So you want to talk on stage at a tech conference?
A question I get asked alot from people in the tech industry is “How do I get to speak on stage during a conference?”. I thought I would dedicate my first real…
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Amsterdam’s Startup Manifesto
This was written by Vincent van Leeuwen & Paul O’Connell. After the large success of U.S. startups over the past two decades, several large European cities are striving to become Europe’s Silicon…
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8 design mistakes that startups can avoid.
Skype and coffee are my two basic tools when I’m on the job of talking to startups who ask me to look over their product or site and give a practical honest…
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Brands: You are how you are perceived
I’ll start with Social media in itself can’t build a brand. Communication has always been more personal when it’s person to person but getting brand ideals out to a larger audience takes…
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Fall on your ass, it’s good for you
‘It’s okay to fail’ is a tenet that is popular in concept but in practice attitudes still shy away from embracing the acceptance that; in the startup world failure is more common…
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The monster logo
As part of the favourit team responsible for the visual, it was my charge to draw the line in the sand and state where we stood. So an identity was set into…
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GRI: Belief and reach
Last October I started working on the new online presence of the Global Reporting Initaitive developing visual identity which touches the area of brand building. It has been a wonderful experience working…
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TedxAmsterdam: Ideas worth doing
In 2010 i was at the TedX amsterdam in the epic context of stadsschouwberg. We volunteered to help as much as we can as well as the visuals we did for the…
