Media Guild Blog

Waag magazine published an interview about MediaGuild.. You can find the full text below!

The Media Guild is a place that new businesses can turn to for help and advice: a Creative Business Incubator. Auke Ferwerda is Screening & Scouting Manager at the Media Guild. He is well aware of what is needed to start up your own company. “With the guidance provided by an incubator such as the Media Guild, you will be able to avoid pitfalls that you may not see coming,” explains Auke. “Creative Business Incubator really says it all: we facilitate young businesses with assistance from a large international network and offer help in transforming an idea into an appealing commercial plan. We focus primarily on companies with a creative bent. The idea in question must be innovative and ambitious.”
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As a part of a Picnic Challenge more specifically the , Postmachina have committed themselves to a weeklong daily videolog, or a viral campaign if you will.

If you are a fan of the Matrix, the all new Batman series, or Starwars for that matter , I am pretty sure you like these; in fact you can gain your own minutes of fame by following the instructions in the video.

E-video one

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After last year’s highly successful Creative Tour event, part of the annual Picnic new media conference, the legacy continues with another installment being prepped for September 25. Syntens, platform for entrepreneurship, the Amsterdam branch of the Chamber of Commerce and new media business incubator MediaGuild all have their stake in the invite-only event, that combines a networking boat tour from the Picnic ‘08 festival area to a project market and fancy drink in the lobby of the fully renovated Amsterdam Branch of the Chamber of Commerce.

A select yet diversified group of national and international representatives including company owners, venture capitalists, politicians and journalists among others, will be invited for the occasion, which seeks to provide a snapshot of some of the leading creative business initiatives in the Amsterdam area today. To provide a balanced overview, projects from the perspectives of the three initiators have been cherrypicked, representing various fields of expertise and diversified stages of development.

After ample of time for a proper introduction, both invitees and participating companies are invited aboard for the return trip, providing everyone with an extended and uninterrupted networking opportunity.

Details Picnic Creative Boat Tour
Thursday September 25
18:00 departure Picnic terrain
18:30 Arrival at Kamer van Koophandel hq , event opening
19:15 Project market opens
20:45 Announcement of departure
21:00 departure at Kamer van Koophandel hq
21:30 Arrival at Picnic festival area

Click below for an overview of the participants (companies)
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Amazon Web Services provides developers with direct access to Amazon’s robust technology platform. This meeting will present them in details (S3, EC2 and EBS, SimpleDB, SQS), and showcase a few success stories, as well as give the opportunity to ask questions.

The meeting will be presented by Simone Brunozzi, Amazon Web Services Evangelist for Europe.

Hosted by startups, for startups, entrepreneurs, designers, developers and bloggers, in the beautiful Theatrum Anatomicum of the Waag building in the buzzing centre of Amsterdam: With plenty of post-event dining spots right outside the door.

For more details, visit: aws.amazon.com and aws.typepad.com