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The guys over at Intruders TV have an excellent interview with SoundCloud founder Alexander Ljung, on how he raised €2.5 Millions. We covered the story recently, and here is the explanation.

Today Next09 opens up. The Next Conference is one of the most important happenings in the european tech scene. Started in 2005 it is now a 1500-participants conference.
The theme for this year will be: Share Economy, inspired by the following idea: “The more we share our success with others, the more we profit ourselves.” of Martin Weitzman.
The conference, organised by SinnerSchrader, will take place at Kampnagel in Hamburg today and tomorrow.

Expect a recap from us soon!

Everyone hates testing, and usability testing more than ever. It cannot be automated and needs human intervention every single time. We are finally starting to see products that will help with usability testing. One of the first was Clearleft’s SilverBack.
Now, dutch internet startup Usabilla wants to make online usability testing fast and simple with visual feedback. The company recently launched a private beta and is looking for testers.
To get your invite click here.

The process is simple: you create a test/project, you select the pages, add tasks, invite people and watch their feedback. Participants answer basic questions about how they think and feel about a website by placing markers or notes on a transparent overlay on the web page.

Let’s face it: testing is boring, but this could be a nice product to make UI testing easy and quite simple.
As said earlier you can get some private beta invites.

Third Weekend Reading!

• Why Sweden Rules The Web

on The Indipendent

• How To Pitch VCs, by David S. Rose

on StartupLucky

• 10 lessons from a failed startup

on Entrepreneur Corner

• The Man Who Made Gmail Says Real-Time Conversation is What’s Next

on ReadWriteWeb

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