Monthly Archives: August 2009
Each August, the new incoming class of Entrepreneurs in Training (EITs) begin their training at Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST).
The third group of EITs, the class of 2011, started at MEST this month. Their goal: learn how to start a software company that sells to international markets.
As I looked at these eager new EITs, I realized they were all very excited about the awesome opportunity that lay in front of them. They each had the ability to showcase their skills while proving to the world that talent does exists in Ghana. So I wondered if they also felt a bit overwhelmed…
Out of curiosity, I recently ran a quick analysis via Meltwater News to see how frequently a new social networking company (Twitter) and a traditional corporation (General Motors) show up in the headlines. Each of these companies have experienced a meteoric rise in media attention, albeit for drastically different reasons. Would either one of these companies receive more headline coverage in both social media (blogs) and traditional online media?
The results are interesting. From March – August 2009, Twitter showed up in blog headlines nearly 3 times more than auto manufacturing giant, GM. However, in traditional online news media, it was nearly…
The following post was written by Samuel, an Entrepreneur in Training (EIT) at Meltwater’s non-profit organization, MEST, in Ghana.
Having been an Entrepreneur in Training (EIT) at Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) for eighteen months, I feel rightly placed to give a sneak peek into the life of an EIT. Young, smart, ambitious, bright and engaging are some of the adjectives that describe the average EIT. Driven by the BIG vision to create wealth and employment locally – through African software companies that are players in the global markets – each EIT embarks on the exciting, yet challenging journey of building a…
When I joined the workforce years ago, I was at the bottom of the corporate totem pole. I had a manager, my manager had a manager, his manager had a manager, and so on. I was well managed. But I’ve learned who the real manager is in this hierarchy – you. You have to manage your manager.
I come from a background in business consulting, in which managing your manager, or upward management, is not only an important tool, but critical in getting projects completed successfully. It may seem obvious that your manager should know exactly what you are working on. But more often than not, they are…
In April 2009, Forbes.com published their World’s 20 Best Places to Live list.
It turns out that there are Meltwater offices located in 11 out of the 20 cities listed by Forbes, including Zurich, Auckland and Toronto.
Check out the map for details. The pin-pointed cities indicate the Forbes top 20 cites, while the Meltwater logo 
indicates a matching Meltwater office location.
View Meltwater Offices & Forbes’ 20 Best Places to Live in a larger map
- Vienna, Austria
- Zurich, Switzerland
- Geneva, Switzerland
- Vancouver, Canada
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Dusseldorf, Germany
- Munich, Germany
- Frankfurt, Germany
- Bern, Switzerland
- Sydney, Australia
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Wellington, New Zealand
- Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Brussels, Belgium
- Toronto, Canada
- Ottawa, Canada
- Berlin, Germany
- Melbourne, Australia
- Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Stockholm, Sweden
Is your city not on the map? Defend…
