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Podemos!

Posted July 13th, 2010 By Guest Blogger | 6 Comments

Spain World Cup

After never having advanced to a football world cup semi-final before, the Spanish team or “La Roja” (The Reds) as the team is called in Spain, went all the way and secured the title of World Champion last Sunday.

“Podemos!” (“we can!”) was the anthem that accompanied them during this year’s world cup.

Millions of people around the world watched the Spanish people celebrate this historical victory in the streets all over Spain and the Spanish people never seemed more united.

With regards to unity this is not so easy in Spain. History has divided the different regions (especially Catalonia (the capital being…

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20-somethings: are we the lost generation?

Posted February 25th, 2010 By Kimling | 3 Comments

20-something

I recently read a blog post on VentureBeat called “The lost generation of entrepreneurs.” The author asserts that today’s start-ups do not allow 20-somethings to develop entrepreneurial leadership skills. I can’t speak in generalities for all of today’s start-ups, but I can say that at Meltwater, this is simply not the case.

I’ve heard colleagues describe the International Management Trainee program at Meltwater as “entrepreneurship on a red carpet.” In other words, sales people who aspire to be managers at Meltwater receive start-up opportunities with the backing of a large organization (Meltwater recently reached $100M in sales).

Let me explain. True story: a highly-driven,…

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Happy Thanksgiving - from The Swede

Posted November 26th, 2009 By Guest Blogger | No Comments

Thanksgiving

Wikipedia:
“Thanksgiving Day is a harvest festival celebrated primarily in Canada and the United States. Traditionally, it is a time to give thanks for the harvest and express gratitude in general.”

I have no harvest to reap and I am not American. However, I am lucky to celebrate this day with turkey, family and friends nevertheless.

What is Thanksgiving Day to me, a Swede living and working in the U.S?
• Traffic jams
• Expensive travel
• Delayed flights
• Time to see family and friends
• A long weekend
• Lots of great food
• Happy times ☺

As a Controller within a sales organization, I find the holiday eats…

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Supporting Movember - Meltwater Style

Posted November 20th, 2009 By Dan Tabacco | 4 Comments

photo from http://us.movember.com/

There’s only one thing that could be better than raising money to benefit Prostate cancer research: growing a fantastic moustache!!

Welcome to Movember.

There isn’t a month at Meltwater that goes by in which friendly competition isn’t encouraged. This month, a friendly regional office competition has blossomed into a mustache showdown – and donor check books are at stake. Meltwater has regional offices around the world competing in a philanthropic game of facial-hair-farming in the name of Prostate cancer research.

Rules of the game: Teams go head-to-head to see who can raise the most money.
What’s at stake: Fierce bragging rights!

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All Office Plays of the Week (click for video)

Posted November 12th, 2009 By Kimling | 9 Comments

Greetings Friday fans!

It’s Fun Friday on our blog: time for us to give you a little dose of Meltwater Culture (and humor). We’ve got a treat for you today. Colleagues Dan and David of Meltwater’s Engineering team, based in San Francisco, are counting down the Office Plays of the Week.

Enjoy.