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Last week we signed our agreement with the Plug&PlayTechCenter in Sunnyvale, CA, at the Plug&Play Expo over there. From 1 June 2009 we will have a zanox pavillion with eight desks and one meeting area. It will be located right next to the Apple AppStore & Stanford University co-op and our colleague Chris Loonan will move over from our New York office. It was quite exiting to see all the positive feedback and reactions we got from all the participants we talked to at the Expo conference. No surprise they specially liked our monetization 2.0 t-shirts. They had 90 VC´s attending and 40 start-ups pitching. Those pitches were a very strong statement of the enormous creativity and brain power that comes out of the Valley. We now hope to participate in this and use the collective intelligence to generate and co-create new ideas and apps for our zanox Application Store. Have a look at the short video I took to get an impression of the event and the location:

The people who run the center are absolutly amazing! They welcomed us very warmly and I hardly saw a team with a more positive spirit. Big thanks again to Kayvan, Saeed, Jupe, Candace and Jacky. You guys are great!

So, if anybody is interested to meet us over there or to use our facilities please get in contact and we will discuss opportunities.

Our colleagues, who went to attend the Plug & Play Expo San Francisco, just sent over some pics – despite of a massive jetlag, especially the Berlin crowd But it was definitely worth some wakeful nights: They had great fun during the event, and received a lot of positive feedback on our new zanox Campus in Silicon Valley, which will be opened in June. More pics and also some videos are to follow shortly. For now, have fun checking out the Plug & Play impressions:

Following the great success of our Berlin-based zanox Campus, we now decided to open a second Campus in the heart of Silicon Valley! It will serve as a new open meeting point for publishers, start-up businesses and developers. Designed as a Think Tank for modern web-based business models, projects and partners in Silicon Valley, we created it to support new online talents. We would also like to use both Campuses, Berlin and Silicon Valley, as an open exchange space for all our partners across the US and Europe.

With our first US-based zanox Campus, we would like to invite the creative community in Silicon Valley to help us promote and pursue innovation within our industry. In return, we will offer access to our affiliate network’s infrastructure, our partners and last but not least attractive investment opportunities for the most promising business models. This is where our just recently launched  $2 Million zanox Application Store Contest comes in.

If you are interested in learning more, just drop by from 5 pm onwards today at the Plug & Play TechCenter in San Francisco: Our CEO Thomas Hessler will officially announce the new zanox Campus during the cocktail reception. Some first pics and impressions are to follow shortly! Hope to see you in the Valley soon!

The San Francisco Plug & Play Expo introduces “the best of the breed”: Executives, entrepreneurs, key venture capitalists and angel investors will come together to get insights into the lastest products and offerings of the internet, media, software or mobile industry. Of course we will make our way to Valley on 7 May to attend the event, sessions and presentations. We are also one of the Plug & Play sponsors, so we’ll be hosting the fun part: the cocktail reception! If you want to come along, meet us and enjoy a cocktail or two, drop by from 5 pm onwards at the Plug & Play TechCenter in San Francisco. Our CEO Thomas Hessler will give a brief speech and will let you know a little more about our just recently launched $2 Million zanox Application Store Contest for start-up businesses and developers.

We’d be happy to see you at the Plug & Play TechCenter. Check out the agenda and let us know if you want to join the party! Looking forward to seeing you in the Valley!