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Flare Award Winner - Entrepreneur 2008

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

Economist: The world’s newest state

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 [...]

Social, Presence, Conversation and Network

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 [...]

South East Europe Technology

I did a small research on the The Networked Readiness Index Rankings to see where does south east European countries are indexed on using technology. The report was delivered lately by World Economic Forum judging countries who integrated technology into business and helped developed an infrastructure on their countries, usage of technology in innovation, culture [...]

Top 10 Business Ideas That Made It Big Time

via WeirdTechNewsHub
1. Million Dollar Homepage
2. SantaMail
3. Doggles
4. LaserMonks
5. AntennaBalls
6. FitDeck
7. PositivesDating.Com
8. Designer Diaper Bags
9. TruGamerz
10. Lucky Wishbone Co.

Telekom Slovenia buys 75 % of Ipko Net

Telecom Slovenia has bought 75 % of Ipko Net. Ipko Net is the leading Internet Service Provider in Kosova. Telecom Slovenia has invested 19.5 million euros in the Kosovar company, out of which 10 million are a direct investment, to ensure further network building and modernization in the two upcoming years.
Source: Telekom Slovenia, IPKOnet

Interesting

An unknown blog writes that Skinsoft unofficially pre-announced a possible chance of getting acquired by my start-up company this year. I’ve briefly spoke to the guys there some time ago on possibility to merge them into one company. The rumors are already floating around the internet, double rumors became a truth on day.
Update: They decided [...]

LIFT06 Evaluation Report

Recently, Glenn O’Neil from BENCHPOINT published LIFT06 conference Evaluation Report which showed very positive results. I was happy to see that Benchpoint used the mashup-site I’ve created to help monitoring the Blogosphere. Seeing results and impacts of LIFT06 makes you feel that you shouldnt miss the next year conference (dates to be announced soon). Below [...]

The Hardest Lessons for Startups to Learn

Paul Graham gives another nice essay on Startup Businesses with some productive lessons. Find related essay on startups here: How to Fund a Startup.

Outsourcing Business Survey

Me and Hajra Hyseni are running a survey in Outsourcing Business with a goal to understand the outsourcing model in detailed statistics, research and demographics.
This survey will be closed in 10 days and we kindly ask you to participate filling this survey. Take the survey by simply clicking the image in the right or by [...]