Startup Asia is one of South-East Asia main tech conferences, with two days of speeches, demo, contests and networking. The opening pre-event talk this week in Singapore was an opportunity to learn more about the differences between South-East Asia countries, and how you have to adapt to a large area made of different languages, religions,…
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From crowdfunding to new media at SXSW: an entrepreneurial journalism journey
We talked last time of what worked and not during a crowdfunding campaign, using both social media and IRL connections to get a project funded. I’d like to write a bit about the way we covered the SXSW Interactive conference, because as far as I know, it’s not been done before, and we’re only at…
Crowdfunding and social media: you’re probably doing it wrong!
A professional and personal life experience, that’s how I would sum up my first successful crowdfunding campaign. A few elements of context : Our objective was to fund a new media/community-based coverage of SXSW Interactive festival in Austin, looking specifically how this Texan city created and sustained its successful ecosystem. We needed the money no…
#RockmySXSW – L’exploration spatiale, nouvelle frontière du rêve américain
L’espace, là voilà , la nouvelle frontière des Américains. Cette année, le festival SXSW fait une place étonnante à l’exploration spatiale, avec d’un côté un investissement conséquent de la NASA dans la conférence, et de l’autre des personnalités et des communautés qui gravitent autour d’une mission dont nous aimerions tous voir les résultats. Pourquoi cette année, ce thème semble t-il trouver…
Facebook Graph Search: the Lemmings vs. Kant
Sometimes, I really think Facebook is not made by humans living in real life, but by the team behind Lemmings. If you’re unaware of this great and old game of the 1990s, Lemmings was a puzzle & platform game where you tried to reach the end of a level by managing a team of Lemmings…
Is Japan compatible with social media ?
The forthcoming community-based world Coming back from a two-weeks trip in Japan, I want to share a few thoughts about the state of the digital & social media over there, while pursuing my articles on “Going social in Asia” and “Rise of the communities”. As you know if you read me before, my take is…
Chris Anderson’s “Makers” : when customers turn into community
I’ve long refused reading the books of the top minds of the Valley, probably from fear I could be convinced and would have to change my “fixed mindset” as I recently discover my brain was working. Hopefully, I’m not yet 30 and YES, I did read one of these books and YES, it’s a game-changer…
When San Francisco meets Singapore : a day at Failcon
 If Singapore is not (yet ?) famous for its tech scene, it’s gradually growing as such with a cosmopolite bunch of people, events and media outlets building the beginning of a comprehensive and efficient tech/digital/social community. Check out Tech in Asia, e27 or SGEntrepreneurs on the media side, Blk71, The Hub or the Kennel for…