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SIME Talks Season 2, Episode 3: What’s the next entrepreneurial hub / hot spot in the world?

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Mahesh Kumar
on February 19, 2010

This post is about Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Knowledge

Last year at SIME, a series of people were asked to name 1 city / place they thought would be the next hot spot / hub (in the next 2 - 3 years) for the digital scene in the world. Answers ranged from “Silicon Valhalla” (Scandinavian tradition), Berlin, Amsterdam, Shanghai, Beijing, Barcelona to a multiple other cities. And most entrepreneurs chose their own home / region they operate from as the next hub, either because they really like the place or they have not explored other options. I am guessing knowing the DNA of the crowd at SIME who are typically go global entrepreneurs, they would want to marry opportunity with capital and network. European cities being closer than other cities in Asia or South America for instance have a spill over effect probably helping smart entrepreneurs gravitate to the city.  Of course there were insights such as “I like all places since it helps me meet new kind of entrepreneurs”, and the bottom of the pyramid segment makes a lot of sense, but if we quantify it with hard numbers the usual suspects are revealed again.

What do you think? We are developing an in-house matrix of parameters that we can use to understand the vibrancy and buzz of the city - lets call it the “SIME Vibrancy Index” and we plan to present it soon. In the meantime go ahead, voice your views, do not let facts stop you from talking your gut out.

SIME participants are wondering about the next Hotspot in the world from 23tv.de on Vimeo.

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SIME - mobile business round table and beers with Tre

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Mahesh Kumar
on October 7, 2009

This post is about SIME News and Upcoming

Because your mobile is more important than your pinky

SIME together with tre (or 3, the telecom company) is organizing a mobile business round table (and what’s the spice without a hint of pint) tomorrow in Stockholm.

And it goes by the tag line “because your mobile is more important than your pinky” which is not just a random WTF statement, but rather a line that was made at SIME last year. During one of the panels, when the moderator of the day, Ola Ahlvarsson made a quick survey of the audience if they would trade their mobile for their pinky, there was a sizable number that were perfectly fine in losing their pinky in lieu of the mobile phone, and if that’s the market demographics your mobile business is targeting, you got some die hard users of the gadget.

Event information:

Date: Thursday October 7, 2009
Time: 1700 - 1900
Venue: O-Baren Restaurant, Stureplan, Stockholm

(View Map / Karta)

And the facebook event invite can be found here

So are you going to O-Baren to learn more about the mobile business? We think you should.

Welcome!

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The City of Stockholm joins Northern Europe’s leading Internet conference SIME

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Mahesh Kumar
on September 9, 2009

This post is about SIME News

And we are proud to report that the City of Stockholm / Stockholm Business Region has joined forces with us to shine more spotlight onto the Scandinavian region to lead the ICT movement and to promote the ever evolving Scandinavian digital landscape. We could not be more thrilled as this means we are essentially carrying the official Scandinavian ICT flag (if there is one such) in the global scene, taking with us companies that are the pride of Scandinavia and bringing into Scandinavia, some of the thought leaders and coolest companies from all over the globe. This has always what SIME has taken pride about - the quality, the future of content and knowledge is quality (as Michael Oreskes said at SIME 2007) and we are happy to find more such interesting ways to promote good quality content, ideas and people. » Continue reading ‘The City of Stockholm joins Northern Europe’s leading Internet conference SIME’

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SIME Stockholm Registration is now open!

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Mahesh Kumar
on July 2, 2009

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And finally the doors open to one of the brightest events of the year featuring great speakers and content. This year (as blogged earlier), we have revised the format a little bit to focus more on the networking / meet and greet aspects along with more intense content discussions on various verticals. We are working quite hard to make the content interesting, relevant and in tune with the ever changing landscape of the digital world. and we want to hear from you on what you would like to see too. So if you have any specific requests, now is the time to sing it!
Registration link: http://sime.nu/09/stockholm/register/

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SIME in a new dress + news from SIME Stockholm

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Mahesh Kumar
on June 29, 2009

This post is about SIME News

Home Page: http://sime.nu

Actually we are in the process of giving our lovely SIME lady a new dress to rise and shine in the coming year. And we thought we should talk a little bit about this new dress that is being exclusively stiched by AD&D (our design partners) together with the SIME team. We have not radicalized anything yet, but hey its all about making those small baby steps isn’t it. And SIME took one such cute step last week on Friday with a new “dynamic” top banner that gives you info on the SIME conferences in an easier way than the previous drop-down listing. It’s pretty neat navigation and can take you deep into the pages without letting you skip the main picture. And the top navigation remains kind of stable for the old school web surfers.

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Also,  the second part of the post, is about news from SIME Stockholm. We have revised the format a bit, to let our SIME friends engage a bit more into networking, and also have more focus on certain handpicked themes through workshops. More details below:

Agenda screen shots from http://sime.nu/09/stockholm/conference-agenda/conferenceshedule/ below:

sime-agenda_1

Firstly, the workshops will be held after the conference (tentatively, the conference is scheduled to end around 1500 on both days) with specific focus like communications, social media, voice, telephony, e-commerce trends etc with stalwarts and experts leading these sessions together with the audience. As you can see, we want to make the audience the rock stars together with our speakers and hence a combined effort through workshops not only makes things more focused but also gives the audience the chance to speak up a bit more and get what they need through the 2 days.

sime-agenda_2

Secondly, we plan to have a networking bazaar, a market place kind of setting where you can choose who you want to meet, which sector / industry do you want to be “tagged” in, all well assisted by our “experience manager” and the SIME team. We expect the usual SIME turn out (around 2000 or so) and hence we are talking really massive people-tagging here :)

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Third and finally, we have SIME Awards this year with a revised format. We hand pick a long-drawn list of “innovative and interesting” Scandinavian startup’s (no application fee, no nominations etc like last year), drill them down through 2 filters and a jury panel, and finally release a list of nominees (the number to be confirmed), building up to the conference day itself. So all the nominees get to come to the conference and experience the SIME magic!

And of course, SIME is heading to Copenhagen, Helsinki, Beijing (TBC) amongst other things SIME.

What do you think? Are we changing too much, or too little? What more would you want to see out of SIME this year. Shout out, we want to hear you!

Cheers,
The SIME team!

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SIME - PwC Launch of Global Entertainment & Media Outlook (2009 - 2013)

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Mahesh Kumar
on June 11, 2009

This post is about Knowledge, SIME News, Sime Academy and Upcoming

PWC together with SIME will be launching the PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Global Entertainment and Media Outlook (Outlook) for 2009 - 2013 at a by-invite only champagne launch at Hotel Diplomat (map link here) on June 16th between 10:30 AM and 12 PM. If you are interested in attending the event, you can find the details here or email felicio@sime.nu for RSVP.

About Outlook

In volatile times, getting the right business information is crucial, and this publication is a reliable, comprehensive source for global analysis of consumer/end-user and advertising spending. With five year historical and five year forecast data, this edition highlights the impact of the economic crisis on 12 major industry segments across 48 countries.
Outlook covers these industry segments:

  • Internet access spending: wired and mobile
  • Internet advertising: wired and mobile
  • TV subscriptions and license fees
  • Television advertising
  • Recorded music
  • Filmed entertainment
  • Video games
  • Consumer magazine publishing
  • Newspaper publishing
  • Radio and out-of-home advertising
  • Consumer and educational book publishing
  • Business-to-business publishin

Interview with Nicklas Kullberg, PWC Sweden

We also had the chance to speak to Nicklas Kullberg, responsible for the Entertainment & Media industry of PwC Sweden about the to - be released publication. Below you will find the text of the quick EMail chat:

SIME(S): Can you tell us what exactly is the purpose of the launch of Outlook?  What kind of businesses do you think would need the information in the Outlook? And how relevant are they?
Nicklas (N): The Outlook helps companies and analysts to obtain up-to-date and relevant information of historical data and also forecasts for the coming five year for different segments of the media industry. We are very excited to notice that many media companies refer to our report in their business plans and the release of our Outlook is extensively covered by press throughout the world. The Outlook gives valuable help for companies that consider moving into new countries or into new segments of the industry to take opportunity of the dramatic change in the media landscape.
S: You released an Outlook version for 2008 - 2012 last year, covering similar segments. Which segments have seen dramatic changes in numbers in this publication compared to the last?
N: As we have prepared this year’s Outlook, the full extent of the international financial crisis, the shortage of credit and the cutbacks in consumer spending has yet to be determined. It is not clear whether and to what degree the various stimulus packages will change the slide. We do however know that the global economy is more interrelated than ever and that developments in one country can quickly affect others. We have seen that the economic downturn has not changed the underlying economic factors for digital but influenced the timing of the industry change. We see new consumption habits feeding through to revenues in emerging areas like mobile access, digital music and video games which we believe will be growth segments in the future. As the emerging digital behaviors become more dominant among consumers, a new generation of ad-funded revenue models will emerge, seeking to reflect and capitalize on the evolving consumption habits. In the short-run, we project a dramatic down-turn for segments such as TV-advertising and magazines as well as newspaper and business-to-business publishing. By 2011, several segments will have consolidated, the least loyal customers will have already left to be replaced by higher-quality products valued both by consumers and advertisers
S: Where do you get the data from? How credible are these sources?
N: We gather historical data from external sources such as government agencies, trade associations and other related entities. In instances where the information is used indirectly, the sources are proprietary. The forecast information is based on forecast scenario models based on factors such as economic, demographic, technological, institutional, behavioral and competitive. Since we have now produced forecasts for the media industry for 10 years in a row, we are confident that the sources we use are reliable. To our help in gathering the data, we use Wilkofsky Gruen Associates that is a well-reputated US based research and analyst firm.
S: And where can the people purchase the report? Is there a preview / sample available before purchasing the actual document?
N: To order a copy of the full 600-plus-page edition, please visit www.pwc.com/outlook. If you want to have a preview of the book, you can send a request to me at nicklas.kullberg@se.pwc.com.
We thank Nicklas for his time, and we at SIME are curious to take a glance at the report for more than a couple of reasons!
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Almost there Barcelona

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Mahesh Kumar
on May 21, 2009

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So we are all set here - its a great setting, SIME style, lets call it. A mini lounge on stage, extremely elegant and slick. And what goes on the screen also looks that way. I had the privilege of going through very quickly some of the presentations of the speakers, and they look extremely enriching to say the least. What I will try to do today during the event is to summarize at the end of the every discussion session and post it live to keep all our friends updated. And of course 120 character updates are always on our twitter channel 

 

SIME Stage @ Barcelona

SIME Stage @ Barcelona

 

 

Mr. Granfelt at SIME Barcelona

Mr. Granfelt at SIME Barcelona

 

So again revisiting some of our online channels: 

Twitter: (/simeblog) , hashtag #SIME
Flickr: Group - SIME : hashtag #SIME
Facebook Group and Page

Stay radiant, and keep shouting.

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The Barcelona seasoning to the SIME recipe

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Mahesh Kumar
on May 20, 2009

This post is about Blog and Entrepreneurship

The happy SIME crew is in Barcelona, waiting for the action to begin. It starts at 9:30 in the morning and goes on till 1330 in the afternoon at Palau de Congressos de Catalunya. The focus of this event is to understand the variables that are shaping the global digital trends, and particularly focus on how the Spanish digital scene is contributing in this race. At SIME, we make conference programs that strive to find the balance between, educating and teaching people about the generics of the industry but at the same time also help find ‘nirvana’ in the details.

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Our web footprints, last minute Barcelona update, and some SIME love

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Mahesh Kumar
on May 19, 2009

This post is about Blog, Entrepreneurship and Inspiration

SIME goes south to Barcelona, scanning the digital scene in Spain and taking more learnings into the knowledge ecosystem. And with SIME 2009 slowly getting traction, we thought we should do more to get closer to the digital world, hear from you guys and give a SIME perfectly tailor made to what the expectations are. So here are some channels for a start that you can follow us in:

1. Twitter - quick 140 character updates for the soul at http://twitter.com/simeblog

SIME @ Twitter

Add us: @simeblog

2. Facebook Page a place where all the quick status updates go to (predominantly for the non-twitter-ers). Facebooking, being the world’s favorite passtime, we expect a lot of interesting discussions and traction from the platform.

SIME Page @ Facebook

3. Facebook Group - of course, its like a press corner in Facebook, to connect with members, check the cornerstone of SIME - a good starting point if you are not aware of what SIME is.

4. Dopplr -   clearly you see that SIME is tremendously international, and we love what we are seeing already. Hope to speak more with the crowd through Dopplr

SIME @ Dopplr

Marko Ahtisaari, CEO of Dopplr, a regular SIME -ite and featured speaker at SIME Barcelona, will be previewing the Dopplr iPhone App, and will talk about places, people and mobility. So if you are as intrigued by Dopplr as we are, the wait is not too long!

Dopplr iPhone

5. Hash tag anything with #SIME or #SIME (example <#SIMEBarcelona>) at Flickr, Twitter etc, thats cool.

Share and spread the love: what other online channels would you like us to be? Rest assured, the geeks in us are looking for cooler ways to make the SIME ecosystem closer, and if you “geek-out” something before we do,  do shout to us at info@sime.nu or leave them as comments.

Barcelona Update: Net Jacobsson, the evergreen man from Facebook is stuck in the US, and will not be joining us on stage at Barcelona. We wish him good luck anyways, and hope the SIME crowd can get a chance to meet and hear him again in an upcoming edition of SIME pretty soon.

Barcelona, here we come. Are you ready for a good time?

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Time to nominate your company for the SIME Awards!

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Andie Nordgren
on September 5, 2008

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The SIME Awards were created in 1996 to honor excellence in online communication, business practice and technology, recognize the individuals and organizations responsible and inspire the Scandinavian Internet industry to world-class performance. Winners of the Awards will be presented at SIME 08 on November 12-13 in Stockholm.

The jury that will judge entries is a collection of distinguished industry experts and you can read more about them here.

Registration for the SIME Awards is now open. The categories are

  • Best Internet Strategy
  • Best E-Commerce Company
  • Best Media Agency
  • Best Online Campaign
  • Best Creative Agency
  • Best Online Entertainment
  • Best Systems Supplier
  • Best Mobile Solution
  • Best Technical Innovation
  • SIME Grand Prize

Read more about the SIME Awards at the dedicated pages on the SIME website, and register to enter your company to the Awards judging process by signing up here.

The deadline for entering The  SIME Awards 2008 is November 1st, 2008.

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