My name is Magnus Svantegård (LinkedIn), live in Sweden, and is the Product Manager for Datscha and Partner in Stronghold Invest. I believe in smart use of Internet in the Real Estate industry.
Boligan, the Danish real estate search engine that entered the Swedish market in August, looked this happy after receiving the SIME Award in category 'Best Internet Strategy'.
Congratulations to the price and keep up the great work!
We didn't make it to the stage... but at least we made it to the screen at the largest Internet conference in Sweden. (Congratulations to Jaycut for beating us.)
Much has been written about the SIME event, like 1, 2 , 3 (in English), 4, 5 (in English), 6. and 7 (most comprehensive).
My reflections
This was my second SIME event and it's a conference that differs a lot from all other (real estate) events I attend every year. The SIME crew (and especially Ola) makes this more to show and entertainment. But one has to keep in mind that this is a media event focused on the Internet.
It's great to visit an event that has a different approach to Internet and gives you examples of the web that you haven't seen before. For example how the Swedish pop band Ace of Base is letting their fans alter their music and create videos on their site. They don't fight Internets implication on the music industry, they use it.
The best I take with me besides all the great meetings was the presentation by Japp Favler (Forrester) on 'Recession marketing'. Looks like a great knowledge for 2009....
(Disclosure: I'm the Product Manager at Datscha and rarely write specifically about Datscha,
but this is to good to be true...)
Datscha is nominated for the prestigious SIME Award 2008 in the category 'Best System Supplier'!
Being the Product Manager for the last 8 years this make me very proud indeed. It has for sure been quite a ride.
SIME
SIME is the largest Internet event in Sweden which gathers 1 200 attendees every year. The 2008 event will be held on the 12-13th of November in Stockholm.
SIME Awards
The SIME Awards was established in 1996 to celebrate online excellence. The category 'Best System Supplier' focuses on;
"What B-2-B hardware, software or application supplier is delivering the best value to its customers? The prize will be awarded for innovative use of new and existing technology to achieve a superior solution, significant for the customer's core activity."
Hand over the prize...
For right obvious reasons I strongly believe that Datscha fulfil those criterias. We score 90% satisfied customers, in average over 5 years. Not to mention that we have 1 500 users when it costs (from) 10 000 USD per seat and year to log in! It has to be significant.
Well, at 2 pm on Thursday, we know the answer.
I'm actually already nervous...
Magnus (The Believer)