The arena for social entrepreneurship initiatives is not exactly a big one. But it is a rapidly growing phenomenon and even venture capital is beginning to find its way into social enterprises. When I started my social venture in October 2006 I found only about 10 social entrepreneurs (globally) that had been officially and seriously [...]
Posted on January 16th, 2010 by Linus
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Let’s face a weird fact – global warming, in many ways the end of growth for the western world, could be the way out of poverty for a billion people. How can that be? Well, it’s simple really:
Greenhouse gas is not worth anything, it’s simply waste. But, as with any waste – once it piles [...]
Posted on July 13th, 2009 by Linus
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Yes! After a long long time, this ingenious idea has finally found its way to the world!
What is it? It is a way for people to compensate for the negative impact that their digital activities have on the environment. It is simple: You use your computer to read this blog, that will consume [...]
Posted on May 15th, 2009 by Linus
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I am very happy to announce a new GiverSign partner: Plan! Plan is today one of the world’s largest humanitarian aid organization. It started 1937 in Britain as a foster parent organization helping children that had lost their parents in the Spanish civil war. Today Plan is working in 66 countries all over the world [...]
Posted on February 27th, 2009 by Linus
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GiverSign has the potential to be very broad, a tool for the small as well as the monumental organizations and campaigns in the world. It can easily be adopted by the smallest as well as the largest online crowds supporting a common cause. The Earth Hour campaign and the WWF network are already starting to [...]
Posted on February 11th, 2009 by Linus
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It is amazing to look at the development of Viral TIME concepts over the last year. For those of you who have not yet contemplated on the title of this blog and what it really means, here it is:
Viral, as in viral,
TIMEs, as in time(s) of course, but also as in: Telecom, Internet, Media, Entertainment, [...]
Posted on January 4th, 2009 by Linus
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2008 – What an amazing trip its been!
I have gone from being a super-naive entrepreneur to become an almost-as-super-naive entrepreneur AND CEO of a VC funded Internet startup with, for the time being, the world’s greatest web-technology under its wing.
Internet World gave me a 12th place at their hot-list for 2008, next year I’m [...]
Posted on December 30th, 2008 by Linus
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There are now well over 100 000 GiverSigns (Asaasco’s great-looking e-stamps) in circulation and the numbers are rising every day. The world is upside down, no doubt about that, but that hasn’t stopped us from making the Digital Pink Ribbon campaign a vital part of the fight against breast cancer.
I’d like to say -Thank You! [...]
Posted on October 29th, 2008 by Linus
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When advertising online, or offline for that matter, good targeting is getting more and more important. If you sell cars you want to spend your ad-dollars on sites where car-buying people might see it. Then come the question of attention, will the possible buyer pay attention to your ad?
When it comes to Peer-2-Peer marketing – [...]
Posted on July 27th, 2008 by Linus
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I’ve fallen in love with 3 sites lately that I would like to share with you:
Definr – incredibly fast dictionary.
http://www.definr.com/
Addictomatic – inhale the web. (Great search)
http://addictomatic.com/
Whisher – Building the world’s largest wifi network. (Fon on any router (?) )
http://www.whisher.com/
Enjoy!
Posted on July 21st, 2008 by Linus
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