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Moments of Enchantment
From time to time, I am invited to give a keynote presentation. More and more i am adding multimedia elements to that: video, audio, even silence. This transmedia approach is also something that keeps inspiring me when doing my day job, where i am architect and content curator of “events”. I always say that i… Read more
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Millennials and the future of finance: A different kind of trust
A generational shift is underway, which is challenging and reinventing notions of trust in financial services. The Millennial Generation, comprised of those people born between 1982 and 2004 (average age 22), lies at the heart of this shift. A couple of months ago, i spotted the twitter stream and website of Wharton FinTech, the first student-led… Read more
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Petervan’s Delicacies – Week 22 June 2015
Week-25 of Delicacies: What a rich week that was. But i stick to max 5 articles that i found interesting and worth re-reading. Handpicked, no robots. Minimalism in curation. Enjoy! About winning back the open web: http://buytaert.net/winning-back-the-open-web What is code? http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-paul-ford-what-is-code/ About the wellbeing economy: https://medium.com/emergent-culture/the-wellbeing-economy-89c67b625ac2 About Market Networks: http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/27/from-social-to-market-networks/ About disrupting your own company:… Read more
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Rebel Jam 2015 Recordings and Rebel Jam LIVE!
On Friday, June 26 at noon Central European Time, we kicked off our 24 hour Rebel Jam 2015. The recordings of all the sessions are now available here (*). There was a lively twitter stream: check out hash tag #rebeljam15 (*) We had a small technical glitch for the last sessions of the Rebel Jam, resulting in… Read more
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Petervan’s Delicacies – Week 15 June 2015
Week-24 of Delicacies: Max 5 articles that i found interesting and worth re-reading. Handpicked, no robots. Minimalism in curation. Enjoy! About the differences between Apple and Google: http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/apple-versus-google?intcid=mod-latest About virtual reality in financial services: http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/19/experimenting-with-virtual-reality-financial-services-enter-the-matrix/ About BBVA opening up data: http://www.cmo.com.au/article/577533/why-spain-bbva-opening-up-customer-data-analytics-all/ When machines dream: http://singularityhub.com/2015/06/19/this-is-what-happens-when-machines-dream/ About new ways of investing (adventure capital): https://medium.com/@goonth/adventure-capital-493e8e9cad4d Read more
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Powerwomen in FinTech
While technology and business models are changing fast, the issue of gender diversity in financial services – particularly at senior leadership levels – is still lagging behind. A Financial News analysis of Dow Jones Venture Source and Factiva data reveals that, of the 20 European FinTech companies that received the largest venture capital investments in… Read more