Making it all meaningful was also a key message throughout. And what better way to add meaning to your life than doing something good along the way. Tim O’Reilly spoke about how the venture model has gotten distorted: “We need to find more businesses that have aims to change the world – not just make [...]

Awarded by Fast Company as one of the most influential women in technology, Amber Case filled the largest room plus a few rooms set up for simulcasting. As far as she’s concerned, humans have become cyborgs, “smartphones are the new cigarettes”, and now we need to become good at it. Good in her view means [...]

In the talks relating to entrepreneurship, the running theme was the fact that we’re sometimes wrong and need to stay alert for changing course. Before Biz Stone arrived at his la-di-da conclusion “Change the world, build a business – and have fun doing it” he told the story of how Twitter landed. Twelve people were [...]

Chip Conley spoke about emotional equations – based on his book “Peak” about how companies can get their “mojo” from Maslow learnings. With a background in building highly successful boutique hotels that allow for “identity refreshments”, he addressed the topic of how to “unpack what’s inside of us”. All companies aspire to connect with their [...]

I had the pleasure of attending SXSW Interactive 2012 earlier this month and what a spectacular digital showdown it was. Within the 5-day tech-mecca, weather went from Texan winter to steamy spring, while speakers inside the Austin Convention Center encouraged entrepreneurs to lift the “Nerd Spring”, Sean Parker’s characterisation of status quo, out of its [...]