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BootstrapLabs To Take Prezi To The Promised Land

by Paula Marttila, May 1, 2009 — 2 Comments

“Prezi is one of the most exciting companies I have worked with during my 13 years as a serial Entrepreneur, and I see great opportunities for Prezi in the US and Silicon Valley, and I think that Microsoft and Google should watch Prezi closely, because Prezi is disrupting the way we present information.”
- Nicolai Wadstrom, CEO and founder of BootstrapLabs (The complete press release here).

Prezi, the recently launched online zooming presentation tool, has entered into an agreement with BootsrapLabs to help them establish a US presence. Nicolai Wadstrom could hardly hide his excitement when I met with him last week. I couldn’t agree with him more, as I’ve written about Prezi earlier.

BootstrapLabsWhat is BootstrapLabs?
BootstrapLabs, as the name states, is a company to bootstrap and serve as an out-post for non-us companies wanting to establish in the US and Silicon Valley, i.e. your company’s home away from home, including offices and expertise. 

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The Next Web Brings The European Startup Scene To Amsterdam

by Ville Vesterinen, April 7, 2009 — Leave a Comment

amsterdamThe Next Web 2009, the fourth edition of the conference that began in 2006, will be held again in the beautiful city of Amsterdam on the 15th to 17th April.

The great guys at The Next Web gave us 10 passes with 20% discount to give out to our readers, you guys. First come first served, so be quick. You can buy a discount ticket here.

TheNextWeb also announced the 19 startup competition finalists. Among other we’re happy to see Prezi on the list. Congrats to all the finalist!

The conference has traditionally had a solid line up of speakers and this year is no exception. You can see the whole list of speakers here and the agenda for the three days here.

I will be in Amsterdam for the three days, so if you’re coming join ArcticStartup Dopplr group and drop me an email if you want to meet up. See you in the windmill country!

Photo by earcos (CC)

Prezi Zooms Right In To Public

by Paula Marttila, April 7, 2009 — 4 Comments

When was the last time a presentation tool gave you a must-have feeling?Prezi

Prezi does that to you. Prezi is an online, nonlinear presentation tool from Zui Labs based in Budapest, Hungary. It makes the user think differently about the presentation by using zooming as a central part of the storytelling. The user can zoom in and out on pictures, videos, notes and PDF’s, thus making the presentation more alive and flexible. You work with your presentation online, after which you can dowload it on your computer. The best way to get an idea what Prezi is about is to take a tour in their tutorials and try out for yourself. 

Prezi, one ot the 19 Rising Sun Startup Rally finalists on The Next Web Conference, went public yesterday after being in closed beta for almost a year. Along with the launch they released Prezi Desktop for offline work, updated editor, and most of all, a freemium model with three different types of licenses. The core difference between the three is that the free one only supports public presentations, you can’t make them private.

One of the people behind Prezi is Swedish Peter Arvai, the CEO of the company. Peter, previously Mobispine, has a wide experience on launching startups on an international scale. He can also be found on this years list of The Entreprenour of The Year, presented by Internetworld. (In Swedish)

 

My first Prezi experience

My tip, don’t start with your first Prezi on the night before your presentation. It takes a while to get into the mindset of how it’s supposed to work, but as soon as you get it, and trust me you will, it’s a nice ride. There was no hazzle in downloading the presentation afterwards and it ran as smoothly online as offline. Regarding the editor I’d like to have the Undo function closer to the actual editing, and I found the Clear Path function dangerously close to the Path function.

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