A New Way To Prezent

What can you expect from Hungary these days? Apparently, you get some great entrepreneurial companies. Among the lot is Prezi, which was co-founded by 32-year-old Adam Somlai-Fischer. Somlai-Fischer is a Budapest native, and his company is currently doing a great job. Over the past two-and-a-half years, the site has gathered over 4.5 million users. 2 million of those users joined the site in the past three months. Prezi is a web-based presentation system. Instead of having slides, users are given a slate where they can place clusters of information. While 'prezenting', users can transition between the clusters, and they also have the ability to zoom in or out. Prezi is very visually engaging, and I believe it captures the spirit of the technological revolution. It's simple yet effective. Leonardo da Vinci once said "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication", and I find it difficult to argue with the man here. Prezi has the ability to make a dull 'prezentation' into something cool. One of PowerPoint's founders, Rob Campbell said "It has the freshest approach I've seen since the 1980s." Will Prezi be able to take on PowerPoint? Consider the fact that many business people who were shown Prezi were introduced to it by their children. This new consumer base may help entrepreneurial companies such as Prezi become successes. Anyway, give them a try. Don't worry about money, as Prezi is currently a free service (although there are packages where you can pay; however, these are aimed more for commercial/corporate usage).

Here is the company's website: http://prezi.com/