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Café Numérique

Plugg.eu…entre start-up & business angels…

17/03/2010

by Zoltán Jánosi #CafeN

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Agenda

• Introduction

• Discussion avec Robin Wauters sur la 3e édition de Plugg

• Présentation de Raz*war et les avantages d’une conférence telle que Plugg pour les start ups, par Marina Evaristo.

• Débat – Q/A

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Plugg is a one day conference focused on raising global

awareness for European start-ups in the Web / Mobile 2.0

field. In combination with an impressive list of speakers - one

by one visionaries and/or field experts from a variety of

industries and all with ties to Europe.

A place for 20 hot start-ups to showcase their business

ideas and realizations. One of them will walk away with the

Plugg Start-Up of the Year Award.

Introduction

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Plugg 2008Plugg Startup Rally: 66 submissions / 18 countries

> winners: Viewdle (Visual analysis) & Zilok (Pour tout louer en ligne)

Plugg 2009Plugg Startup Rally: 100 submissions / 20 countries

> Overall winner: Mendeley - Last.fm for research

> People choice Award: Myngle (e-learning)

Plugg 2010Plugg Startup Rally: 116 submissions / more than 25 countries

> Overall winner: Fits.me (Virtual Fitting Room) from Estonia

> Audience Award: Raz*war (S(h)ave the world!)

Plugg, already 3 year-old !

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Amazing crowd!Mike Butcher (Techcrunch)

Tariq Crim (Jolicloud)

Jon S. von Tetzchner (Opera Software)

Peter Crosby (Viadeo)

Peter Arvai (Prezi)

Simon McDermott (Attentio)

Tom Henriksson (Nokia)

And many more…

Social Networking

Between 250 and 400 attendees each year !

Business angels, financials, start-ups, journalists,…

Live coverage of the whole event (live streaming, twitter, flickr,…)

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A bunch of innovative sessions

- What’s next in Mobility ?

- Publishing – the Teenage years

- Social networking means business

- Crossing borders

- Path of glory

- Start up Rally Pitches

Themes and expectations

-Dotopen.com

-Breaking frontiers between computers and the web

-Can Europe compete ?

-Eurostar Crisis

-Mobile app store: a closer look

-Monetizing mobile

-The Future of the web

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The link between start-ups & business angels- Investors and young start-ups are able to meet and listen to each other

- How can you explain such a success for Plugg today ?

- Today’s business isn’t overcrowded by too many similar events ?

- How do you select the nominees and your speakers?

- How many start-ups succeeded after their presentation at Plugg, 1 or 2 year later, any idea ?

- You wrote an article: « No excuses » from Saul Klein, about European Startups inferiority – what do you want to say exactly ?

- Next year? New approach? New venue? More people?

Plugg, the place to meet

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Raz*war – Plugg Audience Award

By Marina Evaristo

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www.plugg.eu

http://vimeo.com/plugg

Rendez vous next year !

Café Numérique www.cafenumerique.be

Infos utiles

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Zoltán Jánosi

@janosizoltan

contact@zoltan.be

www.zoltanjanosi.com

Merci !