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As I said earlier: The swiss media trading market is going to be VERY interesting in the next couple of months. Trust me ;-).

There is a major discussion about sponsored postings going on in the German blogosphere. Everything started here. The fire continued to go here and there. You find more postings on Technorati.

Will the fire continue or has everything been said?

"I continue to think that the web is underhyped (…) there is now a second round of enthusiasm in the internet as a business opportunity (…) there always will be bubbles and opportunies that come and go (…) but the basics of it is a human social dynamic and that’s (…) stady"

I like this pragmatic view of the (Internet-) world :-).

"We’re not overwhelmed by information (…) the cure for information overload is more information [i.e. meta-data & managing-tools]"

Well, I disagree with the first part (at least I feel overwhelmed sometimes), but the second part of the sentence is so true. Meta-data and good managing-tools will be key (as focusing, as prioritizing, as just letting go… you just can’t keep up with everything, as you just cannot read all books that possibly interest you in just a lifetime)

(source: Interview with David Weinberger, co-author of the Cluetrain manifesto)

PS: This video inspired me to finally print out the 95 theses of the Cluetrain manifesto (PDF), because I have never read them. And to be honest, I have not heard of Cluetrain before December 2006 :-).

An interesting panel with young web community founders moderated by Guy Kawasaki:

Link: video.google.com

Panel participants:
Sean Suhl of Suicide Girls
Akash Garg of hi5
Drew Curtis of Fark
Markus Frind of PlentyofFish
Max Levchin of Slide
James Hong of HotorNot

Learnings:
#1: Do what you’re passionate about and have fun!
#2: Never surrender! But don’t forget to face reality.
#3: Forget MBA schools and all the case studies. Just get going and go for it!
#4: The team is important. Hire the right people. Hire evangelists. Hire customers!
#5: Drew Curtis (Fark) is a funny guy and definitely a good choice for a panel :-)
#6: Do intelligent marketing. Don’t throw money out the window for ineffective things! But don’t base your future on luck and coincidence. I’m convinced that marketing is still very important for every company.
#7: None of the participants have raised venture capital. Remember: The venture model is not the only model in the world!

You know what, the previous posting and Robert’s interview with edgeio inspired me to create a quick and dirty Swiss Startup Job Board.

There is a widget that you can integrate in your blog/website (see my sidebar). If you want to do that, please use the following code (you can change the width and colors directly in the code):
<table width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center"><iframe width="180" scrolling="no" height="234" frameborder="0" src="http://www.edgeio.net/api/widget?ver=2&bgimage=&mp=143&w=176&h=230&c1=000000&c3=007DD5&c4=007DD5&c5=F9F9F9&logo=no&line=5" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0"></iframe></td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

Or please at least put a link to the job board.

I’ve already reserved some domains (startupjobs.ch/.de/.at/.eu) if the thing will take off :-). If that happens, all participating blogs/websites even could make some cash with the job board (we can charge for job offers and there’s a revenue sharing program included).

What do you think? Is this just another stupid Saturday morning idea or can we make this happen?