Just did a small presentation at LeWeb3…
Fleck was given a presentation slot in the Startup Room at Le Web 3. I was very nervous before and during my presentation but I do think it went good.
Normally I’m not that nervous but the room was small and warm and I still didn’t feel too good from last night and just before my presentation I met a VC from the US who asked me to talk a bit about Fleck. He was very friendly but I just couldn’t get one sentence after another and kept stuttering and was constantly searching for words. That didnt bode very well for my public pitch.
But halfway through my story I noticed one of the judges smilling at me and that was all the reassurence I needed to make my nerves diappear. I decided not to show any slides but just try to tell an interesting story about the history of Hypertext, Vannevar Bush and how I hope Fleck will play a part in that. My opening words were “I won’t show you a presentation but I’ll tell you a story so you can relax for a few minutes now”. The judges jokingly let out a huge sigh of relief which was a good start.
Patrick told me that the winning presentation will get a speaking slot at the end of the day and might even get another prize. This is going to be exciting!
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Huub Koch said,
December 12, 2006 @ 7:01 pm (19:01)
Good Job Boris. Sorry to hear the rumour that so many dutch bloggers are very disappointed about a lot of things going very 1.0 at lesblogs3.
December 12, 2006 @ 9:10 pm (21:10)
Done in true Presentation Zen style. Fleck makes for a good story and not using slides definitely stands out, so, I’m only going to wish you a little luck - you’ve done most of the work already. Good luck :-0
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January 26, 2007 @ 1:14 pm (13:14)
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