Patrick de Laive
Co-founder of The Next Web and TNW Labs (TwitterCounter, Paydro and PressDoc) Running TNW events worldwide
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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
- Are you living in Spain and love tech? Join the TNW mini event in Barcelona this summer - http://t.co/A63lcezOJ1
- NSA update: Here’s the latest on the raucous surveillance scandal http://t.co/McfNXMAZgQ
- Jun 17, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Forget PRISM, the recent NSA leaks are plain: Digital privacy doesn’t exist http://t.co/a1DAHP6Bzg
- Hey @nlgd I'm getting an out of office on all your email adresses.... Would love you to pay our invoices :)Jun 16, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- In 5 minutes up to date about PRISM: What you need to know about the US Internet monitoring scandal http://t.co/SNgu6HNm29
- RT @thecounter: Over the last few days 175,155 tweets mentioned Apple's #WWDC keynote - 18% was not impressed: http://t.co/fnGBHj8xtc
- Why does the design of iOS 7 look so different? http://t.co/KaIRPwFAvX
- Can't wait! Steve Jobs biopic ‘jOBS’ starring @AplusK will finally hit US theaters on August 16 http://t.co/vy2XNtDS8J
- Walked out of the Apple store... Not with the new Air but a MacBook Pro. Back to work http://t.co/Bsn8TVUFJA
- What a great @google tweet this is - https://t.co/qR0O5MXupwJun 12, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- RT @tnwacademy: How do you get your company out of a rut? This TNW Academy class from @RedheadWriting has your answers. http://t.co/IFWq8wc…
- What are your favorite startups in Latin America?Jun 11, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- WIth my computer that just passed away I think I have to buy the new Macbook Air - http://t.co/zmVk6ndeDj
- Man, Google spreadsheets is driving me crazy. Worst spreadsheet tool ever. It messes up all formulas when adding new columns.Jun 10, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Twitter hires former Hyves CEO and Telegraaf executive @marcdevries as country manager the Netherlands. Congrats to both (great guy)
- Jetlag.
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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).
