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Remco Livain

Remco Livain

📍 Zürich, Switzerland

Facebook Canvas – Great In-App Shopping Feature (beta)

Most users do not use more than a handful of apps on a daily basis and Facebook is surely one of them. Facebook are now looking into adding a new shopping feature to the regular app and have started rolling out a few beta tests with a feature called Facebook

Dropbox & Adobe make it easier to edit PDFs

There is one file format that I have never really truly understood… PDFs. The main “issue” that I have with them is that it is nearly impossible to edit these files nicely and quickly. Yet I use PDFs on a more than regular basis – especially for contracts and IOs. Now

Not Every Startup Should Be Venture-Backed

Sarah Guo wrote an interesting few lines on the fact that she thinks that not all ventures should be venture backed. What she in my opinion points out rightfully so: Long term goal alignment and personal incentives need to be in line with the companies long term health. If the

80% of your culture is your founder

Here is some great bedtime reading I thought would be more than worthy of re-blogging and sharing. As part of the core team of any business, it is key to understand the impact that your behavior has on the culture of the organization. The article on first round describes

Develop your longterm company vision before you start

Start-ups have professionalised tremendously in the last couple of years, yet many still make the same unnecessary rookie mistakes. One thing that I have learned in the last few years is that it is not only important to have a plan, but to develop your vision before you start.

Why I am not excited about the latest Instagram update

Instagram is one of the social network I thoroughly enjoy using and browsing regularly. It has given me a whole new perspective on what the world looks like – when your sole attention is focused on one little non-scalable square. As a hobby photographer, I have come to love the

Facebook gives Blogging a shot once again

The evolution of user generated content does not always coincide with the evolution of the tools that we use to spread our messages. With the variety of networks out there on which you can share your thoughts, messages and or impressions of an event – it get’s quite hard sometimes

How Juventus are leading the way for Football Clubs on Social Media

We play published a strong article on how European Football Clubs – especially Juventus in this particular case – are using social media to engage with their fans. Juventus have a long history of Italian and international football and a strong following. The “old ladies’ fans” are very dedicated to their club

Your company needs to be authentic

I read an interesting article on Techcrunch this morning, regarding the success of companies and start-ups. The main statement is that successful companies are genuinely authentic in the way they present themselves.If is important to understand that if you are trying to be something that you are not,

Beautiful, the Mondaine Helvetica 1 smart watch

The big hype about smart watches has still not really hit us yet, and although Apple brought a nice little gadget to the market not everyone is convinced that this is thé absolute must have item this summer. And who can blame them? Smart watches and other wearables are selling

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