Nerd Stalker

Living and working here in San Francisco, we think that the start-up universe centers here and for all practical purposes is the San Francisco / Silicon Valley (wink). Well, not true. The global ecosystem seems to be taking hold at a feverish pace and you don't have to be here in San Francisco to be relevant. After the conclusion of Global Entrepreneurship Week, we catch up with Torsten Kolind , CEO of YouNoodle to discuss the global startup ecosystem. Give it a watch. Also, a bonus infographic from YouNoodle, Startup Weekend and Global Entrepreneurship Week is found below.

We caught up with Christina Hug of YouNoodle to discuss how their platform and services help entrepreneurs. We discuss their new entrepreneur community platform, their YouNoodle Camp and their SaaS platform for Competition Management called Podium . Meet the YouNoodle Community YouNoodle released last week their new user interface for connecting with other entrepreneurs. Christina explains the rationale of YouNoodle's community building which is all about sharing, connecting and getting discovered.  Bootcamp for Budding Entrepreneurs In this segment, Christina explains how YouNoodle prepares entrepreneurs around the world for success through their YouNoodle Camp . She has a great success story of entrepreneurs who connected from very diverse backgrounds. Competition Management Tool Eases Hacker Event Pains Christina talks about YouNoodle's Podium  which helps manage competitions that have multiple judges and multiple participants. Some big...