Have a group that shares a similar interest? Rally them in and make a social network, I am not trying to pull down anyone but it’s interesting to how everyone is trying to bring groups together. The latest in the arena is StirTheMix, a social network dedicated to those who love drinks, of any sort.

Location, location, that is what is everywhere on the Web, although nobody gets lost online. Ah, forget it, I think it’s not appropriate to share the story behind it here and come over to MapHook, the latest entry in the location based content sharing application.

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Plugg, one of the better conferences in Europe, is held 11 March in Belgacom Surf House at Brussels. It’s a one-day conference with a clear focus on celebrating entrepreneurship and innovation in Europe and raising global awareness for those European start-ups in the Web / Mobile 2.0 field that stand out in the crop.

During the past 6 months I’ve been holding back on my blogging about startups as I’ve been trying various ideas for a new startup of my own. After a few misses, that I’ll not talk about here, I think I have come up with a sustainable idea.

I had the chance to visit ArticEvening Tallinn last week. Met a couple of interesting people [if you are reading this, you know who you are] and got more updated on how’s the start-up scene in Estonia – sounded to be alive and well.

“Planeto takes quiz gaming to new heights. Now you can experience unprecedented quiz fun together with millions of players around the globe.”

ArcticStartup will be travelling to Tampere to tap into the entrepreneurial buzz there we’ve heard so much of. The evening will be an interesting one wrapped around the theme of Networking and Pitching. More specifically, we’ll be discussing the different ways entrepreneurs can take advantage networking to grow their business. We’ll have some very practical advice from industry heavy weights and local entrepreneurs.

There are roughly 350 startups and 200 individuals already listed in ArcticIndex. This is becoming an increasingly important destination and a resource for anyone looking for information on any startup that comes from the Northern Europe.

Mindtrek is the annual conference for social media, web 2.0 as well as digital media and business in general. In 2008 the conference gathered about 800 people from 32 countries with 150 foreigners attending the conference. ArcticStartup is extremely happy to be participating in this leading conference in its field. We will be helping out with the conference this year, so you’ll be able to catch some visibility on our blog as well if you happen to participate. Mindtrek will be organised between September 30th and October 2nd this year.

I gave a presentation at the TechStart event of Aalto Entrepreneurship Society on mobile and startups. Why mobile is now an interesting opportunity for a small early-stage startup?

I gave a presentation at the TechStart event of Aalto Entrepreneurship Society on mobile and startups. Why mobile is now an interesting opportunity for a small early-stage startup?

I’ll be discussing about startups and the future of mobile in a panel at ArcticEvening in Stockholm tonight. Feel free to come to discuss after the panel. I’m interested in various topics including but not limited to:

I’ll be discussing about startups and the future of mobile in a panel at ArcticEvening in Stockholm tonight. Feel free to come to discuss after the panel. I’m interested in various topics including but not limited to:

• startups
• protopunk
• Brixton, London
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Sombiz is going to arrange a trip to The Next Web event in Amsterdam (April 15-18). The trip package will include conference tickets, flights & hotel for 3 nights (+ possibly some side events).

Plus, of course, the legendary Finnish Startup Saunatruck, premiered in LeWeb'08 (Paris) last December (http://www.saunarekka.fi/).

If you are interested to join the trip, please let us know asap, latest on Feb 24th.

YouNoodle is a company that gathers information about startups and analyzing that data helps investors and other decision makers in their work of seeding promising new companies from the sea of mee-too’s and other rubbish. (I  wrote about them earlier) They have today realeased a new service called YouNoodle Scores.

Just received an invitation to Bantora (http://www.bantora.com) by Tommi Rissanen. Tommi, Sombiz activist and a former steering group member, started his new job at Dicole (http://www.dicole.com/) this month. Congratulations! Bantora seems to be an ideal tool for planning e.g. business trips like we’ve done with Sombiz.