Time is running so fast… It’s already been a week since we were at the Plugg’09 conference in Brussels.

It was a really strong event with some super presentations and learning opportunities. Especially the panel discussion between Fred Destin (Atlas Venture), Anil Hansjee (Google) and Sake Bosch (Prime Technology Ventures) where Fred gave some tough love and claimed that the lack of globally successful startups in Europe is a mindset issue vs. limited funding availability, and advised the crowd to “think BIG” about the total market opportunity.  You can browse the event’s Pictures and Videos to see how busy we were and check out that panel!

But first, let’s give big kudos to the Startup Rally winners: Mendeley, the jury’s choice, a socio-academic site for sharing research papers and Myngle, the audience’s choice (also our favorite), a smart platform for online language education. Check their presentations, as well as other nominees’ (including ours).

Although we did not make it to the final this time around, Silentale was noticed and noted quite a few times, including from the inspirational media strategist Inma Martinez as well as the always entertaining editor from TechCrunch UK Mike Butcher. Thank you guys for showing us we are on the right path.

Also, as mentioned in our previous post, Silentale participated in the TechCrunch Talk «What’s next for France 2.0» in Paris on February 25th, and the footage is now available.