Richard Kastelein

Richard Kastelein

Name: Richard Kastelein

Other: http://www.appmarket.tv
 
http://www.agoramedia.co.uk/

statement: Richard Kastelein is the founder of TV Hackfest London and San Francisco and publisher of TV Appmarket. An award -winning publisher and futurist, Kastelein has guest lectured at MIT Media Labs and has helped broadcasters such as the BBC, NPO, RTL, Eurosport, NBCU, ITV, and others with media convergence strategies. He sailed around the world in his 20′s spending ten years in the Caribbean working in print media and the boating industry as a professional sailor (see Virgin Article) before returning to Europe where he now lives in The Netherlands and works with various startups via his extensive global network. He writes TV formats in his spare time. Hook up with him on LinkedIn.

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Latest Articles by Richard Kastelein:

Hackers

Are hackers the new rockstars?

Today's guest blog looks at the rise of the hacker, a steadily evolving title... To many, a hacker brings up images of some basement-dwelling, pimply geek who gets off on trying to hack the Pentagon or MI5... or even worse, messes with ordinary peoples’ computers – m…

  • Entrepreneur - Blog -
  • Apr 11, 2013
Fail early, fail often

Fail early, fail often

Here is a guest blog on why failure isn't always a bad thing, and managing your fear can help drive you forward... It is an uncomfortable fact of business life that four out of five start-ups end in failure. It's even more complicated when you have three daughters, a wife, and a…

  • Entrepreneur - Blog -
  • Jan 17, 2012
My Introduction to Vagabondage - or The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Sea

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Sea

Before he became a successful CEO Richard Kastelein sailed round the world with no experience and no boat to his name. He revealed how his adventure as a sea hitchhiker began in the latest Virgin.com guest blog. It was over 20 years ago now since I first stepped aboard ̵…

  • Lifestyle - News -
  • Oct 13, 2010

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