Making Things Happen

Some days ago these funny presentations appeared on TechCrunch and I have to say this jokes are not so far from reality.

If you’re an entrepreneur, you’ll certainly enjoy this take on VCs:

Then in all fairness you’ll have to admit that entrepreneurs have their flaws too, and here they are:

If only I had the time, I’d surely write something like this based on my real experience. I can guarantee it would be funny (at least for you).

This is a very nice tribute to entrepreneurs, remembering that it’s thanks to doers that innovation is created. When people look at wealthy entrepreneurs often forget that starting a business means taking risks and making sacrifices.

I don’t agree completely with this video, as it’s not true that everybody can be an entrepreneur, but I do love infographics and found this video very well done.

Via infoservi

T-Mobile UK has become quite popular for its campaigns of viral videos. I have to say I love their fresh approach, as they create bonding situations to show how people are willing to share their experiences with their beloved ones.

This is the latest viral video, filmed in Trafalgar Square, London where a huge crowd gathered to sing “Hey Jude“.

I can’t avoid to post also the other great viral video, the one made in Liverpool Station, London this January.

Indeed it’s a commercial, but it’s pretty true that when something that impresses us happens, we want to share the moment with the people we love.

T-Mobile got perfectly this and created a series of virals to show just that.

Just a quick note to flag this nice website I stumbled upon some time ago.

It’s Voyij, a website for the open minded traveler looking for a last minutes bargains. You just input your departure airport and Voyij will find for you the best last minute offers, for you to choose the place where to go.

A great way to travel if you don’t have strong feelings about where to go!

I was recently invited to witness the launch of NetGlobers, an interesting mashup of a travel social network and a professional guide, created by Europ Assistance.

The idea is to offer useful and trustworthy official content along with user generated content about health risks, climate situations and other information about countries you may want to visit.

The idea, born from an internal contest won by the Italian team, is to share best practices and useful information that Europ Assistance has on countries, giving also space to users, allowing them to post their reviews and comments on those locations.

The outcome looks great, anyways there’re still some bugs on the localized versions of the website, that are going to be fixed soon. Each country has pretty detailed page where users can find updated news about health risks and browse other users’ experiences.

With some days of delay I’m summarizing up what happened during the second day of Eye for Travel’s Travel Distribution Summit Europe 2009.

What caught my attention was indeed the “Get funded” contest and panel, who saw four startups (TravelWhere, Zoombu, Joobili and Tourdust) pitching their business to the audience and four angel investors: Dick Porter, Chairman, STA Travel, Hugo Burge, Founder, Howzat Media; John Kent, CEO, Youtravel.com and Steve Endacott, Owner, On Holiday Group.

I liked the enthusiasm and content of most pitches, in particular Zoombu impressed me for the passion its founders put into their pitch. Their idea is to easily book a travel with just one click. You’ll insert only starting address and destination, while Zoombu will manage all the hassle for you, proposing only three best ways for you to choose: cheapest, fastest and greenest.

This very ambitious project won, even if many doubt around technological difficulties arose among the business angles.

Later next week, I’ll publish a complete report from the conference!