e.story

73, Rue de la Petite Hollande
Marcq en Baroeul 59700
France
www.linkedminds.net

Founders:
Jean-Michel FORESTIER, Gerard CHALOM

Company Description:
To truly communicate with someone, you need to share the same references and the same culture. The Internet considerably increases the volume and the speed of communications, but does not provide a shared context. How do we select among voluminous content, how can we be sure we’re understood?
This question may be divided into simpler questions:
1. How do we represent computer-based knowledge in a durable manner?
2. How do we share it?
3. How can we integrate Internet exchanges into everyday life?
The answer: e.story’s LinkedMinds

Product: LINKEDMINDS
LinkedMinds indexes and discriminates on search engine results. Results are presented in a global view with spheres and bubbles. This helps to select documents, or to eliminate the documents that are not relevant. Emails are analyzed and presented the same way. Work can be shared and directly emailed along with the dictionaries and indexes. Emails and documents are synchronized independent of the computer on which they were received. “For your eyes only” prohibits forwarding or printing. “Mission : Impossible” destroys emails after they’re read.

Market Opportunity:
The 2005 KM market is forecasted to reach $13 B USD (IDC) LinkedMinds is a Personal Knowledge Network, desktop solution. Gartner, Inc. defines personal knowledge networks as “individual knowledge worker’s solutions to networking and knowledge sharing” that provide role-, device- and location-based connectivity and information.

By 2009, personal knowledge networks will be the predominant channels for KM in enterprises.
Through 2007, three-quarters of enterprise productivity gains will be attributed to KM and other knowledge-work enhancements.

Competitors:
No direct competitors