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BootstrapLabs founder join the Board of Directors for SACC San Francisco

Bootstrap Labs — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:15:02 +0000

The founder of BootstrapLabs, Nicolai Wadstrom, has been nominated and accepted to the board of directors for SACC San Francisco. Nicolai Wadstrom will through SACC continue his work and ambition to build a bridge and help Swedish entrepreneurs tap into global entrepreneurial eco-system that is San Francisco Bay area and Silicon Valley.

Introducing Prezi U – a community hub for everything Prezi in education

Bootstrap Labs — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:49:18 +0000

Fresh from the Prezi blog:

Based on many discussions with our edu users we’ve been working to create a community site where teachers and students can talk, share and learn how to use Prezi in education, from the smallest grade school classroom to the biggest Harvard and Stanford auditoriums. We are now pleased to introduce Prezi U, a dedicated community site for all things Prezi in education.

Visit Prezi U for access to diverse content on using Prezi in education for all levels– from Kindergarten to University and beyond.
Prezi U is a hub for your prezis, ideas and experiences. A channel to submit your own content and receive feedback, engagement and new skills from other Prezi U members.

On Prezi U you can:
1. Submit your own educational prezis to the dynamically growing edu library, which covers diverse topics and subject areas categorized by schools and curriculum.
2. Engage with others in the forums, or search for answers to your questions about Prezi in education.
3. Submit articles about your experiences using Prezi in education.

Visit Prezi U today. We look forward to meeting you in our new community, and we can’t wait to see what you create!

Prezi zooming where no one has zoomed before – with $14M from Accel Partners

Nicolai Wadstrom — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:40:13 +0000

During the past 3 years (our portfolio company) Prezi have reshaped how we share ideas. Sharing of ideas just to be a sequence of squares. Prezi have been challenging this 350-year-old format, not because it’s old, but because it’s how people enjoy exploring spaces, rather than slides. We hear presenters and audiences describe how they are taken on a visual journey, and lean forward to share the experience.

Accel Partners is now joining the mission with a $14M investment into Prezi, and also taking a board seat. Which means that Prezi is zooming on at an accelerated pace.

Read more on the Prezi blog, TechCrunch and Gigaom.

Prezi Night Tokyo II

Bootstrap Labs — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 03:33:27 +0000

Fresh from the Prezi blog:

The second annual Prezi Night in Tokyo took place on Saturday, Dec 3, hosted by an awesome Japanese Prezi user community.

The fun event was a chance for Japanese users to meet each other and share experiences using Prezi. There were even Prezi quizzies and Prezi Karaoke. Check out more photos here and here.

The organizers allowed Prezi CEO Peter Arvai to show off his Japanese skills in his message to the community:

We look forward to Prezi Night Tokyo III – let us know if you’re interested in hosting your own!

Build Hybrid Clouds with Witsbits

Bootstrap Labs — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:34:00 +0000

Fresh from the Witsbits blog:

Yesterday we snuck out a new major release* of Witsbits! We are very exited about it, please check it out and send us your comments about it!

A major upgrade is the Hosted Private Cloud feature. You can now rent servers from your favorite service provider directly from within the management console.

*If you already use Witsbits you don’t need to do anything, you are already upgraded.

USE WITSBITS TO BUILD:

Private Cloud (on-premise) – your own servers – no software!
Hosted Private Cloud – rent the servers you need directly from a service provide of your choice!
Hybrid Cloud – combine on-premise servers and hosted/rented servers!

CHECK IT OUT

Are you a Hosting Provider? Please contact me if you would like to offer your servers through Witsbits.com. It’s very easy to set it up.Stay Snappy,
Mikael* If you already use Witsbits you don’t need to do anything, you are already upgraded.

European Demo Day in San Francisco with Startup Sauna

Nicolai Wadstrom — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 06:51:37 +0000

Come and meet some of the most exciting European startups here in San Francisco!

Together with our friends at Startup Sauna and I/O ventures we are organizing a demo day, so please join us and experience the Northern European and Russian startup scene right in the Bay Area! The stars of the day are Startup Sauna early-stage teams from Finland, Sweden, Russia, Lithuania, Estonia and Poland that are going to pitch and demo their products!

We have drinks and snacks available, awesome guests and a special treat that most of the world hasn’t tasted before: Finnish Lake Water

Venue: I/O Ventures (780 Valencia St. – between 18th St & 19th St)

Program

6:00pm – 6:30pm Doors open
6:30pm – 6:45pm Tribute to the most awesome keynote ever
6:45pm – 7:30pm Demo time
7:45pm – 8:00pm Feedback, selection of the winner
8:00pm -> Networking and aaaafteerrparttyy!

The startups presenting

Antslab – Application that helps people with diabetes track their condition by automatically downloading their glucose levels from their glucose meter to their mobile phone (Lithuania & Spain)
InBelly – Crowd sourced online- and mobile guide to educate consumers about food additives. (Lithuania)
Linkedviews – Small device which turns the mobile phone into a TV remote. (Finland)
Maxygen – 10 minute, 10$ DNA test with disposable cartridges. (Russia)
MobileBrainBank – A huge mobile developer community. (Finland)
Qminder – Mobile queue management app. (Estonia, winners of mini Seedcamp Prague)
Yodiz – Project management software for developers focusing on SCRUM and AGILE -methods. (Finland)
Zonear – Created Boilerbuild, which builds, optimizes and deploys HTML5 apps with one click. (Finland)
Ovelin. Creator of the educational real life guitar hero game WildChords. No. 1# Music App in 27 App Stores (Finland)
Zerply – The professional network for the Twitter generation (Bay Area, originally from Sweden & Estonia)

Looking forward to see you there!

More information and RSVP here!

Prezi Hackathon II: 2 days, 37 hackers

Bootstrap Labs — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 01:02:30 +0000

Fresh from the Prezi blog:

Last weekend, 37 hackers, including Prezi employees and students from around the world, spent two days in the Prezi office to create fun, and (sometimes) useful projects using Prezi.

After two days, teams presented their incredible projects:

Prezi Kinect Hack: Control your prezi using body gestures

Prezi Wars: Use Prezi Meeting to play a third-person shooter with your friends

WebGL Prezi: The results are in, our developers tackled creating a rough version of Prezi in WebGL!

Prezi Usage Map: A zoomable map of prezi creations, visits, and tweets about Prezi

Whiteboard to Prezi application: Automatically create a prezi from a photo you’ve taken

Hipchat bot: Type in a command in hipchat, our HP bot will let the office know what’s up; break something in Prezi, sirens and lights!

Democratic Voting in Prezi: Make life’s toughest decisions using Prezi voting

Prezi Logo from Post-its: See the Prezi logo, made “pixel by pixel” from Post-it notes

Check out a nice video from Day 1 (stay tuned for Day 2 footage):

And some nice photos of the weekend (more to come!):

Startup Exits Event

Nicolai Wadstrom — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 19:30:08 +0000

Startup Exit Event #4 is now starting to materialize, so please save the date for 19th of January, 2012 in San Francisco!

Join successful entrepreneurs and startup acquisition professionals for a special evening event in San Francisco on the topic of “Startup Exits.” Hear stories from entrepreneurs who’ve sold their companies– how they did it, what they learned, and what they would do differently next time.

The event is going to rock, and will give crucial insight for any VC and startup Entrepreneur, the current line up for the panel is made up of:

Ilya Fushman, Corporate Development, Dropbox
Bruce Jaffee, EVP of Corporate Development, Glam Media
Lorraine McDonough, VP of Corporate Development, eBay
Tom Duterme, Corporate Development, Groupon
Nathan Beckord, Principal, VentureArchetypes Startup Advisors (Moderator)

How to succeed in Silicon Valley @ Innovate Sweden event at Stanford

Nicolai Wadstrom — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:53:18 +0000

A short presentation on some key things about connecting to the Silicon Valley eco-system, presented this Wednesday, BootstrapLabs founder and CEO, Nicolai Wadstrom presented at the Innovative Sweden event.

They made it with Prezi on iPad!

Bootstrap Labs — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 03:26:22 +0000

Fresh from the Prezi blog:

We reached out to top Prezi Viewer users, to ask how the Prezi iPad app helps their work. Middle school teachers Ben Robinson and Mark Davis, and PR communications expert Gonzalo Adriasola agreed: Using Prezi Viewer completely changes their work routines, and opens up new horizons in their careers. Upon our request, they kindly shared their experiences with everyone…