Three presentation tips you probably didn’t know before

About a million presentations are going on right now, but 50% of them are unbearable! Chances are you know what sucks and what doesn’t – I’d like to share three tips that I found very useful in becoming a professional speaker, perhaps it helps you!… Continue reading... | 1 Comment

Now available: African land for overpopulated countries

I came across a news article about a project that just dazzled me. What can a country do that has little land but a lot of mouths to feed? Right, you can import! But what do you do as a logistics company when your turnover is decreasing because commodity prices are rising? Exactly: You lease your own land and grow and ship the crops yourself!… Continue reading... | 1 Comment

5:45 AM, sunrise in Gyeonju

The thermometer slowly declined down to zero degrees over the last week. We headed up to the roof to see the sunset in the clean frosty sky, I realized that this was not the first time we were going up for a view.… Continue reading... | 1 Comment

[Pictures] Han river in Seoul

Some pictures I took of the Han river during the last months here in Seoul. The total length of the Han River is 514 km. Although it is not a long river, the lower Han is remarkably broad for such a relatively short river. Within Seoul city limits, the river is more than 1 km wide.

We visited the second skyscraper on the left of this picture and decided to cross… Continue reading... | 1 Comment

A peek inside the British American Tobacco factory in Korea

Korea is the 10th biggest cigarette market on the planet, not so weird because you see smokers everywhere. I visited the British American Tobacco (BAT) factory in Sacheon together with the DBCK last week. The flight to Jinju was already scheduled at 07.30 AM, took a cab at 5AM. We gained more knowledge about the tobacco industry and had a tour inside the factory during the day. It was… Continue reading... | 1 Comment

Paragliding at a Korean army base

Want to join paragliding this weekend? - off course! that’s a no brainer! In reality, the relaxing chair and the calm speed got me disappointed, I should have thought of bringing a good book to read. Some people manage to stay up there for a long time! As the first foreigners at this Korean army base, I had some joy in getting a good overview of the ’secret’ weapons on… Continue reading... | 1 Comment

What do you get when you combine a cinema, pool and cheap hotel?

We visited a jjimjilbang in Busan last night; The jjimjilbang concept comes close to a bath-house, it is a combination of sauna, hotel and gym. I just spend a night there for $10, and I am excited, what an experience! I slept on the marble floor but had a massage in return!

Imagine a 24 hour serviced building with cinema room, hot baths, sauna, bars, restaurants and pc/tv rooms. You walk around in… Continue reading... | 3 Comments

[openidea] Stream free Internet TV on your iPhone and iPod Touch

More and more people are starting to watch TV on their mobile phone. Not so strange, the reason is simple: The amount of bored office clerks waiting for their bus/metro of train is huge! However, millions of iPhone and Touch users are not so fortunate and have to watch iTunes provided content, Hello? Here’s an idea: let’s be the first to supply them with the 5000 tv streams that are… Continue reading... | 7 Comments

Why so little Korean web companies get ‘Techcrunched’

Most Koreans are addicted to the web, I wonder, Seoul must be a breeding place for new web ventures? I approached Chang W. Kim, to get an idea of what is going on. Chang is CEO of the biggest blog site in Korea. He explains his views on European projects, the Seoul web-scene and funding in his region. Continue reading... | 4 Comments

Improving entrepreneurship in your city.

1. Find the unique characteristics of your location.

2. Base everything on local values and culture.

3. Plan and mobilize the ecosystem.

4. Find global partners.

5. Initiate conferences and an ecosystem of networking.

6. Market globally.

7. Revise national laws… Continue reading...