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Business Startup Center Kosova: E-Business Course Week 2 ideas

By Kushtrim Xhakli ⋅ June 2, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Week 2 of e-business course held from 19-23 May 2008 produced various discussions, tactics and ideas for doing e-business in Kosovo. Also during the second week, Kosovo students had the unique opportunity to hear two days guest lecture from Prof. Jonathan Briggs, E-Commerce professor in Kingston University, London. Mr. Briggs engaged the students with activities [...]

Business Startup Center Kosova: E-Business Course Week 1 ideas

By Kushtrim Xhakli ⋅ May 19, 2008 ⋅ One comment

From the e-business course that I am lecturing, last week students came with four e-business ideas:
Growing People Kosova
Website which provides information on pregnancy, baby, birth, child care, kindergartens and includes the part where you can exchange ideas, discuss articles & reviews, ask questions, and contact directly to the doctor also having an opportunity to book [...]

Flare Award Winner – Entrepreneur 2008

By Kushtrim Xhakli ⋅ May 10, 2008 ⋅ One comment

Congratulation to my friend Hajrë Hyseni for the Flare Award – Entrepreneur 2008.. I am really impressed!

CERN’s Large Hadron Collider

By Kushtrim Xhakli ⋅ April 24, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

I had the unique opportunity this year to visit CERN’s Large Hadron Collider a day after LIFT Conference 2008, an experience which helped me to understand better CERN and its innovation. I was in a group together with Bruce Sterling, Ben Segal, Robert Scoble (who did the video below), Aral Balkan and others. Below is [...]

Economist: The world’s newest state

By Kushtrim Xhakli ⋅ March 1, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Its declaration of independence is the start of another chapter, not of a new book, says The Economist quoting my comment about technology opportunities in Kosovo.
Kushtrim Xhakli, an internet entrepreneur, says the problem lies deeper: stick-in-the-mud thinking and no tradition of letting private companies get larger than one family can control. “They are frightened of [...]

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By Kushtrim Xhakli ⋅ January 25, 2008 ⋅ 12 comments

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Social, Presence, Conversation and Network

By Kushtrim Xhakli ⋅ January 23, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

I’m going to LIFT Conference 2008 with set of tools to create, share and present. I will create network possibly by increasing my Linkedin connections, I will share conversation and a presence during LIFT08 with Twitter, and will get much social with Facebook (physical contacts only).
Here is the trend graph of recent months popularity [...]

Yes, I lost my flight to Prishtina today

By Kushtrim Xhakli ⋅ January 10, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

I do think that the more you travel the hardest it gets, I missed my flight to Prishtina, Kosovo today operated by British Airways. The reason was my fault, i did not make it in time, and I was 30 minutes late.
British Airways kindly offers flight deals but when you are in need they [...]

New Year’s Resolutions

By Kushtrim Xhakli ⋅ January 7, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

1. Write a new business plan idea each quarter
2. Wake up one hour earlier and go to sleep a hour earlier than in 2007
3. Subscribe to The Economist, Time Magazine, Wired this year.
4. Read books about Airlines Industry
5. Use often my new Sony DSCT70B Digital Camera and buy a Flickr Pro account
6. Spend less time [...]

Rrethi.com

By Kushtrim Xhakli ⋅ August 13, 2007 ⋅ One comment

I went through Rrethi.com tonight which is a service that allows you to locate places, businesses and events in Prishtina, the capital of Kosovo. It uses Google Maps API and has quite clear imagery of Prishtina. This meshup website will introduce local thinkers to bring the power of web interactivity in Kosovo. Very good initiative.

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