Should you decide to build an internet company one day you'll need to understand the market, build a strong network and get as much exposure as possible. Internet conferences offer a good opportunity to do so. But don't expect a holiday. If you want to go well prepared - check trough all the attendees in advance and think well who you want to meet. Internet conferences are not cheap - and believe me, all that hunting, pitching and small talking can get quite annoying after two days - especially if you just want to get back to your team to build what you're selling ;)
This week brought us up to Hamburg's Next08, and yes we did get some exposure! Check out Dania's great elevator pitch in the following post!
Next to lots of other sessions Steve Rubel’s presentation on digital trends gave me some fine food for thought: Following some of his conclusions. Don’t miss point 4. Seems that Amazee is catching the wave...
Cut and Paste Web: The web is moving away from pages to smaller units -> content will become more and more portable. Websites will lose importance. Imagine the future web as a collage. All content will be widgets.
Attention crash: The number of things coming at us is far exceeding what we actually can manage. As a platform provider you will have to keep messaging and content simple. People will move on if you don‘t.
Digital Curation: Content is becoming a commodity. Everybody can create content. Digital curators can seperate good content from crap and aggregate good content for individual needs.
Collaboration: The web is not just a communication platform anymore. It is becoming a huge collaboration platform.
Digital Nomads: More and more people work and collaborate virtually. Co-working facilities are required more than ever.
Data Leaking: USB Flash Drives: More and more information is creaping out of corporates into places where it shouldn't be...
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