Recommended Reading: March 28, 2015
28.03.2015
BILDblog comments on the disgusting reporting about Germanwings co-pilot Andreas L.:
What has happened in the past few days is largely, very largely, no longer journalism, but a hunt. A hunt for information and images that are completely irrelevant to understanding what is happening.
I have nothing to add to that.
http://www.bildblog.de/63749/andreas-l/
9 boxing startups trying their hand at subscription commerce
etailment presents 9 startups that pursue subscription eCommerce business models.
http://etailment.de/thema/player/9-Boxen-Startups-die-sich-am-Abo-Commerce-versuchen-3167
Twitter's Periscope is a mega hit
Richard Gutjahr (who we can welcome as a speaker at the next IAA Swiss Chapter general meeting in the summer) tried out Periscope, Twitter's Meerkat competitor:
The timing couldn't be better: thanks to LTE and more and more WiFi hotspots, the age of live streaming finally seems to have arrived. A development that not only makes classic television look old.
http://www.gutjahr.biz/2015/03/meerkat-vs-periscope/
Music streaming: playlists for all situations
It's already a few days old, but since I was also active in the music industry with my startup Rayneer, I'm still posting the article. Mathias Birkel from Goldmediagives an overview of the music streaming market and assumes that 35% of the music industry's sales will be generated from streaming in 2018.
The fact that individual artists might be better off foregoing distribution via stream does not contradict this development.
http://blmplus.de/musikstreaming-playlists-fuer-alle-lebenslagen/
How I Got 6.2 Million Pageviews and 144,920 Followers
Ali Mese has written a good guide to blog articles.
Seriously. Treat your writing like a startup.
European Tech Verticals To Track
On Techcrunch, Suranga Chandratillake shows which industries are primarily worked by European startups:
Banking, hospitality, retail, food and beverage are industries where Europe enjoys historical breadth and depth, and that are being disrupted in Europe by new tech companies, including Nutmeg, JustEat, The Hut or Pact. It makes sense that people who understand these markets are rewriting the rules in Europe, both as entrepreneurs and as investors.
http://techcrunch.com/2015/03/28/european-tech-verticals-to-track/
How the makers of violent.co are fighting the loss of relevance
The interaction rates on violent.co are falling. On the other hand, the online marketing rock stars describe violent.co’s strategy:
The violent creators use a trick in this situation: They have set up several new Facebook pages on “subtopics”.
http://www.onlinemarketingrockstars.de/heftig-kaempft-gegen-relevanzverlust/