Entrepreneurship

Shanghai Secondhand

Posted under China, Entrepreneurship, asides on Wednesday, 31 March 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn
Living in Shanghai can be expensive. Besides skyrocketing house prices, quality furniture and home appliances can be a bothersome expense base, especially when you already own those particular items in your home country. After ranting about these costs, a friend recommended us a second hand...
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For Tiroler ski, Muju Korea is Austria’s top export project

Posted under Entrepreneurship, Korea, Netherlands, travel on Saturday, 20 February 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn
Last week we spent some time at Muju (무주) Ski resort in S-Korea. An Average area, with 25km of beginner and advanced ski slopes - aimed to host the 2010 winter Olympics, including four ski jump's, fun park and half pipe. But that wasn't what struck me most. It was the export of culture in this...
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In San Francisco bay area

Posted under Entrepreneurship, United States on Friday, 13 November 2009 by Joop Dorresteijn
I'm together with Silvia Man in San Francisco bay area for the week (My hotel is right in city center), I will be updating this post from time to time and share my experiences. Driving our rented Nissan from San Francisco to San Jose, we're crashing dinner parties, conferences and visiting...
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Gathered influential writers to bring you Asian tech news

Posted under China, Entrepreneurship, Japan, Korea, Media / In The News on Wednesday, 14 October 2009 by Joop Dorresteijn
I'd like to tell you about a new blog we have launched yesterday. First, let me tell you why we went through all the effort: Personally, I have kept a close eye on developments in countries like South-Korea, Taiwan and Japan over the last years, but have start to observe that India, Bangladesh,...
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The 20 cent workout in Shanghai

Posted under China, Entrepreneurship, sports on Tuesday, 15 September 2009 by Joop Dorresteijn
A 40 year old Chinese man drives his motor bike with carrier filled with barbells, dumbbells and a radio to the park outside my Shanghai compound every evening. Upon arrival, he marks an area of roughly 40 square meters and unloads the heavy weights. Shortly after, the place is packed with...
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Empty eight lane roads in Zibo

Posted under China, Entrepreneurship, travel on Sunday, 9 August 2009 by Joop Dorresteijn
This week I was in Zibo (map), a 1.5 hours bus drive from the nearest airport of Jinan. There are about 4 million people living here. The city is known for material arts and it's rich resources. Due to the resources, the city is characterized by smog, due to coal mining and farmers. To...
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Greetings from France!

Posted under Entrepreneurship, Pictures on Friday, 24 July 2009 by Joop Dorresteijn
I arrived in Castellane France. I couldn't resist to publish this picture of my desert yesterday. I learned a few things in France: When the camping has WIFI, it's hard to resist ^^ Badminton battles in the pool often end up in badminton parties. You don't need a villa to have a good...
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Enlightment about that foggy substance in the sky

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Friday, 20 February 2009 by admin
The Korean government sends text messages to all mobile phones every once in a while. This way of informing the nation is new to me and proves to be rather effective. Sometimes it's a simple request, asking to clean your porch from snow, but today I received a warning. "Tomorrow the yellow dust...
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Times of distress brings families together in South Korea

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Thursday, 5 February 2009 by admin
Hold your horses, the financial crisis actually has some positive effects too! In South Korea, criminality is on the rise - making people long back to happy times at home. This is good news because many weddings are failing here due to struggles related to work. You see, every downside has its...
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Google has a new Favicon, do you like it?

Posted under Entrepreneurship, Korea on Saturday, 10 January 2009 by Joop Dorresteijn
In other shocking news, Google changed their favicon again! As you might remember, Google updated their favicon to a rather *fugly* one last June. A few days later Google challenged its audience to come up with a better Favicon. - Chapeau Google, good strategy to get people sending in...
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Gloomy skies over Osaka

Posted under Entrepreneurship, Japan on Saturday, 3 January 2009 by admin
Originally called Ozakajō, this is one of Japan's most famous castles, it played a major role in the unification of Japan during the sixteenth century of the Azuchi-Momoyama period. Osaka Castle is situated on a plot of land roughly one kilometer square. It is built on two raised platforms of...
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At a Korean PC room, playing Starcraft for two days straight

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Wednesday, 10 December 2008 by admin
Koreans love online gaming, example: This is a "PC room", where one can play multiplayer computer games online. PC rooms like this are extremely popular among South-Koreans, ever since Starcraft came out in 1997. You have a room like this every block! Interesting because the computer and broadband...
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Now available: African land for overpopulated countries

Posted under Entrepreneurship, thoughts on Wednesday, 19 November 2008 by admin
I came across a news article about a project that just dazzled me. What can a country do that has little land but a lot of mouths to feed? Right, you can import! But what do you do as a logistics company when your turnover is decreasing because commodity prices are rising? Exactly: You lease your...
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Biggest Korean newspaper Chosun hopeful about their digital future

Posted under Company visit, Entrepreneurship on Wednesday, 12 November 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
When will we see foldable e-paper on the street? Will advanced algorithms and Internet eventually put publishers out of business? – Nobody knows... But we do witness a devastating momentum for traditional publishers, how can these companies reinvent themselves? Are they doomed? Chosun...
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Why embracing mobile VoIP is vital for carriers

Posted under Entrepreneurship, Internet, Netherlands on Friday, 31 October 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Breakthrough innovations happen when two technologies collide. VoIP software is emerging on the mobile phone and is becoming the next big thing in the mobile market. Like to switch this costly inbound call to VoIP? Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology eliminates circuit switching and...
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Did Europe fall of the map?

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Thursday, 9 October 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
How do you explain the location of your home to a fellow city-citizen? You probably refer to the area or street you come from but someone from another city would initially be interested in the name your city. More extreme, A Greek in Italy would probably refer to Greece as one's home location. One...
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[openidea] Stream free Internet TV on your iPhone and iPod Touch

Posted under Entrepreneurship, Internet on Tuesday, 7 October 2008 by admin
More and more people are starting to watch TV on their mobile phone. Not so strange, the reason is simple: The amount of bored office clerks waiting for their bus/metro of train is huge! However, millions of iPhone and Touch users are not so fortunate and have to watch iTunes provided content,...
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Living abroad? Think about your (future) wife!

Posted under China, Entrepreneurship, Korea, Netherlands on Monday, 6 October 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Ask yourself this: What things would you consider if you had an opportunity to work abroad? For many top executives and engineers, its not only the job they are thinking about. The main challenge is usually their free time, wife (or husband) and family. Ask yourself the question: if I will work in...
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Blind mavericks; Why Apple will be the next Sony

Posted under Entrepreneurship, Internet on Wednesday, 24 September 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Here's why Apple can't sustain their leading role. It's complicated, but stay with me for the next two paragraphs and it makes sense. Let's start off with an example of another key player to introduce the problem here, our friend from Redmond. Statement: Microsoft's Office Suite business-model is...
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‘Build to last’ is bullcrap, consultants repeat and Startups suck.

Posted under Entrepreneurship, Internet on Wednesday, 17 September 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Today we live in a world that is innovating exponentially. As a result, companies need to innovate more aggressively. In the old world, a company could "catch a next train" to catch up innovative developments. In the "new" world, that would be impossible. What's the difference? Gary Hamel explained...
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Comparing Korean gas, wine and other prices with Europe

Posted under Entrepreneurship, Korea on Wednesday, 3 September 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
It's cheaper to live in New York, Hong Kong, Copenhagen or Paris then in Seoul. But not everything is expensive, taking a cab here four blocks further costs about 2 Euros, the same distance in Copenhagen or Paris would cost a lot more. Korean food is generally cheap, so are a lot of other things....
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What can you leave to your descendant?

Posted under Entrepreneurship, Korea on Wednesday, 27 August 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
I visited a Korean art expo on Saturday the 23rd, and met a fascinating artist named Hae do Park. He dedicated his life to learn a new skill, and aims to inspire younger artists with his work. The combination of using silver and his apply his technique create objects that almost seem real. The...
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Meganova: Prepare for Urban lunches, Mc Donalds and a lot of beer

Posted under Entrepreneurship, Internet on Sunday, 24 August 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
This summer, I woke up exited every day to go blogging for TheNextWeb at the Meganova office. The first week, we said to ourselves, wouldn't it be great if we finally reach the magical 4000 readers on the blog? After some hard work, we broke through the limit in the third week. Time for some...
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Fast growing ad, gaming and education market in China

Posted under China, Entrepreneurship on Saturday, 26 July 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
A delegation of 40 Dutch entrepreneurs and investors visited China last April, they visited marketing offices, gaming companies, multinationals and telecom companies in Shanghai and Chengdu and got their eyes opened to the dynamics and potentials in China. Some participants wrote down their...
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If you like the web, I bet you love South Korea too

Posted under Entrepreneurship, Korea, asides on Thursday, 17 July 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
This is the conclusion of my web series about the internet in South Korea, published on ReadWriteWeb and TheNextWeb.org two weeks ago; I put it on my blog for completeness of the serie. That is, if you like to be connected to the Internet all day, while enjoying the fastest connections in the...
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Why most Koreans stopped using auction sites

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Friday, 6 June 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
If we talk about auction websites we usually think of Ebay, but not in Korea. The Koreans experience the fierce competition between two auction portals, but recently, something changed. Gmarket was founded in 2000 by Young Bae Ku, and had a revenue of 188 million dollar in 2007.The second...
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Daum: boring, but innovative in user generated content

Posted under Entrepreneurship, Internet, Korea, Review on Wednesday, 28 May 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Daum communications is huge, they are the biggest operator of Korean websites and they also operate in China with 365ren.com, and in the U.S. with the acquired Lycos portal. The word 'Daum' is Korean for 'next', but at first sight, they might come over as another boring web portal aiming for...
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Search engine Naver is best in localized results, example for others?

Posted under Entrepreneurship, Internet, Korea, Review on Tuesday, 27 May 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
We see increasing amounts of search engines popping up on the internet, they are using advanced algorithms to come up with better results. Not in Korea, at least not at Naver. Employees analyze, index and produces content for their search engine by hand. Even though this labor intensity, they count...
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Introduction to five popular Korean websites

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Monday, 26 May 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Today we will start creating a profile of populair South Korean websites. In the following days we will discuss the following websites: 1. cyworld.com (social network)  2. Naver.com  (Search engine) 3. Daum.net (Web portal, competitor of Nate) 4. empas.com (Search engine and...
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A profile of the connectivity in South Korea

Posted under Entrepreneurship, Korea on Monday, 19 May 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
South Korea is the most connected country in the world, their network leaps far beyond that of Europe, the Arabic countries, China or the USA. It's all part of their vision to create an "ubiquitous networked world". Well, I had to lookup the word ubiquitous, and found out that it means...
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3 famous Dutch Internet Journalists

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Wednesday, 14 May 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
This is a comparison of the blogs of three 'web celebrities' from the Netherlands over time. There are many Dutch 'web celebrities', but I want to focus on the famous internet journalists from our country.  I looked at two basic things when selecting these three characters. First; they...
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Video podcast ‘Urban lifestyle’ in Amsterdam

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Friday, 9 May 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Is your company looking for more international exposure? My friends from Stockholm record a video-podcast called 'Urban Lifestyle Report', and they will be visiting Amsterdam On the 29th and 30th of May! They are looking for entrepreneurs from the Amsterdam region to interview.  The focus...
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Local mindsets, creativity and Silicon Valley.

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Thursday, 24 April 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
I met Elias G. Carayannis at opencoffee today, a well known and respected professor of management science at the George Washington University. He initiated an interesting discussion about startups, networks and location. It got me thinking about how Sweden is influencing me, and to which extend...
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[Company visit] A story behind the Hästens brand

Posted under Company visit, Entrepreneurship on Monday, 21 April 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
We visited a Swedish bed manufacturer called Hästens today, known for their blue-white pattered beds. First off, I couldn't help noticing that the parking lot has some typical performance indicators. There is a helicopter parked right in front of the company to pick and return customers to...
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When is the last time you went to the Cinema on Monday afternoon?

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Saturday, 12 April 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Are you a work-slave, do you believe the weekend is the best part of the week? We interpret our time off work incorrectly, “Why do we think the opposite of work is leisure, when in fact it is idleness?” (Semler, R, 2003) The fact is that we fill our leisure time with tasks; the...
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[Video interview] Startupweekend

Posted under Entrepreneurship, Media / In The News on Tuesday, 8 April 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Startup Sweden, intervju med Joop Dorresteijn from Urban_Lifestyle on...
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[Startup weekend] Day 3

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Sunday, 6 April 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Startup weekend is over! We founded a new service on the web, more info will follow...
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[Startup weekend] Day 2

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Sunday, 6 April 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
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New facebook application: Mydeviantart

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Wednesday, 19 March 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
I received a lot of requests and some offerings to improve my Deviant Facebook application over the last year. Your waitings are over, Ibrahim Aydin has released a nifty new initiative for your artsy needs on Facebook called Mydeviantart. He approached me in early 2008, and he created an entire new...
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Shoot and share: Mobypicture

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Tuesday, 18 March 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
I am currently playing with a cool new webservice called Mobypicture. MobyPicture is an easy way to get photos from your mobile phone to where you want them on the internet. You just email your photos to MobyPicture and the photos are posted to the sites you use, from Tumblr, Twitter, Flickr to...
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Startup Weekend Sweden, Kalmar. 4-6 April 2008

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Monday, 17 March 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
I will be joining Martin Frönmark in creating a business over just one weekend, that is just 54 hours. Sound intense? It is. The  Startup Weekend will kickoff with a beer on friday, followed by presentation pitches on Saturday morning. All founders decide what business is going to be...
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Pictures from Opencoffee 13 March

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Thursday, 13 March 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Opencoffee is open, and offers a weekly place to network, work and brainstorm with Entrepreneurial thinkers. Everyone who is interested in entrepreneurship is...
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Improving entrepreneurship in your city.

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Monday, 3 March 2008 by admin
1. Find the unique characteristics of your location. 2. Base everything on local values and culture. 3. Plan and mobilize the ecosystem. 4. Find global partners. 5. Initiate conferences and an ecosystem of networking. 6. Market globally. 7. Revise national...
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Photo’s from yesterdays Opencoffee

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Friday, 29 February 2008 by admin
We had a diverse group of people visiting yesterday, it was fun meeting each other for "fika 2.0" I am amazed by the amount of entrepreneurs, some of the companies that visited us: Intentac Nordnet Trading Science Park Lindbladh Franke Spray Ped I had a blast, and I want to...
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8 Reasons why Silicon Valley is a success.

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Thursday, 28 February 2008 by admin
1. You are considered a failure when you quit, this creates a mentality of willing to fail & try again. 2. A open view to immigrant with a "gold rush" mentality 3. Heavy funding by the military and NASA 4. Sillicon Valleys Ecosystem stimulates global and open view 5. A private university...
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The rise of Silicon Valley in 100 words

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Wednesday, 27 February 2008 by admin
<1940: Gold rush increases population 1940s: Soldiers from WW2 increases population (nice weather, beaches and mountains.) 1950s: High funding in the area, to support research for the Cold war nuclear program 1960s: The Vietnam war, and NASA innovations created a cluster of chip...
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Three marketing questions every interested VC will ask you.

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Tuesday, 26 February 2008 by admin
Sheridan Tatsuno is a born and raised silicon valley entrepreneur; he just gave a intentac.org presentation about investments and marketing. I want to share three marketing questions that any VC will ask you after your pitch, know the answers: 1. Do you have names, email and phone numbers of...
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Article summary, making the deal real: How to integrate acquisitions

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Tuesday, 12 February 2008 by admin
What would happen when yahoo gets bought by Microsoft? Many claim that the two companies have different cultures, and that there might be integration issues. I read an interesting article tonight: ”Making the deal real: How GE capital integrates acquisitions” I decided to post the summary...
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curriculum vitae tips; Translating your Dutch CV to English

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Tuesday, 20 November 2007 by admin
The language of business is English, not dutch. Every self respecting person aiming for a decent career knows that. The Dutch have different terms and systems than for example the USA. I compiled this list to help you translating your CV into english.   VMBO - preparatory secondary...
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Talking the right language for passion

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Wednesday, 24 October 2007 by admin
People can listen to tremendous ideas, but need to care about it for themselves to become passionately involved. The key is to explain the goals in such a way so that the listeners are enabled to recognize passion. The explanation of the idea must be in the right language. Example: Companies...
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11 Tips for startups in the trading business

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Friday, 12 October 2007 by admin
Here are 11 tips for companies that are starting up in the trading business. 1. Be adaptive Because you can since the company is still small. I would underline that the main focus has to be to start doing more business. Have short-term goals to be able to recognize valuable opportunities for...
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domainrenewalonline.com is trying to deceive webmasters

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Friday, 31 August 2007 by Joop Dorresteijn
I just received an email from domainrenewalonline.com. They told me to renew my joop.in domain within 90 days to prevent expiration. I was shocked! What does this mean, and who is sending this. When I was thinking about this, I realized that I just moved this domain to a new domain registrar....
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Howto solve QTEK / HTC StrTrk / 8500 / 3125 /S300/ F600 / SmartFlip random reboots and MicroSD problems

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Sunday, 12 August 2007 by Joop Dorresteijn
Symptoms: My phone started to do random reboots last week, and sometimes the Micro SD card would disappear. It would only reappear after rebooting the device. Sometimes the phone reset while playing music with Windows Media Player. Okay, I found a solution to this but don't laugh, I just wanted...
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Ivan Illich and his works about deschooling the society

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Saturday, 11 August 2007 by Joop Dorresteijn
“Many students, especially those who are poor, intuitively know what the schools do for them. They school them to confuse process and substance. Once these become blurred, a new logic is assumed: the more treatment there is, the better are the results; or, escalation leads to success. The pupil...
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Stream RTLZ

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Friday, 10 August 2007 by Joop Dorresteijn
EDIT: updated stream This is the URL to stream RTLZ on your pc. Useful at the office or if you do not have access to the channel through your television. rtlz stream (available on weekdays from 8:00 to...
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Deviantbook application | Get your deviantart scraps on your Facebook profile!

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Friday, 10 August 2007 by Joop Dorresteijn
EDIT: this application is no longer maintained, rather use this initiative. I have improved my deviantart facebook application a little bit tonight; have a look over here! Updates: *Your own scraps (enter your deviantart username) *Selection of the number of thumbnails *Faster It is...
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My GTD workflow

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Tuesday, 24 July 2007 by Joop Dorresteijn
David Allen claims that the key to a stress-less life is to move tasks out of your mind by recording them somewhere. That way, the mind is freed from the job of remembering everything that needs to be done, and can concentrate on actually performing those tasks. Some carry a notebook or a...
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Great booklist from Josh

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Monday, 23 July 2007 by Joop Dorresteijn
An MBA typically takes about two years to complete. You have to travel a lot, participate in class discussions, studygroups and give presentations. For me it is just the only way to do a master in business. But is a university study efficient and the degree worth the trouble? The 25-year-old...
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Internet web 2.0 startup contributions

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Sunday, 22 July 2007 by Joop Dorresteijn
I stumbled upon a website where you can submit your startup ideaÂ’s. KillerStartups.com is a user driven internet startups community. Entrepreneurs, investors, and bloggers are staying informed on up-and-coming internet startups using our blog platform, where internet entrepreneurs submit their...
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Stuart Skorman about poker and entrepreneurship

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Saturday, 21 July 2007 by Joop Dorresteijn
Stuart Skorman is describing some of the relations between entrepreneurship and poker in his book “Confessions of a serial entrepreneur”. 1. Aggressiveness, sometimes you can succeed by bluffing your competitors. 2. Play tight, the goal is to be conservative. It could be smarter...
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