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Hi! I'm André Ribeirinho, an entrepreneur from Lisbon, Portugal. I've co-founded Adegga.com, an online wine community and also the AVIN (an ISBN for Wine). My Startup
Adegga is an online wine community where people can discover new wines through the opinions of other people.
Monthly Archives: October 2006
1.8 Planet Earth
Today, I have received 2 different inputs regarding the way we are using natural resources. First Nuno and his post on paying more for renewable energies (in portuguese). Then a friend sent me this article and this Ecological Footprint Quiz. … Continue reading
Digital Identity Mapping
Digital Identity Mapping Originally uploaded by fredcavazza. Very good overview (in french) on how some of our Identity is moving online in several different ways. There has been a shift from online services where Identity is (kind of) hidden and … Continue reading
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Social Wine Shopping at Adegga
David Beisel’s post on (The Beginnings of) Social Commerce is very a good description of Adegga. I envision a day where you can search your social network to find and see what products others who you know own –and– whether … Continue reading
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LIFT07: 7-8-9 February 2007 Geneva, Switzerland
LIFT07 site is up and lots of details are coming out as we speak. Last year it was a great event and Laurent and the team have been working hard on making LIFT07 another great conference. What’s is LIFT ? … Continue reading
Moleskine City Notebooks
I must buy two of this lovely Moleskine City Notebooks. One to add more stuff to the notes from A small guide to Lisbon and one to add all the notes I have been collecting from my journeys in London. … Continue reading
Seth Godin on Marketing
Interesting view by Seth Godin on The accidental marketer. Every person is a marketer, and anyone crazy enough and passionate enough to start something is definitely a marketer. It’s not great programming that turns one Net company into a success … Continue reading
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Wine & Jazz
Relaxing while having a glass of Versus 2004 (no link, yet) and listening to radioiojazz via iTunes…
Mind the Knowledge Worker
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about knowledge workers. I’ve been reading, learning and talking to some people about how organizations are still not aware what a knowledge worker is and what can be done to improve their productivity. In … Continue reading
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Portuguese Web market is very similar to China’s
Reading a post about the Top Web Apps in China I discovered that the Portuguese Web market is very similar to China’s Web market. Big companies still dominate the market so far there are no outstanding small startups that … Continue reading
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Irish government approach with startups
The Irish government has an interesting approach to the way they help the company base grow and create a lot of new jobs along with it. The way the program works is explained in this conversation where Loic interviews Andries … Continue reading
