By Jan Reichelt at the Launch48 2009 Conference

1. wants to help researchers
manage, share, and discover
academic knowledge.

2. We are 17 researchers, graduates and software
developers from...
...backed by co-
founders and former
executives of:
Supported by:

3. works like this:
1) Install
“Audioscrobbler”
2) Listen to music
3) Last.fm builds your
music profile... and
the world‘s biggest
open music database

4. music libraries
artists
songs
genres
research libraries
researchers
papers
disciplines
Last.fmMendeley

5. Mendeley WebMendeley Desktop
Manage, share, read and
annotate your research
papers – both on the
desktop and online...
...and discover research
trends, like-minded
academics, and get research
paper recommendations

6. Our background:
How did Mendeley
leverage external resources?

7. Open Source –
but what if you are in a
commercial environment?
Open Source
developers?
Where‘s your
product‘s value?
Being forced to
Open Source?

8. APIs –
Complement or competition?
Adding customer value

9. Make or buy –
Using external components
Technology
and skills
Price and
cost
Where‘s your
product‘s value?

10. Leveraging other
external resources

11. www.mendeley.com