Nora Poggi
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SXSW: Meet gutsy woman and entrepreneur Ashley Woodruff
One of the best things about SXSW, is getting the chance to talk to strangers who have great stories to tell. Ashley Woodruff is that kind of person: only 23 years old, she knows what she wants and has known so since her first invention at age 7, a “bug vacuum” to protect bugs while cleaning. An entrepreneur at heart, she has now even greater projects in mind: an incubator for entrepreneurs in New-York City, called InnoHouse, where five roommates […]
We were at SXSW 2012! StartupBusTV and more epic times
It was a first time for Viadeo at the biggest tech event of the year, South By Southwest. Sponsoring StartupBus TV, along with Live-U, Tropo and The Next Web, we were able to meet some of the most promising entrepreneurs of tomorrow, and providing you readers with a live stream of some of the best events. Many laughs, beautiful encounters and stressful moments, with a result of 16 live shows, more than 100,000 views and being featured on the front […]
SXSW 2012: a conversation with Joss Whedon, by EW’s Adam B. Vary
You might wonder why Viadeo would cover an event such as a conversation with Joss Whedon? Well, at the Viadeo Blog we believe you ought to know the best of what happened at SXSW 2012. And for fellow geeks, this definitely comes close to the best! If you don’t know who Joss Whedon is, let me introduce him in a few words: Buffy, Firefly, Dr. Horrible creator – Toy Story, The Cabin in the Woods writer – The upcoming movie The […]
SXSW Live: streaming from the best parties!
Hermione Way and her crew were at the best SXSW parties last night – Watch it below! The biggest tech event of the year is also a great place to network and meet people from the industry in unexpected places and situations! The famous parties and legendary 6th street are where the magic happens. SXSX House Party + 6th Street Madness at the Decentralised Dance Party in Austin, TX Video streaming by Ustream
SXSW live: watch the StartupBus teams sharpen their pitches live at Rackspace HQ!
Viadeo/Entrepreneurs You’re not at SXSW 2012, the biggest tech event of the year? Not a problem, the Viadeo Blog will be giving you access to the best events and parties LIVE thanks to Hermione Way and her crew, featured on The Next Web and Ustream! StartupBus.tv follows the 11 “tribes” as they call it, that had the difficult but exciting task to launch a startup on their ride to Austin. They made it – what now? They will be judged […]
You want to do business in China? Here’s how!
Everything you want to know about the technology market in China was discussed last Wednesday night at SFNewtech, during a special Chinese Tech Night. Tianji, acquired by the Viadeo Group in 2007, sponsored the event as the number 1 professional social network in China. A lot of great Chinese startups did demos on stage, some entrepreneurs coming all the way from Hong-Kong. If you missed it, here is the recap! Edith Yeung from Right Ventures and Dolphin tells us about […]
Launch a startup in 72 hours on a bus ride to Austin’s SXSW!
Want to launch a startup? Want to road trip across the United-States? Or just looking for updates on the coolest hackathon of the year? Find out more here about StartupBus 2012! Viadeo is a proud sponsor of StartupBus TV 2012 and will also be broadcasting live from the biggest tech event of all, South by Southwest 2012 edition, along with tech star Hermione Way and her Newspepper crew! StartupBus, founded by young entrepreneur Elias Bizannes, started in Europe a few years […]
Viadeo partners with Q&A expert Mancx and joins the knowledge market
Knowledge is power, as Foucault put it. Whoever retains it makes the rules. So it is only logical that it should become a business, with regulations to make the most of it, and allow as many people as possible to have access to that incredible source of power. Web 2.0 advocates understood very early the dynamics and opportunities of collective knowledge: as Tim O’Reilly explains it, ” an essential part of Web 2.0 is harnessing collective intelligence, turning the Web into a kind […]
Backstage at Techcrunch Disrupt Beijing
By Shanshan, English PR Manager at Tianji, the number 1 professional social network in China (A Viadeo company). The event that Crunched & Disrupted me – The TC Disrupt Beijing experience by a PR new-bird First of all, I have to confess – I am totally new! Just joined Tianji a week before Techcrunch Disrupt Beijing, and this huge event just hit me like a storm as I began working at Tianji! As dear Karen Serfaty put it, “Shanshan, you are […]
Viadeo Dev Challenge: Meet the winners!
Developers from around the world submitted their applications to the Viadeo Dev Challenge, a 5-week long competition, which ended on Sunday, October 16th. After evaluating the apps individually first, jury members met for the final deliberation at Viadeo’s San Francisco office on Friday the 21st. Robert Scoble, Myles Weissleder, Richard Ling, Hermione Way, Kin Lane (who couldn’t be there on Friday), Arturo Garrido and Christophe Thibault decided on the three winners below: First prize winner: AvriGeo is a 3D visualization […]
