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Brazil on the Rise: Start-up Investments and Business
Today, TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco launches a unique element- a full Brazilian Pavilion with 38 promising startup businesses. Brazil has become a major focus in the business and tech world, particularly for its large market and knack for innovation. While Brazil may not be the next Silicon Valley, it is a burgeoning city of…
Instagram, Contests & More: Photo-based Events for SMW12
We love a good photo. Off the heels of our InstagramYourCity competition, we were thrilled to see so many events focusing on the rise of Instagram, photography and user-submitted images. And we have more opportunities for you to grab your smartphone camera and snap away! If you’re in Glasgow, make sure you participate in Your…
Sports fanatics span the globe, pouring their passion into local, national and club teams. With the rise of social media, sport events are no longer contained to watching in person or on the screen. Athletes are taking to Twitter; fan clubs are active on Facebook and all play out the action on and off the…
Give Me City: Alyssa McHugh Shows Off Chicago in Concrete Jungle
Like any fashion conscience woman, Alyssa McHugh posts images of Audrey Hepburn and the fashion icon- Paris. But her native Chicago has left an imprint. When we saw Alyssa was representing one of our host cities in our Concrete Jungle competition, we wanted to talk more with her. Get to know her with us, then…
Women and SMW12: Where Can You Find Them?
Women represent 55 percent of Facebook and Twitter users, and the average social gamer on sites like Zynga is a 43-year-old woman. Yet, overall female participation in leadership is lower by far. So a focus on female participation is important, and not just to understand social media’s demographics. It’s a frequent topic in both media…
True Vintage Fashion: Talking With Emily Ulrich on Concrete Jungle
If you’re wanting to get involved with our Concrete Jungle style competition, now is the time! Teaming up Nokia and StyleSaint, we’ll start reviewing all entries this Friday, September 14th at 6pm EST. And in case you need a little motivation, we thought what Emily Ulrich from Hazy Laughter… And Fancier Things submitted was pretty impressive. So, we…
The Power of the Review: Scott Van Duritz and SMW12 Events
Businesses now rise and fall with the online review. These reviews can be related to your product, service, interactions and atmosphere- or as Scott Van Duzer has shown us, it can be for anything at all. This week business owner Scott Van Duzer found himself in an interesting situation when the President of the US…
By now, you know Nokia LA’s Robyn Yoslow and Nokia London’s Mark Hindle and Edoardo Cassina. It’s time to travel to one of our first year cities to get to know Abdullah Alghadouni and Adel Sartawi in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Abdullah and Adel, how long have you been with Nokia? AA: Two Amazing years…
Back in August, Toby Daniels sat down and talked with Steve Faktor to discuss the economy and what is really happening in business. Steve is the author of Econovation, former vice president and head of the Chairman’s Innovation Fund at American Express, and founder of Ideafaktory, a company that develops patents and incubates start-ups. During…
We are proud to announce the return of the Financial Times (FT) as a Global Headline Media Partner. The FT was one of our first media partners and has been on board with Social Media Week since 2010. Not only are they the leading source of global business news and commentary for the world’s decision…