Author Archives: Raj Anand

Can TwitBlog and TwitWall replace blogs ? (+ Survey Results)

It all began with a survey on Twitter:
“Survey: Will Twitter API services like Twitblogs.com, Twitwall.com etc replace blogging software like wordpress, blogger in the future ?”

What is TwitWall / TwitBlogs ?
Twitter API services like Twitblogs, TwitWall etc sit in between your Blog and Twitter, allowing you to post a blog via Twitter. Twitblogs description of [...]

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2008 in a nutshell.. prediction for 2009

When I think of 2008 it has been a fantastic learning experience. And realisation of a lot of hard work we put in over the last two years. This was a turning point in my entrepreneurial carrier, in words of one of the Kwiqq’s advisers “This is the year when you (Kwiqq) understood your (its) [...]

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World’s 9th richest country (Kuwait) and Web Innovation

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Innovation in web technology has been given priority over the last couple of years by the British Government. Recently at NESTA Lord Drayson mentioned how UK shouldn’t stop innovating even during the recession. It is fantastic to compare that with World’s 10th richest nation and its web strategy or rather a non-web strategy.
Kuwait [...]

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Lost in the moral maze: How my (modeling) startup quickly turned ‘offending’

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So I wanted to start an online community aimed at models (fashion). The website is called She Is Fit (URL SheIsF.it), I began developing the project 2/3 months back during evenings and weekends. It was aimed at helping women promote their modelling careers. I also thought it would be a fantastic opportunity to [...]

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VC fund advice ‘Bootstrapping’ business

The advice from all Venture Capitalists (VCs), organisations like NESTA and colleagues from other businesses is the same ‘Bootstrap your way till the end of recession’. The case is even more compelling when a successful VC firm showcases it’s portfolio with bootstrapped companies.

Image Source: Kennet.com
So how does it work, Javier Rojas, managing director of Kennet [...]

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How does your typical UK Entrepreneur look ?

Interesting to read that there is a study to find a typical entrepreneur ! Read the entire article on Startups.co.uk ’s blog.

Statistic reveal that the majority of entrepreneurs are white males, in their forties, who live in the South East. The article shines light on some interesting statistics on small business owners:

Age Category: under 35 [...]

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@Twitter ultimate News Source for Thanksgiving #mumbai attack ?

Mumbai attack on 26th November is a testimonial of the use of Twitter as a news source. Thausands of twitter posts tagged started flowing into the twittosphere from the start of the dramatic Mumbai attacks. To make the news relavant to the target audience twitterers added a tag #mumbai. At an average about 6 tweets [...]

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30 online social tools we use and recommend

As a social media junkies, we tend to live and breathe social tools. Some of these tools might be of interest to our readers. Let us know if you find them useful:
Multimedia
1). BBC iPlayer- Watch BBC programmes
2). Favtape - Listen to music in your browser. The successor of Muxtape
3). YouTube - Watch Movies and Listen [...]

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Kwiqq launches two council social websites

Over the last few months we have been working on two social websites: East Hampshire Council and the British Council. The East Hampshire Council site was developed in collaboration with Callender Creates, Design Studio based in Brighton. The sites are very different, below is a quick analysis of what each site does:
East Hampshire (EastHampshire.org)
East Hampshire [...]

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