tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14635609421714102502024-03-05T11:12:55.531-08:00Alex CirceiBusiness EvangelistUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger247125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463560942171410250.post-74143359514007529772010-06-05T16:37:00.002-07:002012-08-14T02:25:23.444-07:00Copimaj Group<a href="http://www.bijuteriilarosa.ro">Verighete</a>Alex Circeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158522189592645602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463560942171410250.post-41045472291966711482010-06-05T16:37:00.001-07:002010-06-05T16:37:55.265-07:00Copimaj Group<a href="http://www.livemag.ro">laptopuri</a><br /><a href="http://www.copimaj.ro">marketing online</a><br /><a href="http://www.live2c.ro">platforma comert online</a>Alex Circeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158522189592645602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463560942171410250.post-57048935743577734482010-05-16T11:06:00.000-07:002010-05-16T11:11:46.801-07:00Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)<object width="500" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lPCSAAtyLW8&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lPCSAAtyLW8&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="300"></embed></object><br /><br />More: <a href="http://www.wallstreetmoneyneversleeps.com/">http://www.wallstreetmoneyneversleeps.com</a> & <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1027718/">IMDB</a>Alex Circeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158522189592645602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463560942171410250.post-54748231338822959012010-05-13T17:59:00.000-07:002010-05-13T18:10:43.035-07:00Startup Metrics for Pirates<div style="width: 425px;" id="__ss_89026"><strong style="display: block; margin: 12px 0pt 4px;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/dmc500hats/startup-metrics-for-pirates-long-version" title="Startup Metrics for Pirates">Startup Metrics for Pirates</a></strong><object id="__sse89026" width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=startup-metrics-for-pirates-long-version463&stripped_title=startup-metrics-for-pirates-long-version"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed name="__sse89026" src="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=startup-metrics-for-pirates-long-version463&stripped_title=startup-metrics-for-pirates-long-version" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div style="padding: 5px 0pt 12px;">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/">presentations</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/dmc500hats">Dave McClure</a>.</div></div><br /><br /><div style="width: 425px;" id="__ss_2992302"><strong style="display: block; margin: 12px 0pt 4px;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/dmc500hats/startup-metrics-for-pirates-sf-jan-2010" title="Startup Metrics for Pirates (SF, Jan 2010)">Startup Metrics for Pirates (SF, Jan 2010)</a></strong><object id="__sse2992302" width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=startupmetrics4pirates-ucsf-jan2010-100125201953-phpapp01&stripped_title=startup-metrics-for-pirates-sf-jan-2010"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed name="__sse2992302" src="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=startupmetrics4pirates-ucsf-jan2010-100125201953-phpapp01&stripped_title=startup-metrics-for-pirates-sf-jan-2010" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div style="padding: 5px 0pt 12px;">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/">presentations</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/dmc500hats">Dave McClure</a>.</div></div><br /><br /><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" id="utv554253" name="utv_n_361243" width="480" height="386"><param name="flashvars" value="loc=%2F&autoplay=false&vid=5336115&locale=en_US"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="src" value="http://www.ustream.tv/flash/video/5336115"><embed flashvars="loc=%2F&autoplay=false&vid=5336115&locale=en_US" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" id="utv554253" name="utv_n_361243" src="http://www.ustream.tv/flash/video/5336115" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="386"></embed></object>Alex Circeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158522189592645602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463560942171410250.post-9619863872839433392010-05-13T05:17:00.000-07:002010-05-13T05:28:20.280-07:00Famous Failures<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dT4Fu-XDygw&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dT4Fu-XDygw&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/45mMioJ5szc&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/45mMioJ5szc&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Alex Circeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158522189592645602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463560942171410250.post-45538212913338321892010-03-18T17:03:00.000-07:002010-03-18T17:04:27.693-07:00My Mentor: Morten Lund<object width="500" height="281"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2223629&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=1&color=ff9933&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2223629&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=1&color=ff9933&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="500" height="281"></embed></object>Alex Circeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158522189592645602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463560942171410250.post-10017790510531717962010-02-06T13:45:00.000-08:002010-02-06T13:53:13.992-08:00Wisdom And Quotes from 22 Incredibly Successful People<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.hal-sullivan.com/bigstockphoto_Key_To_Success_509650.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://www.hal-sullivan.com/bigstockphoto_Key_To_Success_509650.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(124, 124, 124); line-height: 18px; font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"><table id="wp-table-reloaded-id-9-no-1" class="wp-table-reloaded wp-table-reloaded-id-9" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="text-align: center;background-color: rgb(205, 205, 205); margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; width: 583px; "><thead><tr class="row-1"><th class="column-1" style="background-color: rgb(230, 238, 238); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-left-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; "><b>Who?</b></th><th class="column-2" style="background-color: rgb(230, 238, 238); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-left-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; "><b>Why?</b></th><th class="column-3" style="background-color: rgb(230, 238, 238); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-left-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; "><b>Their Wisdom</b></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr class="row-2"><td class="column-1" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">Warren Buffett</td><td class="column-2" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">Wealthiest man in the world who built his fortune from the ground up.</td><td class="column-3" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">"I always knew I was going to be rich. I don't think I ever doubted it for a minute. "</td></tr><tr class="row-3"><td class="column-1" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">George Soros</td><td class="column-2" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">A very successful investor and one of the wealthiest men in the world.</td><td class="column-3" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">"The principle of fallibilism. Anything I believe could be wrong"</td></tr><tr class="row-4"><td class="column-1" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">Bill Gates</td><td class="column-2" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">The founder of Microsoft and one of the richest men in the world.</td><td class="column-3" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; "><div style="text-align: left;">"Life is not fair - get used to it!"</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">"Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity. "</div></td></tr><tr class="row-5"><td class="column-1" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">Steve Jobs</td><td class="column-2" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">The founder of Apple (computers/phones/mp3 players and more).</td><td class="column-3" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">"It’s only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important."</td></tr><tr class="row-6"><td class="column-1" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">Lance Armstrong</td><td class="column-2" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">Lance conquered cancer depsite people telling him he was going to die soon and he proceeded to win the Tour de France 6 consecutive years in a row.</td><td class="column-3" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">"If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or Fight Like Hell"</td></tr><tr class="row-7"><td class="column-1" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">Will Smith</td><td class="column-2" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">Popular movie star, rapper and phillosopher.</td><td class="column-3" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">“You don’t try to build a wall. You don’t set out and say ‘I’m gonna build the biggest, baddest, greatest wall that has ever been built’. You say ‘I’m going to lay this brick as perfectly as a brick can be laid’. You do this every single day, and soon you have a wall.”</td></tr><tr class="row-8"><td class="column-1" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">Jay Z</td><td class="column-2" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">Jay Z is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America and makes awesome music.</td><td class="column-3" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">"If people aren’t looking at you funny, then you’re not pushing the envelope."</td></tr><tr class="row-9"><td class="column-1" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">Beyonce Knowles</td><td class="column-2" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">Incredibly successful R&B singer and beauty icon. She rose to fame as the lead singer of Destiny's child and now performs solo.</td><td class="column-3" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">“I'm a human being and I fall in love and sometimes I don't have control of every situation.”</td></tr><tr class="row-10"><td class="column-1" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">Oprah Winfrey</td><td class="column-2" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">She started the Oprah Winfrey Show and is among the very wealthy and very well known people in this world.</td><td class="column-3" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">"Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi."</td></tr><tr class="row-11"><td class="column-1" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">Walt Disney</td><td class="column-2" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">Creator of the enormous Disney Empire. I'm sure you've seen a few Walt Disney films in your life.</td><td class="column-3" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">"All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you."</td></tr><tr class="row-12"><td class="column-1" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">Jon Bon Jovi</td><td class="column-2" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">Famous musician, songwriter and creator of the band Bon Jovi.</td><td class="column-3" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">“Nothing is as important as passion. No matter what you want to do with your life, be passionate.”</td></tr><tr class="row-13"><td class="column-1" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">Bruce Lee</td><td class="column-2" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">The most legendary martial artist in history.</td><td class="column-3" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">“If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.”</td></tr><tr class="row-14"><td class="column-1" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">Boone Pickens</td><td class="column-2" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">Founder of Mesa Petroleum (a huge company) and Boone belongs to the top 500 wealthiest people in the world.</td><td class="column-3" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">"Work eight hours and sleep eight hours and make sure that they are not the same hours. "</td></tr><tr class="row-15"><td class="column-1" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">Brad Pitt</td><td class="column-2" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">Actor and founder of the 'Make it Right' foundation which helped restore people's homes in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.</td><td class="column-3" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">"I believe you make your day. You make your life. So much of it is all perception, and this is the form that I built for myself. I have to accept it and work within those compounds, and it's up to me. "</td></tr><tr class="row-16"><td class="column-1" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">Penelope Cruz</td><td class="column-2" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">The first Spanish actress to win a Grammy award. She is an amazing actress and beauty star.</td><td class="column-3" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">“The most difficult thing in the world is to start a career known only for your looks, and then to try to become a serious actress. No one will take you seriously once you are known as the pretty woman.”</td></tr><tr class="row-17"><td class="column-1" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">Michael Jordan</td><td class="column-2" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">Talented and famous basketball player. Arguably the best basketball player of all time.</td><td class="column-3" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">"I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed. "</td></tr><tr class="row-18"><td class="column-1" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">Tiger Woods</td><td class="column-2" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">He is famous for his game of golf. You know the story.</td><td class="column-3" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">"My main focus is on my game. "</td></tr><tr class="row-19"><td class="column-1" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">Manny Pacquiao</td><td class="column-2" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">Rated the best boxer in the world (pound for pound).</td><td class="column-3" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; "><div style="text-align: left;">“I don't look ahead... I keep focused on my next opponent. I am looking forward</div><div style="text-align: left;">to my next opponent, I don't think past that point.”</div></td></tr><tr class="row-20"><td class="column-1" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">Nouriel Roubini</td><td class="column-2" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">A professor of economics. He predicted many of the events that have happened in the last few years and warned people about the pending economic crash.</td><td class="column-3" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">"I think investing in a good education has been key for me, although the investment was more in time than money."</td></tr><tr class="row-21"><td class="column-1" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">Howard Schultz</td><td class="column-2" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">Starbucks entrepreneur. The man who started the chain of coffeeshops that is now popular across the world.</td><td class="column-3" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">“I believe life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It's seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future. It's seeing what other people don't see And pursuing that vision.”</td></tr><tr class="row-22"><td class="column-1" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">J.K. Rowling</td><td class="column-2" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">Author and creator of the Harry Potter books.</td><td class="column-3" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; "><div style="text-align: left;">" Showing quotations 1 to 30 of 30 total</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me. It's totally for myself. "</div></td></tr><tr class="row-23"><td class="column-1" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">Russel Simmons</td><td class="column-2" style="text-align: left;color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; ">He helped popularize a distinctively American form of music and he co-founded the hip-hop label Def Jam.</td><td class="column-3" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; "><div style="text-align: left;">"My experiences have been, from the very beginning, cultural and creative. And my business has been a way of exposing the culture, exposing the artists so that the world could hear and see them. "</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#7C7C7C;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3D3D3D;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: -webkit-xxx-large;"><br /></span></span></div></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span><br /><br />Surce: <a href="http://www.upgradereality.com/bill-gates-jay-z-wisdom-quotes-22-successful-people">http://www.upgradereality.com/bill-gates-jay-z-wisdom-quotes-22-successful-people</a>Alex Circeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158522189592645602noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463560942171410250.post-14657422900173379772010-01-07T09:44:00.000-08:002010-01-07T09:45:48.796-08:00La The Money Channel despre liveMag.ro si Live2c<object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8594311&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8594311&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/8594311">Alex Circei despre liveMag.ro si Live2c la The Money Channel</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user403539">livemag</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Alex Circeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158522189592645602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463560942171410250.post-43547953727400863032009-12-19T14:17:00.001-08:002009-12-19T14:24:00.258-08:00Prezentare Live2c Better e-commerce NetCamp - Solutii complete pentru un magazin online de succes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://refresh.ro/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/betterecommerce_logo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 520px; height: 90px;" src="http://refresh.ro/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/betterecommerce_logo.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="width: 425px; text-align: center;" id="__ss_2751473"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><br /></div><br /><a style="margin: 12px 0pt 3px; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; display: block; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.slideshare.net/live2cRomania/prezentare-live2c-netcamp-better-ecommerce" title="Prezentare Live2c Netcamp | Better e-commerce">Prezentare Live2c Netcamp | Better e-commerce</a><object style="margin: 0px;" width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=last-live2c-ro-091219160840-phpapp01&stripped_title=prezentare-live2c-netcamp-better-ecommerce"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=last-live2c-ro-091219160840-phpapp01&stripped_title=prezentare-live2c-netcamp-better-ecommerce" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div style="font-size: 11px; font-family: tahoma,arial; height: 26px; padding-top: 2px;">View more <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.slideshare.net/">presentations</a> from <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.slideshare.net/live2cRomania">Live2c eCommerce</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Prezentare Live2c <a href="http://alexliveblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/prezentare-live2c-better-e-commerce.html">Better e-commerce</a> NetCamp - Solutii complete pentru un magazin online de succes</span><br /><br /></div></div>Alex Circeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158522189592645602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463560942171410250.post-61718319054845592282009-12-09T03:00:00.000-08:002009-12-09T03:01:41.382-08:00În plină criză economică, comerțul online crește moderat<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://media2.gruprc.ro/photo/thumbs/440_330/122009/d720b61420da7ab9c916225cf89e5c68.jpg/0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 440px; height: 244px;" src="http://media2.gruprc.ro/photo/thumbs/440_330/122009/d720b61420da7ab9c916225cf89e5c68.jpg/0" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">La începutul anului, câștigătorii necontestați ai crizei păreau retailerii online. Asta pentru că mai toți se lansau în estimări de creșteri la care mulți nu visau nici înainte de criză. Dar cât de realiste s‑au dovedit a fi acele previziuni?</span><br /><br />În e‑commerce, «e» contează doar în proporție de maxim 15%. Restul este marketing, comerț și bun simț“, scria, anul trecut, pe blogul său, Mădălin Matica, reprezentantul DotCommerce în România, un integrator de plăți online. Matica pornise de la o cercetare realizată de E Invest Marketing România, una dintre primele agenții de marketing exclusiv online apărute la noi, din care reieșea că 78% dintre femei au încredere în tranzacționarea pe Internet, ceea ce înseamnă că, în cazul femeilor cel puțin, mitul conform căruia comerțul online nu este la fel de dezvoltat ca în alte țări europene din cauza insecurității unor astfel de tranzacții nu are corespondent în realitate.<br /><br />Acest lucru ar putea sugera că altele sunt cauzele „subdezvoltării“ acestui tip de business. „În România există peste 1.700 de magazine online, dar maxim 100 dintre acestea sunt într‑adevăr magazine care respectă standarde minime pentru un magazin online de succes“, spune Alexandru Cîrcei, CEO Copimaj, din care face parte magazinul online liveMag.ro, care a luat trei premii la Gala Premiilor eCommerce, (festivitatea a avut loc în noiembrie anul acesta și a fost organizată de Link2 eCommerce, un site de profil – n.r.), printre care și premiul pentru cel mai bun magazin start‑up din acest sector în 2009.<br /><br />CREȘTERE MODERATĂ. Explicațiile pentru un succes limitat ar fi, în opinia lui Matica, managementul de stoc defectuos, servicii de relații cu clienții proaste, servicii de curierat uneori lamentabile, neînțelegerea dorințelor cumpărătorilor și lipsa unor studii de piață clare și peste care s‑a mai adăugat o problemă care a „contaminat“ întreaga economie mondială: criza financiară.<br /><br />Cu toate acestea, comerțul online este într‑o continuă creștere, tendință care se va mai menține câțiva ani buni, în condițiile în care, din peste cei 7,5 milioane de utilizatori de Internet din România (rata de penetrare fiind de 36% în 2008), doar jumătate fac achiziții online, potrivit unui studiu realizat de compania de cercetare Gemius în parteneriat cu Orange, la sfârșitul anului trecut.Alex Circeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158522189592645602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463560942171410250.post-74041737320549604112009-11-14T14:57:00.000-08:002009-11-14T14:59:40.657-08:00Apple's Jobs, Microsoft's Gates make Peace<embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/452319854" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashvars="videoId=958634947&playerId=452319854&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="486" height="412" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swliveconnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed>Alex Circeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158522189592645602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463560942171410250.post-340502411497853292009-11-11T17:08:00.000-08:002009-11-11T17:10:04.645-08:00A Collection of 60 Inspirational Steve Jobs Quotes About Life,Design and Apple<div class="post-entry"> <p>If you’re a MacHead, everything that Steve says it’s law. If you don’t know what a MacHead is, see <strong><em><a href="http://www.macheadsthemovie.com/" target="_blank">here</a></em></strong>. If you’re not a MacHead, maybe this post is not for you.</p> <p>Anyway, in this roundup I’ve collected 60 of the most inspiring Steve Jobs quotes.</p> <p>Enjoy! <img src="http://www.macstories.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /> </p> <p><span id="more-1536"></span></p> <p>“Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.”</p> <p>“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me … Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me.”</p> <p>“We’ve gone through the operating system and looked at everything and asked how can we simplify this and make it more powerful at the same time.”</p> <p>“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.”</p> <p>“I want to put a ding in the universe.”</p> <p>“I was worth over $1,000,000 when I was 23, and over $10,000,000 when I was 24, and over $100,000,000 when I was 25, and it wasn’t that important because I never did it for the money.”</p> <p>“The Japanese have hit the shores like dead fish. They’re just like dead fish washing up on the shores.”</p> <p>“Unfortunately, people are not rebelling against Microsoft. They don’t know any better.”</p> <p>“Bill Gates‘d be a broader guy if he had dropped acid once or gone off to an ashram when he was younger.”</p> <p>“The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste. They have absolutely no taste. And I don’t mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way, in the sense that they don’t think of original ideas, and they don’t bring much culture into their products.”</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a class="fancybox" href="http://macstories.net/stuff/b689d9cb.jpg"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://macstories.net/stuff/b689d9cb.jpg" alt="" height="600" width="465" /></a></p> <p>“My job is to not be easy on people. My job is to make them better.”</p> <p>“We made the buttons on the screen look so good you’ll want to lick them.”</p> <p>“Click. Boom. Amazing!”</p> <p>“You can’t just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they’ll want something new.”</p> <p>“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”</p> <p>“Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?”</p> <p>“A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets.”</p> <p>“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”</p> <p>“Recruiting is hard. It’s just finding the needles in the haystack. You can’t know enough in a one-hour interview.<br />So, in the end, it’s ultimately based on your gut. How do I feel about this person? What are they like when they’re challenged? I ask everybody that: ‘Why are you here?’ The answers themselves are not what you’re looking for. It’s the meta-data.”</p> <p>“We’ve had one of these before, when the dot-com bubble burst. What I told our company was that we were just going to invest our way through the downturn, that we weren’t going to lay off people, that we’d taken a tremendous amount of effort to get them into Apple in the first place – the last thing we were going to do is lay them off.”</p> <p>“I mean, some people say, ‘Oh, God, if [Jobs] got run over by a bus, Apple would be in trouble.’ And, you know, I think it wouldn’t be a party, but there are really capable people at Apple.<br />My job is to make the whole executive team good enough to be successors, so that’s what I try to do.”</p> <p>“It’s not about pop culture, and it’s not about fooling people, and it’s not about convincing people that they want something they don’t. We figure out what we want. And I think we’re pretty good at having the right discipline to think through whether a lot of other people are going to want it, too. That’s what we get paid to do.<br />We just want to make great products. (I think he means “insanely great products!“)”</p> <p>“So when a good idea comes, you know, part of my job is to move it around, just see what different people think, get people talking about it, argue with people about it, get ideas moving among that group of 100 people, get different people together to explore different aspects of it quietly, and, you know – just explore things.”</p> <p>“When I hire somebody really senior, competence is the ante. They have to be really smart. But the real issue for me is, Are they going to fall in love with Apple? Because if they fall in love with Apple, everything else will take care of itself.<br />They’ll want to do what’s best for Apple, not what’s best for them, what’s best for Steve, or anybody else. (this actually reiterates my oft-repeated mantra of “ubiquitous evangelism” in companies)”</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a class="fancybox" href="http://macstories.net/stuff/a1a25f96.jpg"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://macstories.net/stuff/a1a25f96.jpg" alt="" height="377" width="500" /></a></p> <p>“People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully.”</p> <p>“Our DNA is as a consumer company – for that inpidual customer who’s voting thumbs up or thumbs down. That’s who we think about. And we think that our job is to take responsibility for the complete user experience. And if it’s not up to par, it’s our fault, plain and simply.”</p> <p>“That happens more than you think, because this is not just engineering and science. There is art, too. Sometimes when you’re in the middle of one of these crises, you’re not sure you’re going to make it to the other end. But we’ve always made it, and so we have a certain degree of confidence, although sometimes you wonder.</p> <p>I think the key thing is that we’re not all terrified at the same time. I mean, we do put our heart and soul into these things.”</p> <p>“We don’t get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life.</p> <p>Life is brief, and then you die, you know?</p> <p>And we’ve all chosen to do this with our lives. So it better be damn good. It better be worth it.”</p> <p>“Almost everything–all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure–these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.”</p> <p>“Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes… the ones who see things differently — they’re not fond of rules… You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things… they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.”</p> <p>“In most people’s vocabularies, design means veneer. It’s interior decorating. It’s the fabric of the curtains of the sofa. But to me, nothing could be further from the meaning of design. Design is the fundamental soul of a human-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service.”</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a class="fancybox" href="http://macstories.net/stuff/0ec1f293.jpg"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://macstories.net/stuff/0ec1f293.jpg" alt="" height="413" width="612" /></a></p> <p>“So we went to Atari and said, ‘Hey, we’ve got this amazing thing, even built with some of your parts, and what do you think about funding us? Or we’ll give it to you. We just want to do it. Pay our salary, we’ll come work for you.’ And they said, ‘No.’ So then we went to Hewlett-Packard, and they said, ‘Hey, we don’t need you. You haven’t got through college yet.”</p> <p>“The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for them, to clear out the rest of the organization and keep it at bay.”</p> <p>“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”</p> <p>“I’m the only person I know that’s lost a quarter of a billion dollars in one year…. It’s very character-building.”</p> <p>“I’m as proud of what we don’t do as I am of what we do.”</p> <p>“Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.”</p> <p>“I’ve always wanted to own and control the primary technology in everything we do.”</p> <p>“It comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don’t get on the wrong track or try to do too much.”</p> <p>“It’s really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don’t know what they want until you show it to them.”</p> <p>“Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It’s not about money. It’s about the people you have, how you’re led, and how much you get it.”</p> <p>“Insanely Great!”</p> <p>“I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.”</p> <p>“It’s rare that you see an artist in his 30s or 40s able to really contribute something amazing.”</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a class="fancybox" href="http://macstories.net/stuff/d8887b86.jpg"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://macstories.net/stuff/d8887b86.jpg" alt="" height="416" width="612" /></a></p> <p>“I feel like somebody just punched me in the stomach and knocked all my wind out. I’m only 30 years old and I want to have a chance to continue creating things. I know I’ve got at least one more great computer in me. And Apple is not going to give me a chance to do that.”</p> <p>“I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.”</p> <p>“Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?”</p> <p>“The products suck! There’s no sex in them anymore!”</p> <p>“The cure for Apple is not cost-cutting. The cure for Apple is to innovate its way out of its current predicament.”</p> <p>“If I were running Apple, I would milk the Macintosh for all it’s worth — and get busy on the next great thing. The PC wars are over. Done. Microsoft won a long time ago.”</p> <p>“You know, I’ve got a plan that could rescue Apple. I can’t say any more than that it’s the perfect product and the perfect strategy for Apple. But nobody there will listen to me.”</p> <p>“Apple has some tremendous assets, but I believe without some attention, the company could, could, could — I’m searching for the right word — could, could die.”</p> <p>Do you know more quotes? I’d love to hear about it in the comments!</p> </div>Alex Circeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158522189592645602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463560942171410250.post-35358044533568082672009-10-26T17:20:00.000-07:002009-10-27T03:28:37.924-07:00Interviu Alexandru Circei in Antreprenor.Net: Ce poti invata de la magazinele online ale anului 2009<span class="article_highlight">In ciuda crizei, ecommerce-ul romanesc este pe val si una din putinele industrii care continua sa inregistreze cresteri. Cine sunt performerii acestei piete, care sunt etaloanele comertului online bine facut si ce pot invata antreprenorii din experienta lor?<br /><br /></span><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 14px;"> <a href="http://www.livemag.ro/"><img alt="" src="http://antreprenor.money.ro/files/livemag%283%29.jpg" vspace="10" width="500" border="3" height="188" hspace="10" /></a></div><br /><span class="article_highlight"><br /></span> <!-- /box sapou--> <div><div face="Arial" size="12px" style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </div> <div face="Arial" size="12px" style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">La sfarsitul anului 2005, <a href="http://www.emag.ro/">eMag</a> anunta o cifra de afaceri de 10 milioane de euro. Vestea facea ocolul Internetului romanesc in timp record si declansa strigatul de lupta al multor antreprenori care, odata convinsi de potentialul retailului online, au inceput sa caute metode prin care sa-si adjudece o felie din piata.</div> <div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 14px;"> </div> <div face="Arial" size="12px" style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><i>“Never do an enemy a small injury” </i>spunea in iulie 2006 Dragos Manac pe <a href="http://www.manac.ro/">blogul sau</a>, in articolul intitulat “<a href="http://www.manac.ro/2006/07/08/lets-kill-emag/">Let’s kill eMag</a>”. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/alexcircei"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alexandru Circei</span></a>, fondatorul <a href="http://www.livemag.ro/">LiveMag.ro</a> - cel mai premiat magazin la a patra editie a <a href="http://www.gpec.ro/">Galei Premiilor eCommerce</a>, care a luat acasa trofeul pentru cel mai bun start-up, cel mai bun magazin de IT si premiul publicului -, recunoaste ca de aici a pornit ideea sa de a intra in eCommerce. </div> <div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 14px;"> </div> <div face="Arial" size="12px" style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">“LiveMag.ro s-a nascut in urma cu aproximativ trei ani, dupa ce am citit articolul lui Dragos Manac. M-au atras potentialul pietei si cifrele vehiculate in articol insa, dincolo de acestea, a fost in primul rand vorba de o provocare. Am tinut neaparat sa deschid tot un magazin online de IT&C fiindca aceasta era deja una dintre cele mai agomerate piete ale eCommerce-ului si am vrut sa vad daca pot sa imi masor fortele cu aceasta provocare.<i>”</i> </div> <div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 14px;"> </div> <div face="Arial" size="12px" style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">Spre deosebire de ceilalti antreprenori, care s-au grabit sa intre in lupta si sa concureze eMag cu ce instrumente aveau la indemana, Circei si-a pregatit vreme de doi ani intrarea in arena. “Primul lucru pe care l-am facut a fost sa studiez piata. Am observat cate probleme avea eMag in acel moment pe partea de client service si de navigabilitate in site (usability) si am fost convins ca eu pot face asta mai bine. Am studiat marile magazine din afara, precum <a href="http://www.amazon.com/">amazon.com</a>,<a href="http://www.bestbuy.com/"> bestbuy.com</a>, <a href="http://www.buy.com/">buy.com</a> sau <a href="http://www.dell.com/">dell.com</a>, si doi ani mai tarziu, pe 25 martie 2009, lansam <a href="http://www.livemag.ro/">LiveMag.ro</a>.”</div> <div face="Arial" size="12px" style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </div> <div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 14px;"> <a href="http://www.livemag.ro/"><br /></a></div> <div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </div> <div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Ingredientul fara de care nu ar fi putut castiga</b></div> <div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 14px;"> <b>“</b>Pentru a avea succes cu un magazin online trebuie sa intelegi perfect comportamentul vizitatorilor si sa le oferi suport pentru a facilita procesul de achizitionare”, crede Circei. De aceea liveMag.ro si-a concentrat eforturile pe minimizarea eforturilor de cumparare si pe oferirea de consultanta si suportul live in site, intermediat prin serviciul de live chat. In plus, membrii echipei sunt prezenti si in retelele sociale din care fac parte consumatorii lor pentru a castiga credibilitate si a fi mereu in contact cu acestia.</div> <div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 14px;"> </div> <div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">“In acest moment clientii sunt foarte atenti la serviciile oferite de un magazin online si de aceea folosim instrumente cum ar fi blogul sau retelele sociale pentru a le oferi informatii in legatura cu noi si pentru a primi feedback care ne ajuta sa ne imbunatatim permanent serviciile. </div> <div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">Tot pentru a imbunatati experienta utilizatorului am inovat si procesul de cumparare si am redus pasii acestuia la un minim de 3 clickuri. ”</div> <div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 14px;"> </div> <div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 14px;"> <b>Platforma: “</b>Partea de frontend (design & usability) a fost dezvoltata de agentia interactiva Copimaj Interactive - din care face parte si LiveMag.ro - iar la partea de backend am implementat platforma de eCommerce Live2c. Atat Copimaj Interactive cat si Live2c fac parte din Grupul Copimaj. “</div> <div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 14px;"> </div> <div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Investitii:</b> "Valoarea totala a investitiilor efectuate in magazinul liveMag.ro si platforma de eCommerce Live2 se ridica la peste 150.000 euro."</div> <div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </div> <div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> <div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Ar intra abia acum in eCommerce?</b><br /></span></div> <div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">"Desigur, piata de eCommerce din Romania este abia la inceput. Putine magazine online sunt intr-adevar bine puse la punct din toate punctele de vedere si se gandesc la clienti sau la usurinta cu care acestia finalizeaza procesul de comanda.<br /><br />Valoarea pietei de eCommerce din Marea Britanie in 2008 a fost de 18,5 miliarde de euro, iar in Romania avem o piata in valoare de aproximativ 250 mil de euro, asa ca eCommerce-ul din Romania este abia la inceput. In viitor cea mai mare parte din comertul cu amanuntul va fi online datorita facilitatilor oferite de acest mediu. "</span></div></div></div>Alex Circeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158522189592645602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463560942171410250.post-87087669481989112512009-10-24T02:09:00.000-07:002009-10-24T02:19:10.167-07:00liveMag.ro a fost cel mai premiat magazin online la gala premiilor ecommerce 2009<img src="http://blog.livemag.ro/uploads/livemag_premii_gpec2009.jpg" alt="Premii primite de liveMag la gala GPEC 2009" /><br /><br /><a title="liveMag.ro" href="http://www.livemag.ro/" target="_blank">liveMag.ro</a> este marele castigator al <a title="gala premiilor eCommerce" href="http://www.gpec.ro/competitie/castigatorii-gpec/" target="_blank">galei premiilor eCommerce</a>( GPeC 2009) castigand nu mai putin de 3 premii.<br /><h4 class="h4_title">Ne-am clasat pe primul loc la categoriile:</h4><br /><ul class="gpec_awards"><br /> <li><span class="gpec_start-up"><em>Cel mai bun magazin Start-Up in eCommerce</em></span></li><br /> <li><span class="gpec_itc"><em>Cel mai bun magazin online la categoria IT&C</em></span></li><br /> <li><span class="gpec_user"><em>Cel mai bun magazin la categoria Best User’s Choice Start-Up</em></span></li><br /></ul><br /><div class="post_row clearfix"><img class="row_img_right" src="http://blog.livemag.ro/uploads/livemag_best_start_up_gpec2009.jpg" alt="Cel mai bun magazin Start-Up in eCommerce la gala GPEC 2009" /><br /><br />Juriul a fost format din <strong>specialisti din mediul online romanesc si cumparatori obisnuiti</strong> care au decis sa rasplateasca <a title="liveMag.ro" href="http://www.livemag.ro/" target="_blank">liveMag.ro</a>.<br /><br /><strong>liveMag.ro</strong> a inceput pe 25 martie 2009, atunci cand s-a lansat cu campania "<a href="http://www.comunicatedepresa.ro/Piata_de_ecommerce_din_Romania_se_bucura_de_cel_mai_%E2%80%9Cslab%E2%80%9D_magazin_online_declarat_%E2%80%93_liveMag.ro~NDk1MTU=" target="_blank"><em>Cel mai slab magazin online</em></a>",nominalizata la <strong>GPeC 2009</strong> pentru <strong>cea mai buna campanie a unui magazin online</strong>. Inca de atunci ne-am intampinat clientii cu servicii inovatoare si am redus pasii procesului de cumparare la un minim de <strong>3 clickuri</strong>.<br /><br />Pentru <strong>liveMag.ro</strong> tinem sa multumim <strong>echipei </strong><a title="Copimaj Interactive" href="http://www.copimaj.ro/" target="_blank"><strong>Copimaj Interactive</strong></a> pentru partea de frontend (design si usability) iar pentru backend echipei care a dezvoltat <a title="platforma eCommerce Live2c" href="http://www.live2c.ro" target="_blank"><strong>platforma Live2c</strong></a>, implementata pe magazinul liveMag.ro.<br /><br />Echipa <strong>liveMag.ro</strong> <strong>multumeste clientilor</strong> cu aceasta ocazie si promite sa nu le dezamageasca asteptarile livrand in continuare solutii de calitate intr-un timp cat mai scurt si sa inoveze in permanenta magazinul pentru a veni in beneficiul clientului final si a <strong>imbunatati ecommerce-ul din Romania</strong>.<br /><br />Nu in ultimul rand multumim <strong>organizatorilor GPeC</strong> pentru obiectivitatea de care au dat dovada la jurizare si faptului ca au facut posibil acest eveniment dar si <strong>specialistilor din online-ul romanesc</strong> care au colaborat aducandu-si aportul prin know-how si feedback-ul lor.</div><br /><strong>Pozele cu echipa liveMag.ro</strong> de la <strong>GPeC 2009</strong> le gasiti <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23039735@N03/sets/72157622511390713/">aici</a>.<br /><br />Sursa: <a href="http://blog.livemag.ro">blog.livemag.ro</a>Alex Circeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158522189592645602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463560942171410250.post-67024687207235227492009-10-13T03:14:00.000-07:002009-10-13T03:16:31.787-07:00THE FUTURE OF PC<object width="400" height="220"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6712657&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6712657&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="220"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/6712657">10/GUI</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1415432">C. Miller</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Alex Circeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158522189592645602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463560942171410250.post-5394056051874714412009-08-30T08:03:00.000-07:002009-08-30T08:06:59.116-07:00Pitching new ideas ! Tim Ferriss and Kevin Rose on Y-Combinator<object width="400" height="220"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6067197&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6067197&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="220"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/6067197">The 4th Random Episode</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/dirtsalad">Glenn McElhose</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Alex Circeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158522189592645602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463560942171410250.post-67141502137707727882009-08-22T17:56:00.000-07:002009-08-22T17:57:10.182-07:00Evan Williams about Twitter<object width="446" height="326"><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff"></param> <param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/embed/EvanWilliams_2009-embed_high.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/EvanWilliams-2009.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=473"><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="446" height="326" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/embed/EvanWilliams_2009-embed_high.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/EvanWilliams-2009.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=473"></embed></object>Alex Circeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158522189592645602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463560942171410250.post-81345796645190703402009-08-06T16:45:00.000-07:002009-08-06T16:46:36.272-07:00Guy Kawasaki : Garage Technology VenturesMake Meaning in Your Company<br /><embed id="single" flashvars="config=http://ecorner.stanford.edu/embeded_config.xml%3Fmid%3D1171" src="http://ecorner.stanford.edu/swf/player-ec.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="395" width="500"></embed><br />Don't Write a Mission Statement, Write a Mantra<br /><embed id="single" flashvars="config=http://ecorner.stanford.edu/embeded_config.xml%3Fmid%3D1172" src="http://ecorner.stanford.edu/swf/player-ec.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="395" width="500"></embed><br />Get Up and Get Going!<br /><embed id="single" flashvars="config=http://ecorner.stanford.edu/embeded_config.xml%3Fmid%3D1173" src="http://ecorner.stanford.edu/swf/player-ec.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="395" width="500"></embed><br />The New Business Model<br /><embed id="single" flashvars="config=http://ecorner.stanford.edu/embeded_config.xml%3Fmid%3D1174" src="http://ecorner.stanford.edu/swf/player-ec.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="395" width="500"></embed><br />Weave a MAT and Outline Your Priorities<br /><embed id="single" flashvars="config=http://ecorner.stanford.edu/embeded_config.xml%3Fmid%3D1175" src="http://ecorner.stanford.edu/swf/player-ec.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="395" width="500"></embed><br />Know Thyself and Niche Thyself<br /><embed id="single" flashvars="config=http://ecorner.stanford.edu/embeded_config.xml%3Fmid%3D1176" src="http://ecorner.stanford.edu/swf/player-ec.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="395" width="500"></embed><br />Make a Great Pitch<br /><embed id="single" flashvars="config=http://ecorner.stanford.edu/embeded_config.xml%3Fmid%3D1177" src="http://ecorner.stanford.edu/swf/player-ec.swf" 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src="http://ecorner.stanford.edu/swf/player-ec.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="395" width="500"></embed><br />Funding Choices<br /><embed id="single" flashvars="config=http://ecorner.stanford.edu/embeded_config.xml%3Fmid%3D1182" src="http://ecorner.stanford.edu/swf/player-ec.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="395" width="500"></embed>Alex Circeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158522189592645602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463560942171410250.post-2139129005383792772009-07-23T00:06:00.000-07:002009-07-23T00:08:18.104-07:00"Participating in a World of Choice practical aspects about Open Source and Microsoft" by Todi Pruteanu @ eLiberatica 2009<div style="width:425px;text-align:left" id="__ss_1611083"><a style="font:14px Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;display:block;margin:12px 0 3px 0;text-decoration:underline;" 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Circeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158522189592645602noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463560942171410250.post-50862099618692005902009-07-22T18:20:00.000-07:002009-07-22T18:22:10.528-07:00David Ogilvy’s best advice for businessSo, here is David Ogilvy’s best business advice:<br /><br />1. Remember that Abraham Lincoln spoke of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. He left out the pursuit of profit.<br /><br />2. Remember the old Scottish motto: “Be happy while you’re living, for you are a long time dead.”<br /><br />3. If you have to reduce your company’s payroll, don’t fire your people until you have cut your compensation and the compensation of your big-shots.<br /><br />4. Define your corporate culture and your principles of management in writing. Don’t delegate this to a committee. Search all the parks in all your cities. You’ll find no statues of committees.<br /><br />5. Stop cutting the quality of your products in search of bigger margins. The consumer always notices — and punishes you.<br /><br />6. Never spend money on advertising which does not sell.<br /><br />7. Bear in mind that the consumer is not a moron. She is your wife. Do not insult her intelligence.<br /><br />David Ogilvy<br /><br />Charleston<br />November 15, 1991<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-4832" title="ogilvy_letter_blog" src="http://fortunepostcards.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/ogilvy_letter_blog1.jpg?w=600&h=300" alt="ogilvy_letter_blog" width="600" height="300" />Alex Circeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158522189592645602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463560942171410250.post-89973054181653642512009-07-09T15:28:00.000-07:002009-07-09T15:29:03.707-07:00Passion : The Future Michael Jordan<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9KR9_eF9Ef4&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9KR9_eF9Ef4&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Alex Circeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17158522189592645602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463560942171410250.post-77196474286474316862009-07-08T15:56:00.000-07:002009-07-08T15:58:23.733-07:00Investors Share Priceless Tips for Startups At SeedcampLast Thursday I attended Seedcamp Tel Aviv. Seedcamp is an intensive week long event which is held in London in September and targeted towards young entrepreneurs and startups, organized by Executive Chairman & Founder Saul Klein and CEO Reshma Sohoni. The purpose is to provide tips, mentoring, seed funding and world-class connections for the startups which are chosen out of all that apply. Seedcamp also hosts mini day-long conferences, or “Mini Seedcamps”, around the world including the one I attended in Tel Aviv and upcoming events in Paris, Warsaw, Slovenia and Berlin. Seedcamp Tel Aviv was a mini version of London’s Seedcamp that brought together 20 of the best Israeli startups in seed stage with successful entrepreneurs, developers and investors from Israel and Europe for a day of panel discussions, presentations and mentoring. Yaron Orenstein from the.co.ils, one of the top Israeli technology blogs, organized it here together with Seedcamp.<br /><br />During the conference, a panel of investors and entrepreneurs including Gigi Levy of 888, Avichay Nissenbaum from Yedda, Saul Klein, Tal Barnoach, Eyal Magen of Gigya and Yizhar Shai of Canaan Partners offered up a few tips for startups looking for investors. If you are a seed stage startup looking for funding, the following tips are essential for your success:<br /><br />1. Know your numbers. If you are looking for investors it is important to measure your progress in every aspect, no matter how small you are. How much traffic is your site getting? Have you begun earning revenue yet? How have you grown so far and how do you expect to grow in the future? If you aren’t sure what you should be measuring, Dave McClure’s Startup Metrics for Pirates is a useful tool.<br /><br />2. Talk and listen! Constantly talk to your customers and get their feedback. If your customers aren’t satisfied, investors won’t be satisfied either. Social networks are great tools for creating conversations with your users– blogs, Twitter, Facebook and more.<br /><br />3. Focus on User Experience. When presenting your startup to investors focus on user experience. If your product utilizes really cool new technology that’s great, but if users aren’t having a great experience then odds are your startup won’t be a success.<br /><br />4. Put your product out there. Investors are much more likely to invest in a product that is out there being used than they are to invest in an idea. Get your product out there and show investors that there is interest in the product and prove that it will be a success.<br /><br />5. Don’t be shy. In this time of economic crisis there’s no room for being shy. Don’t keep your product a secret for fear of other companies doing the same thing. Get your name out there, start getting customer feedback and make your product all it can be so that you can start approaching investors.<br /><br />For more tips, watch the videos below. FYI these videos (and all the rest of the Seedcamp videos which will be posted soon) were all taken with my new Zi6 HD Camera given to me generously by Jeffrey Hayzlett, Chief Marketing Officer at Kodak. Thank you Kodak - it’s an amazing camera! 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