Les 44 start-ups françaises avaient chacune 5 minutes pour convaincre dans ce bel événement porté par 50 Partners, Le Camping et Microsoft Ventures. La Mairie du IVème arrondissement accueillait ce lundi un événement pour le moins atypique. Nous vous l’annoncions déjà il y a deux semaines, Presse-Citron était partenaire d’un événement rassemblant de multiples acteurs de l’écosystème et notamment Microsoft Ventures, 50Partners et le Camping. Un très vif intérêt a très vite accueilli ce rendez-vous qui bousculait les codes établis….
Mercury News: Google for kids, coming soon
Michelle Quinn reporting for the San Jose Mercury News examined the recent moves by Google to make its most popular online services more child friendly. Quinn spoke with Brian Solis among other experts to understand why and that the future holds. Excerpt: I am excited Google plans to roll out kid-friendly versions of some of its services next year. Of course, a lot of parents hope they are getting NSA-like parental controls and surveillance tools. But if Google wants to…
Introducing The Technology of Us, a Provocative Discussion About the New Relationship Between Technology and Humanity
The Technology of Us is a collection of essays and interviews with leading authors and thinkers about technology’s potential to reshape our businesses and lives in the years to come. Brian Solis joins an amazing lineup of contributors that includes George Lucas, Don Tapscott, Don Peppers, Doc Searls, Rachel Armstrong, Janine Benyus, Erik Brynjolfsson among several other brilliant minds. The ebook is available online or offline via iBooks, Kindle and Nook. Brian’s contribution is available here and includes a series…
LeWeb Paris Keynote: Disruption as an Ecosystem
On December 11th, Brian Solis will return to the LeWeb stage in Paris. This time, Brian is not just keynoting, he’s organized an entire session that explores disruptive technologies that are creating ecosystems beyond just products. He invited two world renown entrepreneurs to join him. Each in their own way is disrupting the industries in which they operate and at the same time teaching other businesses to learn from their open perspective. With the onslaught of IoT devices, Shared Economy…
HUFFPOST LIVE: The Urge To Purge Our Social Media Personas
HUFFPOST LIVE hosted a fascinating discussion around the role social media plays in reputation management. From college recruiters to potential employers, more people than we think may be scrutinizing our social media personas. Host Josh Zepps asks should we have to sanitize our past selves to escape judgment from our future bosses and bureaucrats? Brian Solis joined the cast to share his thoughts and predictions… Watch the video below (Brian appears at the 6:20, 10:40, 12:10, 16:45 marks) Guests: Brian…
20 Books Every Marketer Should Read in 2015
LinkedIn’s Deanna Lazzoroni assembled a list of 20 books every marketer should read in 2015. The post is part 3 in a series of ’12 Days of Content’, for marketers, by marketers. WTF by Brian Solis made the list!
Inbound 50: The Top 50 Marketing Blogs On The Web
Inbound.org named the 50 top marketing blogs on the web. Brian Solis ranked at number 5. Other top blogs include Seth Godin, Hubspot, MOZ, Search Engine Land, eConsultancy, ClickZ, among others. It’s a useful list!
Community is Much More Than Belonging to Something; It’s About Doing Something Together That Makes Belonging Matter
Viginia Coutinho is a dear friend who just released a new book (in Portuguese) that helps strategists think differently about social media. She is also the organizer of Upload Lisboa, a fantastic event in Portugal that focuses on innovation and disruptive technologies. Earlier in the year, she surprised me by asking if I would consider writing the foreword. Even though I don’t write much about social media these days, I couldn’t let her down. Now that her book is available,…
CNET: After Uber’s stumble, is it Lyft and Sidecar’s time to shine?
Dara Kerr writing for CNET observed that both Lyft and Sidecar saw significant bumps in business after Uber’s publicity blunders. In her article, she also talked to experts to get their thoughts on what Uber’s latest round of negative publicity actually means for its business today and its future. After a pile-on of bad publicity for ride-sharing service Uber last week, a certain hashtag started to gain prominence on Twitter: #deleteUber. “It appears it’ll take more than a boycott to…
1 Short But Important Prediction for Marketing in 2015
It’s that time of year when experts share their predictions and others assemble them into long lists. Yay! I’ve only managed to write one officially so far. And to be honest, it’s less of a prediction and more of something for a wish list, not just for the future of marketing, but all of business. I’d love to say that by 2015 we will truly see digital strategies that are integrated across digital, social, mobile, advertising, marketing, comms, et al….
