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  • Digital Identity: Buzzuminar with Dan Marovitz

    Yesterday, i had the pleasure to be interviewed by Dan Marovitz, the founder of Buzzumi, a knowledge monetization platform, and a board member of rbidr, and the Professional Diversity Network. He is currently on sabbatical from Deutsche Bank where he was, until June of this year, Head of Product Management for Deutsche Bank’s Global Transaction Banking… Read more

  • Defrag2011: Mercenaries with a Soul

    This was my second Defrag. I attended Defrag for the first time last year in 2010, and it helped me spot 6 excellent speakers for Innotribe at Sibos: Jeff Jonas, Mark Dowds, Laura Merling, Dion Hinchcliffe, Doc Searls, and Stowe Boyd.  I contacted more Defrag speakers, but or they couldn’t make it, or I just… Read more

  • Fear is not an option

    Previous posts were impressions of some great conferences I recently attended. This blog post is different. It is more a personal reflection. I invite you to join me on my journey. In our company, failure is not an option (FNOA). That’s quite normal given the nature of our business: a worldwide business-to-business network for mainly… Read more

  • Compass Summit: can we win the race?

    Last week, I attended Compass Summit.  After Contact Summit in NYC the weekend before, the contrast could not be bigger. Whereas Contact Summit was held in a worn-out synagogue, Compass was held in a 5 star luxury resort close to LA. Also the audience was fundamentally different: in NY we saw a group of activists… Read more

  • Metacurrency Collabathon: a wealth system

    After Sibos, Q4 is usually the period of the year when I try to re-boot, to refresh my sources, to be a sponge and take-in new knowledge. It’s when I start painting for the next year. When the themes and trends for next year start emerging. I wanted to get a much better feel for… Read more

  • Contactcon Conference: the cry for freedom

    I am still digesting the Contact Summit, a conference with the tagline “the evolution will be social”. The conference was announced as: The net is more than a marketing platform. Connect with the people who are building what comes next, and celebrate the potential of networking to transform commerce, learning, and society. The event was… Read more