The news of Summify being acquired by Twitter is great news for Romanian entrepreneurs. It’s one more proof that you can be successful, coming from this part of the world. There’s a bit of a controversy on weather this was a good exit or not – check out Natasha’s post on Goal Europe. All debates on the exit strategy aside, it is undoubtedly recognition of the value the Summify team created. Read on →
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The Summify story: from ReadFu to Twitter
Romanian startup, Summify, acquired by Twitter
Summify just announced their recent acquisition by Twitter. The startup started in Romania, joined the Bootup Labs accelerator in Canada, moved to Vancouver and has gone through a couple of pivots. The final product, an application that creates a summary of the most important pieces of news shared on the user’s network, was launched in the summer of 2010. Read on →
HTW2011 videos: Panel – European Incubators: Too many or not?
The last panel of How to Web 2011 was dedicated to European startup incubators. It was moderated by Ivan Brezak – founder of Netokracija and featured Jon Bradford – managing director of Springboard and initiator of ignite100, Eoghan Jennings – co-founder of Startup Bootcamp, Mikko Jarvenpaa – chief marketing geek at HackFwd and Zuza Stanska, chief marketing geekgirl at GammaRebels. Read on →
HTW2011 videos: Jon Bradford – The perfect team: it’s a patchwork quilt
Jon Bradford, managing director of Springboard and initiator of ignite100, held a talk at How to Web 2011 entitled The perfect team: it’s a patchwork quilt. He drew some lines that should be followed by any startup building a team from day zero. In Jon’s opinion you should always look to hire people who are smarter than you, you should search for people who are passionate about what you do and always look for Read on →
HTW2011 videos: Panel – The API effect: social media layers
How to Web 2011 also included a panel entitled The API effect: social media layers. The panel was hosted by Martin Bryant, european editor at The Next Web. His guests were Max Niederhofer – founder of Qwerly, George Lemnaru – co-founder of eRepublik, Konstantin Hristov – founder and CEO of Favit and George Petre – product manager for social media products Read on →