learned corporate behavior and ...

4-hour workweek

Posted By: Arjen

Back in 2009, when I read his book about how to obtain a 4 hour workweek, I concluded that I find Tim Ferriss fascinating. Today I've watched his interview (see below) with Loic Le Meur (who I still haven't met!) ...

What Gore, IDEO, Frogdesign, and Google have in common

Posted By: Arjen

Almost nothing frustrates me more than narrow minds, empty terminology, and the general inflexibility of systems and tools. I'm writing this in the TGV train somewhere in France in the area of Dijon - traveling makes me reflect on things ...

Becoming a “Social Business” (Part 2 of 3)

Posted By: Arjen

Corporate Adoption Curve measured against Linguistic Determinism Why is it that we need to (re)define jargon to accept something new? For the past two years SOMESSO has organised conferences throughout Europe on the topic of social media in businesses. Each time we ...

Innovation in Switzerland

Posted By: Arjen

I’m writing this article to point out that Switzerland, as a country, could (and should) improve how real innovation – today’s deciding factor for success – is being fostered and promoted. Being an entrepreneur in Switzerland myself, I know of ...

The Art of The Start (Guy Kawasaki)

Posted By: Arjen

What I like from Guy is that he comes across as honest and respectful. Here's an outstanding and entertaining talk where he speaks about entrepreneurship and startups. Even though this video was taped in 2006 it's 39 minutes of insight ...