Kirstradamus: Palabea and italki will try their Comeback

Palabea italkiMy second prediction for 2012 is about two of the oldest players in the language learning community space, Palabea and italki.

Both disappeared from the main screen about two years ago but none of them ever hit the dead pool though we have to say that Palabea has been very close to a cardiac arrest. But looking at some of the recent posts, I predict that both will attempt to make a comeback in the first half of 2012.

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Palabea – Phoenix from the Flames?

Last week I had a very interesting talk with Matthias Spanic, the new CEO of Palabea. There has been a radical change of the board and the new teamĀ is currently working on a complete reboot of the community.

All of the three executives have an impressive track record in the German startup scene and after our first talk I believe that the platform could actually make a turn around.

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