From Showcase at The Next Web Conference to Business2.0!
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In my plane back to the Netherlands I bought the Business2.0. And immediately went on to the article about The Next Disruptors. There he was: Tariq Krim!
Wow, Tariq congratulations!
I met Tariq in Amsterdam when he did a Showcase at The Next Web Conference. I chose him, because I loved Netvibes and because it was already one the most compelling European startups of that time (we’re talking about July now!).
I remember we were going out after the conference to a club in Amsterdam (Jimmy Woo) and the next day we were having drinks in a bar when he told me that over the last month multiple companies were interested in buying Netvibes for a substantial amount of money. He turned down the 8 digit offers, because he wanted to make Netvibes a huge company!
Now, merely 3 months later, Netvibes secured 15 million dollars funding from Accel and Index ventures and Tariq makes it into the business2.0 (the cover article!)
Things can move fast in the Web2.0 world! But most of the people are still sleeping….
Last year Showcase, next year Keynote speaker?
