Play
What a great day! thanks for coming! Wipido, Weekendjeweg, Sun, HVA, Blog08, CodeShop and Freshheads thanks for supporting.
Here is a slideshow of PLAY made by Anne Helmond.
Read also the report by Laurens Taekema and check the photos on flickr by Martin Haring
Who are already joining?
The fearful Wakoopians, Weekendjeweg Sirs , DJ’s Twones, Ad “the collectors” Yen, The Dutch Cowboys, Moby ‘bartender’ Picture, Super Soocials, Fast f»dforwards, IRL Rockers, Soocial Alliance, Mr Netlog & @Nextweb, the E-Team, el Placeur, The boys from Brazil, the guys without white suits, the investor, glubbleicious, the Conedzos, Team Meetial, Boeve & co, The Marvians, LunaWipido, Lemz dudes, teliasoneras, Girls from UPC, treasuremytext, Sun, T@ & @, Twonqers, Geeks on Heels, Golfers / Cohibanen, The Heats, The White Doors, The Bankers, Dynamic Duo, Pussy 2.0, fireball dodging squirrels, TND newbies, the yieldivision, bawls ‘n awl, AppAppeal
All-Stars, SoFa and the city, EduBalls and you?
It is summer, it is time to PLAY!
The Next Web PLAY is about people, startups and stupid social sports.
What are we PLAYing…. Petanque of course!
Who can join?
Startups, Internet companies, twitter freaks. As long as you take Petanque, having fun and networking very seriously and have an ‘internet’ heartbeat.
PLAY is an announcement only event, meaning that each team should announce something (can be company related or personal) in max 140 characters -including the #play tag. I don’t have to tell you what we’ll do with it.

PLAY info:
When: August 23rd, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Where: Museumplein, Amsterdam
Fee: 0 euros (Including drinks and food)
No-Show fee: 100 euros
PLAY is played in a team of 2 persons
The Next Web PLAY Petanque tournament is about fun, drinking, trash talking, networking, pitching.
Can I sponsor it?
At The Next Web we’re always looking for sponsors and yes, we need them. In the PLAY case, we want to give something back to people who love the web, read and/or attend The Next Web, so we’re not looking for Sponsors, but you can become a Supporter. Supporters can be companies or individuals, and get the following benefits:
- logo placement in the PLAY event network
- We support you to bring company schwag to the PLAY field
- Get a special ‘Thanks’ mention by Patrick at the beginning and at the end of the tournament
- Get an automatic protected status during the draw in other words your team is seeded, a.k.a important (the more you support you give, the higher the ranking you get)
- Get a Twitter update: #play is thanking @….. for its support
Become a supporter from just 150 euros!
We’re already in training!
Oh don’t forget to dress style Cote d’Azur (or just startup style and wear your company tees)
Are you ready to play? Then sign up here
I hope you like that post!
Do you have a start-up that we should write about? Contact us! Thanks for visiting and hope you come back again!







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