I'm writing this watching the Indian Ocean waves gently touch the beach in front of our rented beach villa in Mauritius. It's really amazing how moving from the short, dark and cold days of Switzerland to the tropical sunshine of Mauritius makes miracles to one's feelings in just a few days. We obvi... Read more
I attended the 2009 edition of Red Herring 100 conference in Berlin last week (March 31th to April 2nd). This conference report is a little delayed. Right when I returned from the trip, our family relocated from Zürich to Rapperswil, half an hour away on the coast of Zürichsee, and I've been without... Read more
It was a sunny day last Saturday so we decided to go for a little walk in the beautiful Zürich old town. Wen wants to buy a piano so we stopped at Musik Hug to take a look at their selection of both electronic and traditional pianos. At the entrance there was a sign - it was in German but I wa... Read more
Being probably the newest entrepreneur in Switzerland I was excited to attend StartupCamp Switzerland '09 in Basel. I will be running the new XIHA Life office in Switzerland, so this was a great chance to meet to make first contacts with the local startup scene. I've attended several startup confer... Read more
My family is in the process of moving from Finland to Switzerland. Hoever, we're still waiting for all the paperwork to be processed, etc., so this seemed like a perfect opportunity to get on the road for the holidays. Wen and I have been talking about going to Paris for a long time so we decided to... Read more
I attended Le Web '08 in Paris this week. This was the fifth Le Web in as many years. What started as a gathering of about 100 people has grown to be the largest internet startups gathering in Europe, with over 1400 participants from more than 30 countries. Quite interestingly the price of admission... Read more
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