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By: TechCrunch » Blog Archive » The Supernova 12

TechCrunch » Blog Archive » The Supernova 12 — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 09:34:15 +0000

[...] Vpod.tv Vpod.tv was one of my favorite companies presenting at a conference in Spain last month. It is a video sharing site, similar to YouTube, but that focuses on transcoding to most video devices (ipod, PSP, etc.) and allowing users to download video to those devices. They also have an innovative approach to monetization. See the full TechCrunch post here, which also discusses their $5.1 million funding. [...]

By: CrunchNotes » Supernova Connected Innovators Program

CrunchNotes » Supernova Connected Innovators Program — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 01:57:37 +0000

[...] Vpod.tv is a very cool online video application that I first saw in Spain at the Innovate conference. (techcrunch post on vpod here). [...]

By: robert denton - a day » Blog Archive »

robert denton - a day » Blog Archive » — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 11:45:23 +0000

[...] Europe Shows Its Stuff: Innovate 2006 [...]

By: Conference Discounts: Supernova and The Next Web - davecentral Planet David Central & Dave Central Planet

Tue, 20 Jun 2006 10:29:10 +0000

[...] TheNextWeb conference is July 7 in Amsterdam. I’m excited about the innovation going on in Europe around the new web and look forward to seeing more new companies in July. If you would like to attend, you can get a 100 Euro discount off of the already reasonable 500 Euro registration fee. Use this link to register and receive the discount automatically. No Tags [...]

By: TechCrunch » Blog Archive » Conference Discounts: Supernova and The Next Web

Sun, 18 Jun 2006 19:47:57 +0000

By: nonsmokingarea.com

nonsmokingarea.com — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:40:26 +0000

beta: feeds2.com…

my feeds2.com-beta-account has just been activated (thx to nicholas, CEO of GTP). feeds2.com is an ajax-based online-feed-reader developed by greek company GTP solutions (they were showcasing at innovate 2006 and got mentioned on techcrunch recently).
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By: TV Wonder VE

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By: Dee’s-Planet! » Europe Shows Its Stuff: Innovate 2006

Dee’s-Planet! » Europe Shows Its Stuff: Innovate 2006 — Thu, 25 May 2006 21:19:42 +0000

[...] Dozens of (mostly) European companies showcased their new consumer web applications at Innovate 2006 in Zaragoza, Spain this week. As usual with conferences like these, the companies were young, rough and hungry. And I see a lot of potential with at least a few of them. I’ve summarized my favorites below and look forward to profiling these individually. Tags: [...]

By: Vil

Vil — Wed, 24 May 2006 01:35:48 +0000

I’ve tried many AJAX products like NetVibes.
But their user experiences do not make me feel good.

By: Niclas Bergstrom

Niclas Bergstrom — Mon, 22 May 2006 09:29:56 +0000

Hi,

ReadSpeaker is actually also available in North America. We already have our first customers in the US.

By: Roy Lindemann

Roy Lindemann — Mon, 22 May 2006 08:47:46 +0000

Hi Michael,

Thanks for writing about us. ReadSpeaker is not originally Spanish as it was founded in Sweden and has market presence in most European countries as well as in Japan.

By: Blaze

Blaze — Sun, 21 May 2006 23:21:58 +0000

There’s some really interesting companies in hear. Great to see what they are doing in europe. I think europeans are incredibly creative.

By: Artichoke Conspiracy » Blog Archive » Innovate 2006

Artichoke Conspiracy » Blog Archive » Innovate 2006 — Sun, 21 May 2006 22:21:10 +0000

[...] Europe shows its stuff. Dozens of European companies showcased their… full story [...]

By: VoIPblog.it » Web 2.0: non c’è solo Silicon Valley!

VoIPblog.it » Web 2.0: non c’è solo Silicon Valley! — Sun, 21 May 2006 18:47:35 +0000

[...] Decine di startups europee hanno presentato le loro applicazioni web a Zaragoza, Spagna durante la manifestazone Innovate! Europe 2006. Mike Arrington (TechCrunch) era tra gli speakers ed ha scritto un report in cui segnala alcune delle novità presentate durante la conferenza: Readspeaker, vPod.tv, feeds 2.0, AllPeers, Wakoo per citarne alcune (terrei d’occhio in particolare i primi due!). [...]

By: nonsmokingarea.com

nonsmokingarea.com — Sun, 21 May 2006 15:32:17 +0000

business: innovate 2006…

mike arrington has an interesting post about this weeks innovate 2006 in zaragoza, spain (a conference foccused on technology entrepreneurship). in his post, mike introduces various european companies and their consumer-oriented web-applications, f.e….

By: BiZwiKi.CN - 喧闹 PK 噪音 » Blog Archive » flickr进入Gammer时代

BiZwiKi.CN - 喧闹 PK 噪音 » Blog Archive » flickr进入Gammer时代 — Sun, 21 May 2006 10:52:34 +0000

[...] Alpha… Beta… Gamma!! 在今天全球各大Web2.0 网站纷纷打上Beta 标签（似乎据此来标识自己的Web2.0 特性，有点自嘲的味道，毕竟BiZwiKi.CN 自己也存在着一个”Beta“）的时代，雅虎旗下的图片共享网站flickr 却率先把自己原来的Beta 标签更换为Gamma。假设你不会敏感至于由于更换了一个标签而误认为flick 就这样走入了Web 3.0 时代的话，那么把他简单的看作一次应用程序的版本升级相信更为理智。毕竟从DOS 2.0 升级到 DOS 3.0 的距离，与DOS 到Windows 95 的差距要小得多。”炒作“ ？Oops ！似乎更加贴切，不过这次flickr 确实进行了一次大范围的更新，而且所有的内部测试都在内部进行，没有向外界透露除了一张预告Post 以外的其他消息。 New Navigation, New Search, New and Improved Organizr, and the Person Menu. All of these improvements have been designed to help you navigate the site with less effort and organize your photos more efficiently. [...]

By: Peter Cooper

Peter Cooper — Sun, 21 May 2006 10:39:02 +0000

I agree with your first point, but the second and third points really only apply to continental Europe. It’s very easy to set up a limited company in the United Kingdom (you can do it all yourself if you want), and the taxes in the United Kingdom are low (compared to, say, France, Germany, or the Scandinavian countries). This is one reason why my company(ies) is based in the UK and not the US, and I’m not even in London, but 200 miles north.. and it works great that way

I’d argue that another point to add to the list is that there’s a major cultural angle. Europeans, more so than Americans, tend to be reserved and more risk averse. In my own case, I’m quite ‘paranoid with money’ (quoting my investors here!) but proud of that fact. That sort of attitude just doesn’t tend to work in the Valley, but I think it works for me, and after coming through the dot com crash I think the ’37signals approach’ is the best one these days.

By: Jean-Marc

Jean-Marc — Sun, 21 May 2006 06:01:35 +0000

Totally agree with Michael on the cash issue though. It seems like Youtube doesn’t really have the same ability to generate revenue the way vpod does, and that may end up being the deciding factor a few months down the road when youtube ends up spending all its money on 200tb bandwidth bills

By: e-Fuze mobile » Innovate! 2006 Summary

e-Fuze mobile » Innovate! 2006 Summary — Sat, 20 May 2006 23:16:32 +0000

[...] Innovate! 2006, a tech conference, has wrapped up in Spain, and a lot of great things are happening there. A lot of start-up companies are emerging with web technologies that seem really promising and Mr. Mike Arrington from Tech Crunch was there and has all the information you need from Innovate! 2006. Check out what he has to say here! ShareThese icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

By: itnorthwest.org » Web2.0 in Europe…

itnorthwest.org » Web2.0 in Europe… — Sat, 20 May 2006 22:44:27 +0000

[...] Enterprise Ireland was acknowledged at the event by receiving an award on public policy @ entrepreneurialism in Europe [related points in a post by Mike - Ireland is ahead of UK imho] [...]

By: Michael Arrington

Michael Arrington — Sat, 20 May 2006 15:53:59 +0000

My two cents (Euro cents, that is ) on the RBA/Jean-Marc discussion above:

Being first matters, but only if there is a network effect involved that can give you a real barrier to entry. Del.icio.us is a perfect example, because it was the first but not even close to the best implementation of social bookmarking, and no one could touch it who came later. Other sites don’t have this advantage and newer, better sites can easily beat them.

I don’t know if YouTube is in the first category or the second. They certainly have brand awareness and some network effect at least. But they are also burning through tremendous amounts of cash while competitors are springing up all over the place. The recent success of Photobucket with videos (they are seeing video uploads at the same rate as youtube after just a few weeks live) shows that they may not be as entrenched as we thought. I really like what vpod is doing and I think they have a real shot at success.

By: Jean-Marc

Jean-Marc — Sat, 20 May 2006 15:41:46 +0000

Very good rebuttal RBA. I can totally see your point of view, but I’m still not sure it’s as applicable in the web startup world then it is in the rest of the business world (even in the software market).
The problem is that some of these services dwarf the industry leaders in terms of features, but many (myself included) don’t want to go through the hastle of migrating our accounts/loosing our favorites/learning a new program if the current one does the job well enough. I think vPod stands out for it’s advertisement features (and that might be enough to attract the heavy hitters like cable companies), but it’ll take a lot of content and marketing to de-entrench youtube. When I think of the talent that went into making that product I just can’t help but think what kind of amazing unique stuff they could have brought us, hence my cynicysm
Sorry about the spelling, I just wolk up and haven’t had my morning coffee yet