I read a great article on ‘The first Gen YouTube Celebs – Where are they now?’ and it got me thinking. After all, video is the future of the Web and vice versa. We should make Flip camera’s and YouTube a part of all of our communications as individuals and as businesses – not just [...]

Richard Branson goes without introduction. Greatest businessman or best pin-up for the hyper-active. You judge. Take a walk through his wild life.

A while ago I was told by one of my mentors that they key to any successful fundraising is finding, marketing to and closing ‘the lead’. It’s good advice. Just look at the maths. Leaders probably account for less than 1% of the population. That means the other 99% are followers. And followers follow a [...]

So Danyl rocks X-Factor. A true innovatr proving that everything is possible. ‘Artist’, innovator, entrepreneur – all the way. His way. Be different.

We were having a look at some stats in the past days and got shocked by the fact that 44% of UK small businesses do not have a website. Yeah you read it right, 44%. That’s particularly upsetting when the same stats confirm that 82% of consumers use search engines to look for local businesses. [...]

The LG Watchphone, launching next week, is one disruptive device. Gadget freeks get scrambling. Orange’s answer to the iPhone. I’ll take both.

The @Google program features MakerBot, which is a potentially disruptive innovation, turning digital designs into physical objects. A great example of how to develop a cool innovation and how NOT to present it.

This insightful video examines the difference between disruptive innovation and sequential innovation. Most disruptive innovations involve business model innovations versus tech innovations – in fact the technology is often quite trivial. Twitter is a classic example.

What the F**K is Social Media: One Year Later View more documents from Marta Kagan.

Here are some basic rules to becoming an unTwitter expert: – Never link to anything. Not cool. And bit.ly I mean come on – Only ever follow (@hang with) dudes – Most Twitter users are self promoters, charlatans or info pimps so treat them nicely – they’re a fragile bunch – Anyone with 1,000 followers [...]

One of our favourite reads, Lateral Action published a great post on buzz generation. Web 2.0 is made of sharing and bookmarking, which are some of the most powerful tools to spread ideas online. Nonetheless, only ‘good’ content makes it to the top. Defining ‘good’ content is no easy task. The graph in the post [...]

Contests are the best excuse to implement Open Source Marketing. Krispy Kreme launched a great example of that. Via Springwise

Just so we never forget. One of the worlds most inspiring lectures. Thanks Randy.

Microsoft’s brand new Zune HD is a big step forwards and packs some pretty innovative features. If they keep this up the next version may even give the iPhone/iPod Touch a run for its money. So where’s the Microsoft Tablet?

Following on from Philips post about branding and having a catchy brand name. I wanted to touch on the importance of the visual side of branding. It is so important that you get it right, it’s the base of everything you do and are. Re-branding is sometimes needed and sometimes companies pull it off, but [...]

We recently talked about nailing Focus Groups, which made me think about internal feedback management. The way companies treat internal ideas (great sources of innovation) is usually devoted to a bulletin board next to the watercooler. Springwise posted about Nosco an interesting method to collect feedback but most of all distribute shares in employees’ ideas. [...]

Techfluff.tv has just relaunched. It’s good for keeping up with vids of la UK and Euro tech scene and young innovators.

Steve Jobs unInterviews at The Daily Chive. Here’s an excerpt: “Anyway, the Apple Tablet you’ve all been yappin’ about. Read my lips – it ain’t happening. Not, never, nada, haso (is that no?), ##, ….)(. BTW the last ones Steve-script. Just a little something I’ve been working on. Hey, there’s nothing unkarmic about launching my own [...]

I recently read a great article at Fast Company on focus groups. Focus groups are an interesting phenomenon – probably overused by big companies and underused by start-ups. But focus groups come with big ass health warnings. It’s better to use a focus group to help with small details and feedback rather than supporting make [...]

This is a great series of interviews on the qualities needed to become a successful entrepreneur – hits the mark.

Ben Stiller shows us all how not to do social media. That’s NOT. Really – don’t try this at work or home.

Branding is vital when it comes to launching and building a new company. There are way too many brands out there as it is – so make sure yours stands out. The name, logo and strapline need to tell people what you do – but more importantly ensure you stand above the crowd. So make [...]

Hulu’s CEO on the future of video on the Web and @ha ideas.

Innovate’s (TM) start-up system starts with the @ha idea. Innov@te utilizes a process called CREATE-IVITY (TM) to generate ideas. Once an entrepreneur has developed their @ha idea they need to know what to do with it. Rushing straight from idea to venture is way too hit and miss. Equally, the world over, far too many people [...]

Not sure who this dude is – but he sure makes some social media sense.