Safeguarding democracy while covering news about Europe’s technology and startup ecosystem with Remco Janssen
Plus feeling overwhelmed about networking events? 😩
Hello from your friend in Bucharest, Romania.
In this issue: transforming a blog into a Silicon Canal, giving up on your startup, list of AI tools, and more!
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Innovators Can Laugh
In this week’s captivating interview, we take you behind the scenes and share the extraordinary story of how Remco Janssen transformed a Dutch blog into the powerhouse that Silicon Canals is today! 🇳🇱🌍
Brace yourself for an abundance of valuable lessons, witty anecdotes, and laugh-out-loud moments as he recounts his adventures in the startup ecosystem.
Remco's passion for startups goes beyond business. He firmly believes that a strong startup ecosystem plays a vital role in safeguarding democracy. As a startup mentor and journalist, he believes that startups contribute to the greater good and become a catalyst for positive change!
Prepare to be inspired as he shares his most valuable learnings from guiding aspiring entrepreneurs and reporting on the hottest trends in the tech industry! It’s a light-hearted, casual, and funny conversation with Remco Jansen on the Innovators Can Laugh podcast. Tune in now and get ready to laugh, learn, and be empowered!
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Overheard on LinkedIn
😞 Giving up on our Startup (genuine and heartfelt story of how Dagobert and his wife are giving up on Logology).
👨🎨 Need a PowerPoint and want AI to do all the work? This is amazing.
🏋️♂️ What I am watching. (hint: it’s about an Austrian weightlifter turned movie star)
🤖 Nice list of AI tools for paid marketing from Aazar Shad
👱♀️ How to apply a magical transformation to your photos with Canva and FaceApp from Rita Richa
Some Fav Quotes
➡️ “We waste our time with short-term thinking and busywork. Warren Buffett spends a year deciding and a day acting. That act lasts decades.”
➡️ “If you want to be part of a great tech company, then you need to be able to SELL or BUILD. If you don’t do either, learn.”
Naval Ravikant
Your last job sounds….
The End
TEX-HUNG-GREEK!!!
(short for Texas, Hungary, Greece)...
TexHungGreek was our team name at this last weekend’s OptiMonk team building event. Our team won first place in a hilarious game where we had to act out and guess the names of various music songs. Thank goodness my colleagues were awesome at this game because I didn’t do *rap. Although, I did come up with the choreography for the Beyonce song “All the Single Ladies”
The Nyiregyhazi zoo, water park, and recreation area is worth a weekend visit. I’ll be planning a weekend trip here with my family sometime in the future as it’s not that far from the Romanian border.
Next week I will be attending various events in London. I’ll be sharing my process for how to get the most out of in-person events on LinkedIn and sharing details here as well.
Have a great weekend!
Eric M.
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