Morgen is er nog een dag. Afgelopen weekend hebben al meer dan 400 mensen hun stem uitgebracht op de startups die meedingen naar The Next Web kaarten voor aanstaande donderdag en vrijdag. De kwaliteit van de inzendingen is overweldigend. De video’s zitten goed in elkaar en de producten zijn goed doordacht. Ga nog even kijken en breng je stem uit op PitchStorm.tv.

Oh, en een stem op Meetial zou ik niet erg vinden.

Meetial has listed as one of the competitors for The Next Web tickets that are given away over this weekend. The voting closes on midnight on the night of the 31st onto the first of April on PitchStorm.tv. And Meetial needs your vote! The way to get this startup off the ground is to get in touch with both investors and developers. The Next Web offers a great opportunity to do this. So, please go to PitchStorm.tv and vote for Meetial.

To ensure that the voting will be honest, you will be asked to register. You can register here. Then you can go back to PitchStorm.tv to cast votes for your two best startups. And we hope Meetial will be one of them.

Meetial intends to combine your social networks with your schedule. Enabling you to meet your contacts in person to build or deepen your relationship. Take a look at the website to find out more.

It all started as a very standard morning that 18th of March when I walked into the office. Nothing extraordinary seemed to be happening. But that is the thing with extraordinary, you never know when it is going to strike. That morning it struck during a conversation on The Next Web conference. It started as a suggestion with a hint of humor in it. And then it happened. It hit and it hit hard. Before I knew it, my idea had become a concept and sponsors were jumping the bandwagon. On midnight the 28th of March the deadline to enter for the giveaway of a number of The Next Web tickets, there was a frenzy with Dutch twitterazi. Erwin Blom and I had previously said that we were not going to just hand out the tickets. An effort had to be made. We agreed on that because we both were guessing we might have 5, 8 or at its wildest maybe even 10 startups maximum. Yesterday the impact of the whole thing became clear. 25 startups registered for the tickets. Honestly, I am overwhelmed. Completely. And of course, I am now in heavy competition. Check Meetial.com to see my own entry.

Tonight we have launched the first video pitch for Meetial. A tool that connects your social network to your schedule. Watch the video on Vimeo or visit Meetial to get a first impression.

Meetial from Arne Hulstein on Vimeo.

Vanavond was een spannende avond voor heel veel mensen. Twitter stond bol van de stress van startups die hun video nog af wilden werken en wilden uploaden. De respons is geweldig. Terwijl ik dit schrijf is Lucien Burm bezig om alle inzendingen op pitchstorm.tv te zetten. De opkomst is in ieder geval veel hoger van wij hadden verwacht.

En uiteraard is mijn eigen video nu ook te zien. Eindelijk is de Meetial video openbaar geworden, samen met de Meetial site met wat algemene informatie en de tekst van de video. En nu kijken of we de kans kunnen krijgen om dit uit te bouwen naar een serieuze startup. Op naar The Next Web en op zoek naar fondsen.