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Open Coffee Greek edition

johnyzar — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:58:50 +0000

I am invited in Greek Open Coffee to present my second online venture GreekEstate. Second? Actually according to my timeline is my first since WishDone is still in developing mode… Never mind as i have always wanted i want to make to be successful both in my Country and Worldwide.WishDone is sth really cool and really big. GreekEstate is lot smaller but still can become a very profitable company! Both are my kids i cant choose which one is better. But our point in this post is the Greek edition of Open Coffee. This the eighth edition of Open Coffee, its still maturing and i hope it will become even better every time we arrange it and it will grow as more people start to get interesting in the internet market.

So i ll try to make my best, present GreekEstate to my friends in a unformal and clear way. What i want is to make a presentation that will rock, answer lot and good question and most of all to motivate or help other people to start their on line ventures.Internet business is a new sector in Greece and it will soon explode.I love to be in the first line and i love to help other people. Let’s hope this time i will make everything right.I can surely do it!

I love INTERNET.

johnyzar — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 12:50:55 +0000

Yes i do. That’s why i choosed to become an online entrepreneur instead of going on with our Family business. It’s not only matter of money, it’s a matter of passion for me.For example today i am talking to Paulo Coelho through Seesmic and this video is being showed in CNN international. Is nt this so cool? For me it is. Not because i am talking to Coelho , but because of the opportunities you can have through INTERNET and the thousand applications you can use to make your life more juicy.We are all the time closed in one room(home, office etc) but we can communicate with everybody through our screen. I dont know if this is good or bad But i like it. And i will try even more harder its time i am having worst problems. Because i want it and i will do it.

What to do when you don’t know what to do…

johnyzar — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:52:48 +0000

Funny title for the New Year’s post.So first of all Happy New Year and my best wishes to everybody!I really wish you the best to you and your families.Now in our topic.I am writing this post because i have found myself under a big trouble .I was supposed to have my wish done by the end of the 2007 but we (i as a manager and the development team)failed to do so.Of course we still continue our hard work but the fact is that we did not meet the deadlines .And the problem is about time.Time is the most valuable thing now days and we have spent lot lot lot of time and we still are not able to present wishdone to the world.So from one hand you know what to do.You have to go on , to finish what you started .From the other hand you start having problems ,with investors ,with your team , with yourself .So what you do when you don’t know what to do?I though of it and made my choice .You say it loud ,that i will do it with whatever cost ,i really believe in the concept of wishdone ,i will do it and you must help and encourage me!So i am writing this post to let know whoever concerned that i need help and support.

This article is dedicated to Loiclemeur .He really helped to join the web 2 spirit by offering me a ticket for Leweb3 in Paris and to all the guys i met in the conference .I hope you like the idea ,you can post a comment if i should or not keep on fighting for my venture or just tell me a Hi John!But for me ,for this year i can only say one thing .SHOW MUST GO ON.

Happy 2008

P.S. This is the Greek Way!

LeWeb3

johnyzar — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:23:50 +0000

What a Conference , what an Experience…Leweb3 has been established in my mind as one of the top Web Conferences. It’s not because I am Greek, it’s not because it was the first Internet conference I was participating .

It’s because it was THE Social Networking Experience. It’s because it gives you fantastic opportunities to chase your destiny .

The Free Ticket was the passport. The “Most Sexy Boys ” award was not what I expected to win. But it could be the beginning for the “Best International Start-Up” award .

Michael Arrington , Robert Scoble , Kevin Rose, all the Seesmic Team and many other brilliant brains have shown me the road to make my Wish Done..

And WishDone was there because it will become part of our life..

P.S: Loic, thank you for everything!

Here are some photos:

WishDone contest

johnyzar — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:04:12 +0000

Wishdone is participating in Open web awards and Crunchies for this year . You are welcomed to vote for us!!

WishDone prototype

johnyzar — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:01:15 +0000

If you would like to see how WishDone will look like, you are welcomed to see our developed pages. Feel free to explore our elegant designs and start thinking your wish profile!! More news from Paris next week!

Leweb3

johnyzar — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:37:07 +0000

I am really happy to announce that I will participate in Leweb3 this year in Paris. After lot of effort I finally pursued Loiclemeur to give me a free ticket for the participation . The development team is working very hard as to be prepared to launch a public beta for WishDone at this conference…Wishing you the best …

Hello World

johnyzar — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:37:37 +0000

The first ever Open Web Awards have arrived! The Open Web Awards is the first online, open collaborative awards Event, to recognize the best online communities representing Web 2.0 . You can see the rest of description here . The point is that WishDone is participating under the category 13. Niche and Miscellaneous Social Networks . So, if you want to nominate WishDone, the process is very simple. You go to the comments and type Nominate – WishDone in these 2 links : http://www.smallbiztrends.com/2007/11/nominate-a-small-business-site-for-open-web-awards.html#comments

http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2007/11/open-web-awar-4.html?cid=91488442#comment-91488442

Feel free to share these links with your contacts and friends and help the WishDone team!!!

Wish Profile

johnyzar — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:23:31 +0000

November 21, 2007 · No Comments

It’s so hard to thing of a wish profile.i have spent so much time thinking if i had one chance how i wished i was.tough question.Thanks god in wishdone you will be able to change it whenever you want but really what you think?if you just had one chance what Wish Profile would you create?

Beta testing

johnyzar — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:04:11 +0000

This week, we almost finished Registration and Blogs modules..We will start immediately developing the Profile and Landing pages of the users so as to accept private beta testers. Be patient please. I want this to be live sooner than you do…But we need time!! Stay tuned!