Recently, while attending a CEO event, I was asked the question: “What do you think will be the future of online travel?” It took me a little bit of time to answer this question. Not because I didn’t have an…
The Future of Online Travel?
Category: Social Media
The Chinese online opportunity – Part 2: Behind the Great Firewall
In my previous post, I mentioned the tremendous Chinese growth and how big its online market space was. Let’s now go into a little bit more detail. For years the Internet in China has been regulated by what we describe…
Online Entrepreneurs: Fred Schebesta, Director – Finder.com.au
Born inSydney, Fred Schebesta is an internet entrepreneur whose latest venture, Finder.com.au, aspires to shake up the online comparison industry inAustralia. Fred was inspired to enter the financial comparison space when he realised the need for Australians to compare financial…
Is Crowdsourcing becoming overcrowded?
According to Crowdsourcing.org, venture Capitalists invested more than $280 million in 35 Crowdsourcing companies in 2011. This was confirmed by a comprehensive report published in Ferburay 2012 produced by Massolution a research firm specializing in crowdsourcing solutions. After data were…
Glancee: Facebook keeps investing in Mobile…
Facebook has just acquired another startup, the location-based mobile app Glancee. Glancee helps you discover the hidden connections you share with the people around you by highlighting people that have friends in common, that went to the same school, that work in…
Is Social Media replacing Journalism?
According to this infographic from Schools.com over 50% of people have learned about breaking news via social media rather than official news source and Social Media has become the third top news sources. But can we trust the news that social…
Australian employees anonymously review their bosses, online
Last week, it was with pleasure that I caught up with Justin Babet. I have known him for years while he was the MD of Xpand, a recruitment firm with activities in Australia and APAC. But this time it wasn’t…
Facebook buys Instagram for $1 Billion!!!
Facebook, has announced the purchase of the mobile photo-sharing service Instagram for $1 billion in cash and stock. This is an interesting move considering that the 13-employee startup based inSan Franciscohad neither business model nor revenue. So why did FB…
Pinterest, the social media’s rising star
3 weeks ago, while I was sitting on a panel at Istrategy Sydney, someone said: “Pinterest, it’s only for women in the US”. Hmmm… according to a Shareaholic study, in February 2012, Pinterest accounted for 1.05% of referral traffic, ahead…
3 million members for Linkedin Australia!
Linkedin Australia has just reached 3M members! The level of interest from Australians had prompted the network to open, after Sydney and Melbourne, a third office in Perth. I still remember visiting their (Serviced) office 2 years ago at Australia…