Diving with Tagcrumbs

In German, 'tauchen' does not only mean diving - it is also the name of Germany's most-read diving magazine, reaching a quarter of a million readers each month.

We have teamed up with tauchen and starting with the new magazine, which goes on sale tomorrow, you will find a Tagcrumbs icon and shortURL next to the diving spots they present (the short URL makes it easier to type in the info...: tagcrumbs.com/p/NDdiNDd)

Their readers will be able to access more information related to the spot on the site, add their comments and - by favoriting spots they like - build up their very own digital diving logbook and planning tool.

There's a vast number of diving spots, scattered in all the oceans. Divers need to choose their spots according to their skills (a heavy drift dive when you just started is not recommended), the conditions (when is the best time to see whale sharks in Mexico?) and sights ('I'd like to dive with manta rays'). On Tagcrumbs, tauchen and the readers can share their discoveries and experiences, recommend their favorites and easily organise diving spots according to these criteria.

tauchen created a profile and below are some of the places they already added to Tagcrumbs:

We are looking forward to working with tauchen, let's welcome the diving enthusiasts very warmly in the community. We hope to see some interesting conversations around the world's most beautiful diving spots.

Tagcrumbs Pitch at Next09

The video footage of the start-up track at Next09 was just released and we have prepared Sascha's presentation for you. It's a condensed 9 minute talk where we try to illuminate some of the company's  aspects.

Starting off with the explanation of the value proposition (the problem and how we solve it), Sascha then diggs deeper into how we are different from our competition (for an in-depth comparison to Qype check out the blog post here), continues with the explanation of the components of the platform that Tagcrumbs represents and heads on to explain how we are planning to build the community and make money. At the end Sascha talks about the team - our 'fit' and how we complement each others' skills.

The slides are a bit hard to read in the video so feel free to open them in another tab for more detail.



Thanks again to Björn Negelmann and the Next09 team for making this possible!

Back from next09 - A roundup

next09 is over. It has been a great conference, I enjoyed being there and meeting a lot of people. Thank you next09!

Most of the talks were good, I was especially excited to hear Chris Messina and Rudy de Waele speak about the Open Web and Mobile.

I presented Tagcrumbs in the start-up track. I think it went fairly well even though I was a bit excited :). Here are the slides of my presentation. A video will follow. Any comments, any feedback?

Tagcrumbs Start-up Presentation - next09

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P. S.
A tip for next year's conference, marketing Next as an international conference is good but it should be clear which tracks are in German and which not, there has been a lot of confusion and international attendees had to wander around to find an English session.

Tagcrumbs at next09

We have been selected to present Tagcrumbs at the start-up track of the next conference in Hamburg. The next conference put on by SinnerSchrader is one of the most important networking and trend conferences within the European web industry.

Share Economy is this year's theme of next09. This term is shaped by the economy theorist Martin Weitzman. His basic idea: The more we share our success with others, the more we profit ourselves.

We think this term fits perfectly for Tagcrumbs, due the collective creation of places and our openness.

We are very much looking forward to the event. If you want to meet, drop us a line on twitter (@tagcrumbs).