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Technology is racing forward
Orchid growing with Google Glass and a robot that folds your laundry Last October, Rabobank Gouwestreek organised an event entitled ‘New technologies: Google Glass’. Guest speakers Danny Mekić and Mike van Rijswijk told us all about the technological developments going on at the moment, and demonstrated Google’s flagship invention: Google Glass. “We live in interesting…
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“When times are changing, never forget the beauty in your craft”
“Any entrepreneur should constantly be looking for their distinctive qualities. What makes you the best at your trade? What can you offer this changing society? Is this the area of work that suits you best? Everyone has their role, their function; and the key is to find your unique strength. Estate agents too can ask…
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The Cloud — what an awful, vacuous term
‘Cloud computing’. What an awful, vacuous term. Computer usage with clouds. Even the average IT professional – never mind the average SMB owner – feels how intangible those words are and can’t make heads of tails of them. You can try it yourself the next time you run into some computer whizz. Ask them to…
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Entrepreneurship in 2020
If you were born before the dot-com bubble, read this! — from the Dutch book ‘Ondernemen in 2020’ Technology is developing fast, very fast. Many entrepreneurs are having trouble keeping up. Understandably, because most entrepreneurs were born before the internet. Young entrepreneur Danny Mekić advises large companies on their online strategies. “The roots of large,…
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Digital magazines: A new form of consumption?
Quality and distinctiveness are crucial for online magazines Being an internet expert, a consultant to the CEOs of major organisations and a successful entrepreneur, Danny Mekić has strong opinions on various strategic issues at play in the Dutch business world. In this article, he looks ahead at developments within online marketing and explains his views…
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‘Teachers should demand more from their students’
No one can see the future, but young entrepreneur, multidisciplinary expert and frequent, welcome guest in the media Danny Mekić is sure about one thing: Dutch students need to be challenged more. ‘Universities just feel cheap to students.’ 27 year old Mekić is a renaissance man. Successful entrepreneur, consultant to non-profit organisations, media expert, the…