Frogtek on a Spanish Local TV

Not only does Guillermo work as a superb CTO (among other roles...), he also appears on TV!! He's been talking today about Frogtek on a local Press Conference. Good job Guille!

Note: The newsreader is not a terrorist.



By the way, is anyone interested in translating the video to other languages?

Frogtek is hiring!

We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our development department.

We are aiming at someone who is highly motivated, willing to work in a start-up and a good team-worker. Prior knowledge of GoogleApps, data bases, XML, REST APIs, SOA or Python will be highly appreciated. Experience with Agile methodologies would be nice to have.

We offer a lot of work and fun, a nice working atmosphere, flexible schedules and be part of a great "newborn" company.

Do send an email to guille (at) frogtek (dot) org in case you want to know more.

Interview for Fuji TV

Last week we were honored by a special visit: a crew from Fuji TV was in the US to film a piece on social entrepreneurship and they decided to include Frogtek's story in the mix!




They taped a presentation at Teacher's College for Nabeel Ahmad's class. And then they came home for a more upclose interview. Below you can see me with Kazuyo Katsuma, the leading journalist and bestselling author back in Japan.



Now we can't wait to see the final piece!

The Columbia bizschool blog talks about Frogtek

Mark and I wrote a post in Columbia Business School's Public Offering blog.

We talk about smartphones and emerging markets, including how we see Frogtek in that rapid change. I especially like the way the post closes:

Time will tell whether our idea is premature but there is little doubt that smartphones are coming soon to an emerging market near you.

You can check the whole post here.

Nuestro pisito de Bogotá

Siguiendo con el rollo Frogtek, os quería pasar un vídeo de nuestro piso-oficina-guarida en Bogotá. Aquí nos pasaremos buena parte del verano y espero que del resto del año mientras buscamos tenderos, alianzas y todo tipo de apoyos para Frogtek.
Si alguien quiere venir a echarnos una mano, le hacemos un hueco!

Frogtek's headquarters in Bogota

We are currently furnishing our home/office/HQ/lair in Bogotá. We found this apartment through Nicolás, our colombian developer. It is right below his own place and he was gracious enough to not mind our "invasion". I hope he still likes us after a few months...
From here we will have a permanent presence in Bogota and will work hard to recruit plenty of shopkeepers for our network.

You can see a video below, feel free to visit at any time!

2009 Echoing Green Fellows!!

It's been a while since we last published anything in this blog, our most sincere apologies... We've been working very hard to progress Frogtek's adventure and didn't quite find the time to write a few lines.

However, we break our silence with some great news today. The list of Echoing Green 2009 Fellows was just announced and Frogtek was part of it!!!

You can see below an amazing video they've produced with all of us: