Sunday, May 11, 2008
Nyheter denna vecka
Nyhet 2: Min web-kamrat Christian Rudolf har lanserat webbutiken Mjukvara.se, där man bland annat kan köpa program för Antivirus, Brandvägg och Spyware. Jag tycker att det är en mycket trevlig sajt. Jag har pratat med Christian, och hans utgångspunkt är inte helt olik den jag hade när jag startade Tidningsbutiken.se. Nämligen att göra en enkel och vägledande sajt inom en separat nisch ( tidningar / mjukvara) och inom ett separat språkområde (svenska). Förmodligen känns det mycket tryggare för min mamma att köpa sitt antivirusprogram på Mjukvara.se än på anonyma Download.com.
Nyhet 3: Tidskriftsförlaget Egmont, som bland annat ger ut modetidningen King Magazine, har köpt stilbloggen Manolo.se. Manolo.se har startats och drivits av killarna på Good Old, bland annat Björn Jeffery. Att Egmont köpt Manolo är en rolig utveckling. På senare tid har Egmont (precis som Allers) börjat köpa upp flera webbföretag. De verkar ha börjat inse att det nu faktiskt går att tjäna annonspengar på webben. Exempel: Egmont lade nyligen ner papperstidningen Modette - men behöll SAJTEN Modette.se. Och i fallet med Manolo så var det ju en konkurrent till deras egna sajt Kingmagazine.se. Men de valde alltså att köpa Manolo för att snabba på sin annonsförsäljning på webben...
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Blog intro.
Sweden is country historically known for some great inventions. Like the three-point safety-belt, dynamite, the automatic lighthouse, the self-aligning roller bearing and other novel products that helped lay the foundation for prosperity in Sweden during the industrial age. Thanks to some inventive people some hundred years ago, new industries were created that helped lift Sweden out of poverty.
However, this blog is not about historical Swedish people or their inventions from the past. Rather it’s supposed to be about what’s going on in Sweden right now. Or perhaps even better - what's out there around the corner!
My personal interest is not so much in traditional inventions. [By that I mean the type of things that usually involve physical products, patents and large companies and institutions doing research and development for millions of dollars.] The stuff I’m interested in is rather: new and clever ways of doing business, with what you already have at hand.
Every entrepreneur doesn’t have to be build super-companies like IKEA or Skype. What I think is fun is how people can come up with fun and clever ways of solving problems, large or small. On a personal level, my goal is NOT to build a huge company - but rather to attain freedom to decide over my own life. To work with things that I enjoy. And where and when I want to.
In the last ten years there has been a paradigm shift in society that most people have not taken notice of. Now, with the internet, all you need to start your own business is a cheap laptop, an internet connection, and some spare time. (You have instant access to over 500 million consumers.) The only thing that limits you is you have to figure out something that at least a few of them want. So stop watching television - and start a company instead...
