Patrick de Laive
Co-founder of The Next Web and TNW Labs (TwitterCounter, Paydro and PressDoc) Running TNW events worldwide
Companies- WorldCup 2010 videos
- @Patrick on Twitter
- LinkedIn
- Instagram
- Speaking engagements
- Contact
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Companies
- I co-founded and work on the following companies:The Next Web is the leading online news source for internet and mobile professionals. Covering all things tech, social media and business as it happens around the world.The Next Web Conferences is where the industry influentials and pros come together to be inspired, learn and do business. Organized in Amsterdam, São Paulo and New York and attended by 1000 - 2000 people per event.Twitter Counter is the no 1. statistics service on top of Twitter. Tracking stats for over 20 million Twitter users and serving Pro stats to over a thousand clients including 14% of the Fortune 500 companies.Paydro is an online ticketing service for business events. It has a unique mix of payment methods (Credit Cards, debit payments and payments via invoice) that serves all business to business focussed events.PressDoc is an online PR service, used by over 8000 companies, that helps businesses from all sizes to optimize and measure its PR efforts. Truly disruptive and professional PR tools at Starbucks' prices.
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WorldCup 2010 videos
- No 1 Youtube channel in NLTogether with Cycy Sanders I covered the WorldCup 2010 in South Africa from a fan perspective.In 36 days we made 50 videos. Our Youtube Channel was an instant hit and came out of nowhere.For 2 months we were the most viewed Youtube Channel in the Netherlands and no 44 in the world, with Dutch content.Enjoy watching my favorite 5 videos:
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Tweets
- Flickr back in the game! 1 terabyte free storage, thank you miss Mayer! http://t.co/8j6SGB9PyB awesome move
- Want to go to LeWeb London? We’ve got two passes to give away, and a discount code for TNW readers http://t.co/Ik9eKwDwp7
- We want to get to know your company. As of now you can add your company profile to TNW Market here: http://t.co/382sDQKId3
- Already looking forward to it! TNW Latin America is back: Join your tech peers in São Paulo! - http://t.co/tUFYeGzGcE
- Want to know whom of your facebook friends use the infamous BangWithYourFriends app? Check it here http://t.co/JDIAV4NIzF
- RT @MartinSFP: If you’re into Japanese innovation, this talk by Dentsu’s Kei Shimada at #TNW2013 is well worth watching: http://t.co/nkAeHg…
- Best spend 5 minutes of your day - video http://t.co/SAy6FDpnd7
- Lawyers are getting cheap! Need a legal Privacy Policy Agreement for your site? - $9.99 - http://t.co/oTDvagF0Sw
- Cool - New York Food Trucks Become Wi-Fi Hotspots, powered by @yourkarma http://t.co/Y126viJVAM
- Hahah Almost erotic twitter chat about the TNW logo - http://t.co/jwpub3PhFw
- Great read for bloggers, journalists, PRs and startups - ‘Open interviews’ with startups are a nice idea, but http://t.co/1GBKkglTK7
- If you live in or nearby Croatia, I can recommend going to Shift Conference. Great city, fun event (discount) - http://t.co/uCORTy8YsV
- Jay! My first TNW Market deal shipment just came in. Free tea tasting by tealet, yummy - http://t.co/mA7lIA9zKU http://t.co/l19kVCSakS
- Hmm funny, I just got a newsletter from a lawyer without an unsubscribe option (but with a disclaimer of course :) )
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Info
- Summary
I’m an internet entrepreneur, based out of Amsterdam and I love the web, its possibilities and the people creating all the cool stuff.
I co-founded The Next Web.
The Next Web has three branches, Media, Events and Labs. TheNextWeb.com is part of TNW Media and is a leading technology blog. Ranked in the top 10 blogs (all-topics) in the world.TNW Events are known for its unparalleled conferences and fun events. TNW Conferences are known for high quality content, outstanding production, great business opportunities and bringing an incredible crowd together. An overview of our conferences can be found via:
TNW Latin America (August 28-29, Sao Paulo): http://thenextweb.com/conference/latinamerica
TNW USA (October 1-2, New York): http://thenextweb.com/conference/usa
TNW Europe (April 24-25 2014, Amsterdam): http://thenextweb.com/conference/europeIn TNW Labs we build our own web and mobile services. Companies like Twitter Counter ( http://twittercounter.com ) and Paydro ( http://paydro.com ) have sprung out of Labs and some projects are still under the radar.
I'm advisor to PressDoc.com, the fast growing Software-as-a-Service PR suite with tools to publish, distribute and track your PR efforts.
Feel free to follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/patrick
Specialties: innovation, branding, online marketing, communication, networking, PR, business development, event concepting
Experience- Jan 2009 - PresentCo-founder / TwitterCounter
TwitterCounter is the leading statistics provider on top of Twitter. If you or your company is on Twitter and you're serioud about it you should start using TwitterCounter right now.
TwitterCounter offers free stats and if you want more insight and actionable statistics on your Twitter account (and your competitors' accounts) you can get a Pro account as of 17 dollars per month. - Jun 2006 - PresentInitiator / The Next Web Conference
The Next Web Conference are leading European and Latin American Web and Mobile Conferences with attendees from all over the world.
Previous speakers include: Werner Vogels, Garret Camp, Kevin Rose, Rod Beckstrom, Marc Canter, Ryan Holiday, Alexis Ohanian, Chad Hurley, Michael Arrington, Joe Gebbia (Airbnb), Jay Adelson (Digg), Kevin Kelly, Chris Sacca, Matt Mullenweg (Wordpress), Andrew Keen (Author of 'Cult of the amateur'), Tim Ferris (investor and Author), Robert Scoble and many more
Upcoming: TNW2013, preceded by the Hack Battle and TNW Summit. April 24-26, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
http://thenextweb.com/conference/europe - Sept 2005 - PresentCo-Founder / The Next Web
The Next Web is a leading online technology publisher (new style) with three branches.
TNW Media: thenextweb.com is a top-ten blog all topics worldwide
TNW Events: TNW Conferences are leading tech events in Europe, Latin America and US. Aiming at developers we run Kings of Code events (Hackathons and conferences) in Europe, Latin America and US.
TNW Labs: Several successful companies and projects are developed and run out of TNW Labs (TwitterCounter.com, Paydro.com, Spread.us, PressDoc.com and more) - Oct 2005 - Feb 2009Co-founder / Fleck
Fleck is a social bookmarking service that focuses on the premise of the collaborative web. Share your favorite and interesting webpages within your company or with friends. Save time and make the web more efficient http://www.Fleck.com
- Sept 1997 - Jul 1998Floor broker / ING
Option trader at the Amsterdam exchanges
Education-
1998 - 2004Erasmus UniversiteitMasters in Economics
Activities: Enough, but I will not bore you with that. -
2002 - 2002Universidad de Buenos AiresEconomics
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Speaking engagements
- Speaking, moderating and advisingI speak at conferences across Europe. To name a few:
- IDCEE -Kiev-
- How To Web -Bucharest and Belgrade-
- Mobile Convention -Amsterdam-
- Startup Festival -Montreal-
I'm at my best as MC during an event moderate sessions (TNW Conference).Sometimes I advice large companies on their online / social media / PR strategies via brainstorm sessions (KPN Hi and Multi Vastgoed).
