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Theo van Gogh

Yesterday night I had dinner with some friends and business friends in our favorite restaurant in Amsterdam and at one point we talked about Theo van Gogh. He got killed by an idiot. We miss him in Holland. He was the last free thinker in the Dutch public domain. Today we don't have anybody that is as smart, engaged and boarder less as Theo was. We now have to do it with people that don't dare to say anything, no opinion and no lust to start a debate about things that matter in todays complex society. Check out some interviews with him on Youtube.

A big thank you to all that came to Blijburg last night

Sometimes you experience magic. Yesterday was magic to me. Friends and family all gathered in a small venue just outside Amsterdam to see Jenny perform songs from her debut album. She is such a great performer and everybody loved it. Thank you all for being there last night.

Lucky, a project from the past, still love the video we made

Jenny live@Blijburg Sunday 20:00 hours

It's showtime for the first time. Coming Sunday Jenny will be performing at Blijburg.
The show starts at 20:00 hours. A bit of Jenny flavor can be found here: Jenny@Apollo

Weekend was sooo relaxed

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WANTED: Sales Account Manager | Mail me your CV if interested

Independent IP, an innovative technology start-up based in Amsterdam, launched FUGA in 2007.

 

FUGA provides the music industry with a cutting edge shared B2B web platform, and the underlying infrastructure, to enable collaboration between record labels, distributors and online retailers. The parties make direct deals between them, and use FUGA to take care of the toughest technical challenges: creation, storage and delivery of digital products, and sales reporting consolidation.

 

We’re looking for someone with around three years of experience to strengthen our Sales and Marketing team. You will work closely with our Sales and Marketing director in generating and closing leads and coming up with great ideas to increase sales and reach new markets. You will make sure that your customers’ needs and requirements are met, taking their feedback to the Product team.

 

The ideal candidate will be someone who’s organised, able to get things done and is looking for a position with great personal growth possibilities. A candidate with an affinity with the music industry is preferred. Some international travelling may be required.

 

Responsibilities:

· Generating, following-up and close leads.

· Implement different ideas and strategies to increase sales.

· Track customer and prospect contacts.

· Demonstrate FUGA features and benefits to prospects.

· Understand customer needs and requirements.

· Co-ordinate sales efforts with the Sales and Marketing director.

· Give customer and prospect feedback to the Product team.

Requirements:

· 3 years experience in business software sales, marketing or consulting.

· Fluent in written and spoken English.

· Eligible to work in EU.

· Excellent business-communication and organisational skills.

· Great problem solving, project management and analytical skills.

· Superior people influencing skills are an absolute requirement.

Working for Independent IP offers:

• Flexible young and      dynamic culture
• International team
• Competitive salary

Amsterdam is so fantastic with sunshine and thinking of the next step in music is best done with the sun on my head

Today lots of thinking of my new artist Jenny, IIP and all the things that are coming my way now the season is starting again. I had a fantastic discussion with my friend Greg this weekend about the music. We both concluded that no matter what you do, it needs to be for real. Especially with social networking as part of the promotion mix. Why? People don't want to be fooled anymore and will only accept that what's genuine and real. Maybe because social networking sites are so personal and therefore people don't want to be approached as target audience. So the artist has to keep all internet presence up to date, nothing worse then a site that has the latest news from december 2006. It's all very interesting to build a music carreer from scratch and see how FUGA can become part of the day to day life of those that create and those that distribute. I love it.

So much to think about

Never before was my life so busy. IIP is finally breaking through the barriers of entry and all my other activities seem to look for a hole in the Ozone layer. The strange thing in this life is that when things start to work or not to work it all comes at the same time. Murphy's law applied to my own universe. I had dinner with a friend the other day and saw him take a moment before the food went down the drain. It seemed insignificant at that time, but it kept asking for attention in the back of my mind. Why? After two days of contemplation I think I know. Maybe I yearn for a god, a guide, more then my brain allows me in day to day life. Why? Because with all the brainpopwer in the Universe I cannot explain or answer the big questions in life. (Why am I here? Where do we come from etc.) Thinking more it's not about God made by the Christian, Muslim, Buddhist etc. communities, but it's about our mother Earth. She is always here for us, feeding us, giving us a place to be and sharing the beauty of evolution. So thanks Greg for showing me to take a moment for what you get. My parrents did this every day and with every meal when I was a kid and still do. Strange it takes me 34 years to come to the point where it actually makes sense.