Venture Leaders 2008
(My roommate Roberto from Bashiba)
(4 day Entrepreneurship Executive course at Babson College)
(Case Study Starbucks vs. Dunkin Donuts: Coffee at Dunkin stays warm for 2 hours; Coffee at Starbucks only 15-30 min. Learning: An apparantly tiny thing such as a different cup material can have huge implications. The coffee doesn’t matter, its the cup!)
(Jessica Livingston – Author of the fantastic book ‘Founders at Work‘ – her next book will be published next year. And oh btw: I did get my copy signed ;-)
(At Y Combinator – one of the most famous startup incubators in the US)
(Very cool Airport Vending Machine at Logan Airport. There was a Sony-Machine and an Apple-Machine for iPods and Stuff. I almost bought a Sony Noise Cancelling Headphones for $199 but then backed off as I’m planning to buy Bose Headphones ;-)
The trip was very inspiring. If you are a Swiss Startup I highly recommend to apply for this unique opportunity next year.
Tags: boston, cambridge, massachussets, venture leaders, venturlab
Categories: Entrepreneurship, Friends, Switzerland
June 24th, 2008 at 21:13
Lieber Remo
Toller Post und es erinnert mich an meine Tage in Boston. Ich stimme Dir zu 100 % zu, dass es für jedes Start-up absolut empfehlenswert ist, da mitzumachen.
Gruss nach Basel
Dominik
June 24th, 2008 at 21:23
[...] #2: Remo ist wieder zurück von Boston. Er war einer der 20 “venture leaders”-Gewinner, die 10 Tage Boston gewonnen haben. Das Programm ist super empfehlenswert und Remos Reisebericht findet ihr auf seinem privaten Blog. [...]
June 27th, 2008 at 11:43
Hi Remo,
Dein WordPress ist gehackt. Schau Dir mal die versteckten Links im html Quelltext Deines obersten Beitrags an.
Viele Grüße
Claus
June 27th, 2008 at 13:57
Danke Claus, mir ist auch schon aufgefallen, dass etwas nicht stimmt. Ich werde demnächst auf die neuste Version updaten.
Gruss, Remo
July 11th, 2008 at 13:13
Remo,
übrigens vielen Dank für die Buchempfehlung. “Founders at work” war eine sehr interessante Lektüre
Claus
July 11th, 2008 at 14:24
Claus: Es freut mich, dass Dir das Buch gefallen hat!
October 14th, 2008 at 21:17
Was nice meeting you there in Boston and in Zurich for the techcrunch event this summer. My trip in California with the IMD EMBA teams was very similar to the Boston trip: start-up visits and so on. Go apply to imd.ch/startup competition! Hope to keep in touch!
Cheers, Maël
February 1st, 2009 at 13:26
[...] is the Google Tech Talk of my Venture Leaders roommate Roberto Vitalini of Bashiba. He’s working on a quite interesting approach combining [...]
February 18th, 2009 at 12:59
This sony machine is very cool. :)
March 5th, 2009 at 23:42
Sony rocks!
March 10th, 2009 at 13:07
Startup business is a very cool instrument for beginners, this is one way to begin make big money… Good Luck
May 29th, 2009 at 19:12
Toller Post und es erinnert mich an meine Tage in Boston
June 3rd, 2009 at 16:19
Roberto funny man :)
June 10th, 2009 at 16:13
Both Dunkin and sony’s containers become part of their product concept. This sets them a step ahead of their competition.
July 29th, 2009 at 16:59
Surely no cofeee cup known to mankind can keep its contents warm for 2 hours! What do Dunkin Donuts know that the laws of physics dont?? :D
August 8th, 2009 at 13:43
Founders at work ist wirklich ein spannendes und auch immer wieder amüsantes Buch. Danke für den Tipp!
August 31st, 2009 at 03:15
Just goes to show take the time to research your product and competition, and make yours the best in can be. So much can be said for for thought and packaging to help sway a final decision.
Theres an old saying here in America…Friends dont let friends drink Starbucks coffee!
September 9th, 2009 at 16:31
Dunkin Donuts rocks! Good logo branding concept that is easy to remember and notice. Coffee is pretty darn good as well.
September 15th, 2009 at 11:18
sony sony sony…. it is very good.
December 2nd, 2009 at 23:04
Seems like a very nice event for start-ups and is sure to give insight and a lot of exposure into the industry.
December 21st, 2009 at 18:23
Seems to be an nice place over there! Greetings from the old world.. ;-)
July 16th, 2010 at 00:46
It’s absolutely, because of the cup you don’t have to be a scientist to know. Anyway, the vending machine it’s really awesome. I hope to visit it the soonest time possible. Thanks for sharing these wonderful photos.
September 14th, 2010 at 04:12
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September 20th, 2010 at 10:50
Really looking very nice. thanks for recommendation
September 23rd, 2010 at 00:22
I wish I had attended that too. Do they have any plans of doing the same convention again?
September 24th, 2010 at 08:17
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October 5th, 2010 at 13:00
A vending machine for Sony and Apple… WOW thats super cool…
June 6th, 2011 at 23:38
Remo, will they ever do something similar over here, in Sweden?
Traveling is a bit expensive and I can’t afford it at the moment…
As for the vending machine: WTF! Never seen anything like it before :)
/Nabil, a developer from Sweden.