I’ll admit it: Big Data is not my favorite term. It really trivializes and summarizes the trend too far, creating misconceptions and misperceptions of what this incredible shift in our technology, culture and world actually is.
Despite the fact that I bill myself as a “big data” expert, I wish we could come up with a better term. If you’re not sure what I’m talking about, you’re not alone. Here are five of the biggest misunderstandings about big data I see regularly:
jueves, 19 de mayo de 2016
5 Daily Tasks Successful Entrepreneurs Never Put Away
Check out these five tasks your successful colleagues accomplish every day and put them on your daily list as well.
Nobody wants to be a failure. Of course, eager pull towards success cannot be put in one row with instinct of survival, however, I doubt anyone underestimates its importance in personal life and business - especially for those who prefer to take control of themselves.
Nobody wants to be a failure. Of course, eager pull towards success cannot be put in one row with instinct of survival, however, I doubt anyone underestimates its importance in personal life and business - especially for those who prefer to take control of themselves.
martes, 17 de mayo de 2016
How This Online Design Company Got Google Ventures Funding -- On The First Pitch
Umaimah Mendhro (oo-my-ma mend-ro) is one of the few entrepreneurs who can say she won funding on her first pitch. It sounds like a lucky break, but she’s been piecing together an ambitious plan since childhood.
Mendhro’s earliest memory is wanting to build and lead a large, multi-national company. Harvard also figured prominently in her childhood aspirations, even in the face of geographic disadvantages.
Mendhro’s earliest memory is wanting to build and lead a large, multi-national company. Harvard also figured prominently in her childhood aspirations, even in the face of geographic disadvantages.
5 Ways a Culture of Excellence Boosts Your Bottom Line
As you grow your business, it’s easy to focus on results you can sink your teeth into. Materials, products, profits, and revenue…without these you have no business. As a business owner, however, it can be difficult to watch your bottom line flatlining or dropping without a tangible reason. You have the product or service. The inventory of supplies is well-stocked. So what is going on?
One of the leading causes of small business failure is complacency. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, more businesses fail each month than the 543,000 that get off the ground. It is the companies who focus on building a culture of excellence and teams that continuously drive forward that succeed in the long term.
One of the leading causes of small business failure is complacency. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, more businesses fail each month than the 543,000 that get off the ground. It is the companies who focus on building a culture of excellence and teams that continuously drive forward that succeed in the long term.
martes, 10 de mayo de 2016
GM and Lyft Will Test Self-Driving Taxis Within the Next Year
The duo also plans to make Chevy Bolt cars available for Lyft drivers eventually
General Motors and Lyft’s self-driving taxis will begin testing in the not-too-distant future.
On Thursday, the Wall Street Journal published some details shared by Lyft director of product Taggart Matthiesen about how an upcoming pilot from the companies will likely work. It could involve a self-driving Chevrolet Bolt, a GM-made GM 1.56% electric car due out later this year, Matthiesen said.
General Motors and Lyft’s self-driving taxis will begin testing in the not-too-distant future.
On Thursday, the Wall Street Journal published some details shared by Lyft director of product Taggart Matthiesen about how an upcoming pilot from the companies will likely work. It could involve a self-driving Chevrolet Bolt, a GM-made GM 1.56% electric car due out later this year, Matthiesen said.
6 Questions to Answer Before Starting Your Project Plan
So you’ve asked enough questions and feel that you have acquired all of the possible information about the project that you’ll need to craft a plan, it’s time to get serious. Chances are, you’re feeling fully prepared and ready to dig into the hows and whens of the project. It’s so easy to jump right into your project planning tool of choice to create what looks like a well-thought-out plan. If that’s your process, that’s fine! Just be sure to think through every possible scenario before you put the time and effort into a formalized document. If you don’t, you’ll have to go back through your work and make adjustments, and we all know that could end up taking more time than you bargained for. So why not start with a simple sketch to map out and communicate your ideas on process, deliverables, dependencies, and timing? It can take you as little as 20 minutes and will help you to sell your ideas to your team before delivering something that feels “written in stone.”
lunes, 9 de mayo de 2016
30 Motivational Quotes to Help Realize Your Entrepreneurial Dreams
A little extra motivation and inspiration can sometimes help you push through difficult times and remain focused on the end goal. A positive mindset goes a long way.
Read the following quotes to help you reach your entrepreneurial dreams, regardless of what they might be. Use them as motivation to achieve happiness as well as success.
Read the following quotes to help you reach your entrepreneurial dreams, regardless of what they might be. Use them as motivation to achieve happiness as well as success.
3 Ways to Simplify Your Company Culture and Build Trust
We're now accepting submissions for our 2016 Top Company Cultures list. Think your company should be on it? Apply Now »
The 2015 books are closed and the 2016 kickoff meetings have concluded. Now is the perfect time to take one final look at what went well last year and what we could have done better. It’s also a great time to review our 2016 priorities. Which areas demand better performance? Which programs will we emphasize in the coming months?
The 2015 books are closed and the 2016 kickoff meetings have concluded. Now is the perfect time to take one final look at what went well last year and what we could have done better. It’s also a great time to review our 2016 priorities. Which areas demand better performance? Which programs will we emphasize in the coming months?
viernes, 6 de mayo de 2016
From Elon Musk to Richard Branson: What These 5 Famous Leaders Learned From Their Mothers
By Carolyn Sun
With Mother’s Day coming up, we’d like to take this opportunity to give a big ole fist bump to the mothers of some of the greatest leaders and learn about how they lived by example.
After all, it was Abe Lincoln who once said, “All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.”
With Mother’s Day coming up, we’d like to take this opportunity to give a big ole fist bump to the mothers of some of the greatest leaders and learn about how they lived by example.
After all, it was Abe Lincoln who once said, “All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.”
30 ideas de negocio para importar
Muchas veces, lo que funciona fuera, también puede triunfar en nuestro país. Por eso hemos seleccionado 30 modelos de negocio que están teniendo éxito fuera de nuestras fronteras, para que vayas tomando nota.
Case Study: Should You Adjust Your Business Model for a Major Customer?
“There’s another one!” Cameron Burke’s son said, pointing to a darkened streetlight across the park. “But it’s out too!” Cameron regretted having started this game with his four-year-old. His company, Lumiscape, produced smart, connected streetlights that had been installed in cities throughout the United States, including Cleveland, where they were now, visiting his parents. He and Graham had decided to squeeze in a walk to Forest Hill Park before bedtime, and he’d challenged the boy to count all the lights he could find. But they’d already seen three that weren’t working properly.
jueves, 5 de mayo de 2016
Las 20 principales razones por las que las startups fracasan
Ser dueño de tu propio tiempo, no tener horarios ni tope de sueldo y no rendir cuentas a ningún superior, son sólo algunas de las ventajas de tener tu propia empresa.
Sin embargo, el camino no es tan fácil como la mayoría imagina y el éxito muy pocas veces depende de la buena suerte, nunca la frase “si fuera fácil cualquiera lo haría” ha encajado tan bien en una situación.
Sin embargo, el camino no es tan fácil como la mayoría imagina y el éxito muy pocas veces depende de la buena suerte, nunca la frase “si fuera fácil cualquiera lo haría” ha encajado tan bien en una situación.
miércoles, 4 de mayo de 2016
10 Things that stress out entrepreneurs more than anything
By Jason DeMers
Entrepreneurship is a stressful role for anybody. You’ll be in charge of leading people, making decisions, and determining the fate of your business with your actions -- and to top it all off, you'll probably have a significant chunk of your personal savings invested in the project. All those stressful little situations you ran into as an employee seem far less important when you’re in charge of your own business; and at the same time, your perspectives on what constitutes a “challenge” or a “concern” will shift.
These 10 situations stress out entrepreneurs more than anything else:
Entrepreneurship is a stressful role for anybody. You’ll be in charge of leading people, making decisions, and determining the fate of your business with your actions -- and to top it all off, you'll probably have a significant chunk of your personal savings invested in the project. All those stressful little situations you ran into as an employee seem far less important when you’re in charge of your own business; and at the same time, your perspectives on what constitutes a “challenge” or a “concern” will shift.
These 10 situations stress out entrepreneurs more than anything else:
Por qué la inteligencia artificial necesita (como agua de mayo) una pizca de ética #rpTEN
Una entrenadísima red neuronal dotada de inteligencia artificial (y supuestamente muy lista) tuvo en una ocasión la osadía de afirmar con un porcentaje de probabilidad el 99,7% que el sombrero que la reina Isabel II de Inglaterra lucía sobre su regia cabeza era en realidad un gorro de ducha.
Con este ejemplo (tan gracioso como preocupante), Kate Crawford, directora de Investigación Microsoft Research, quiso poner ayer sobre la mesa, durante su intervención en la conferencia de internet re:publica, las múltiples debilidades de una inteligencia artificial repleta no sólo de lagunas técnicas sino también de lagunas éticas.
Con este ejemplo (tan gracioso como preocupante), Kate Crawford, directora de Investigación Microsoft Research, quiso poner ayer sobre la mesa, durante su intervención en la conferencia de internet re:publica, las múltiples debilidades de una inteligencia artificial repleta no sólo de lagunas técnicas sino también de lagunas éticas.
7 Social Media Tips for Non-Tech Entrepreneurs
By Jeff Shavitz
We constantly hear about it. It’s everywhere. However, as a busy entrepreneur and business owner, are you properly using social media to help your company grow? Be introspective and tell the truth. My answer was “no.” Yes, I know my three teenage children are living on Instagram, Facebook and all the other cool social media programs; however, as a relatively smart business guy who will soon hit the 50 year mark, I had no clue what I was doing. This new medium was totally intimidating but I eventually learned some easy steps that soon had social media helping grow my my company. The concepts are relatively simple; the harder part is the execution and consistency of developing your social media program.
Social media should not be a fad in your business. You can't do it today and then come back several months later to work on it again. Obviously, this will not work. In 2016, it’s now a very real, highly monetized business strategy that must be embraced. I recently uploaded a new Facebook photo to change my profile picture from 2012 and thought I had mastered the art of social media. I have so much to learn. For your company to stay current in this business climate, you must have a social media presence. Below are seven tips about social media for us "non tech" business owners (and please understand, I’m one of them as my VCR is still blinking from the year 2000).
As highly motivated entrepreneurs, we think we can micro-manage every aspect of our business. We’re smart, we boast that we work 80 hours a week and there isn’t anything we can’t learn or do. However, social media, although not difficult is a real expertise that takes significant time when executed properly. It takes time and you need to determine whether you want to be the leader of your social media campaigns; if not, hire a “consultant” to help. Although many times, I hate to use the word “consultant”, they can be very effective if you know how to manage the process, their time, the money and the deliverables.
Today, the most popular social media platforms include LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. For starters, setting up an account on these platforms is simple. All you need is to fill a few details like your names, address, email address and phone number.
And again, don’t be discouraged when you have 0 followers on day 1. If you built it, they will come. John Heywood, an English playwright profoundly said, “Rome wasn’t built in 1 day.” (did anybody know the name John Heywood because I didn’t, but thankfully Google did). Just get started as mentioned in Tip #1.
When creating your profile or about page, you need to exercise care and professionalism. On LinkedIn, you can keep it professional while on Facebook and Twitter, you can be less formal and more conversational. Use polls and giveaways in order to elicit consumer feedback and use articles to provide more information about your business and company.
The first challenge (or said differently, “opportunity”) in social media is to make sure that the customer quickly notices your company and your brand. Simple techniques like ensuring that your website and Facebook and Twitter links on your home page or any blog or communication created by your company. Thanks to creative graphic designers, you can have the links in form of buttons or logos of the social media platforms. You need to be prepared to talk about your social media pages every time you network or interact with potential customers.
While the fashionable social media platforms are very popular, do not forget about the less talked about social media sites. Start up and growing social media companies are popping up daily. Identify ones that match your company’s vision, demographics and although they may not have the huge following that Facebook and Twitter have, they will help you increase your market share for new customers.
They have very special tools that can allow you to be become more noticeable on the web. When you are on Google Plus, you will be able to have a higher chance of ranking higher on Google search engine especially in local business section due to local business listings.
Less is more! The one thing you need to know is that you don’t have to keep posting on your social media platform if it’s bad or verbose content. As a general rule of thumb, you need to know what and when to post. Always remember that quality trumps over quantity. We are all busy with lots of content. Your potential consumers want to read/watch rich content. Think about your personal Facebook account and don’t you hate when that one friend constantly posts “stuff” every few hours that really has no relevance. We don’t care that you are now getting dinner for your family. Get over yourself and post great content. If you do, your followers will look forward to reading your information, whether it’s educational in nature or one of your new product offerings. Think before you upload information to your social media sites.
More and more small and mid-size businesses (SMBs) today (and the numbers are huge with many statistics saying there are 25 million SMBs in the USA depending on your actual definition) are using online directories to their benefit. As an independent business owner/entrepreneur/CEO of a SMB, one of your many roles in your company is strategizing and developing your marketing plan. The implementation of employing “Online Directories” can and should be a great addition to your overall marketing and advertising strategy. And, if it’s not, you are missing out on a significant opportunity to increase your customer base at a low Cost Per Acquisition fee. Online directories will help your business expand its website traffic, market presence, increase the likelihood that your website will be found by prospective customers and increase your profitability and bottom line revenue. Online directories is used properly in conjunction with your social media strategy is a very powerful combination.
The one important thing every entrepreneur needs to know is that the time to embrace social media is NOW. Now means today. It’s not going away. Don’t feel intimidated like me to get into the game (think of the analogy of walking into Starbucks the first time and being overwhelmed with the ordering process and knowing the fancy names for coffee -- but you did it). Same with social media -- you just need to start. After all, social media is where more and more of your customers are going and you need to be omniscient and everywhere that they are searching for your type of product or service.
Social media is here to stay. Whether you wish to employ one tip or all aeven in your social media programs, take an introspective look at your current strategies to ensure that you and your company are getting the greatest social media ROI.
NOTE CREDIT: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/274951
We constantly hear about it. It’s everywhere. However, as a busy entrepreneur and business owner, are you properly using social media to help your company grow? Be introspective and tell the truth. My answer was “no.” Yes, I know my three teenage children are living on Instagram, Facebook and all the other cool social media programs; however, as a relatively smart business guy who will soon hit the 50 year mark, I had no clue what I was doing. This new medium was totally intimidating but I eventually learned some easy steps that soon had social media helping grow my my company. The concepts are relatively simple; the harder part is the execution and consistency of developing your social media program.
Social media should not be a fad in your business. You can't do it today and then come back several months later to work on it again. Obviously, this will not work. In 2016, it’s now a very real, highly monetized business strategy that must be embraced. I recently uploaded a new Facebook photo to change my profile picture from 2012 and thought I had mastered the art of social media. I have so much to learn. For your company to stay current in this business climate, you must have a social media presence. Below are seven tips about social media for us "non tech" business owners (and please understand, I’m one of them as my VCR is still blinking from the year 2000).
1. Consider retaining an expert.
As highly motivated entrepreneurs, we think we can micro-manage every aspect of our business. We’re smart, we boast that we work 80 hours a week and there isn’t anything we can’t learn or do. However, social media, although not difficult is a real expertise that takes significant time when executed properly. It takes time and you need to determine whether you want to be the leader of your social media campaigns; if not, hire a “consultant” to help. Although many times, I hate to use the word “consultant”, they can be very effective if you know how to manage the process, their time, the money and the deliverables.
2. Begin with popular social media platforms.
Today, the most popular social media platforms include LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. For starters, setting up an account on these platforms is simple. All you need is to fill a few details like your names, address, email address and phone number.
And again, don’t be discouraged when you have 0 followers on day 1. If you built it, they will come. John Heywood, an English playwright profoundly said, “Rome wasn’t built in 1 day.” (did anybody know the name John Heywood because I didn’t, but thankfully Google did). Just get started as mentioned in Tip #1.
When creating your profile or about page, you need to exercise care and professionalism. On LinkedIn, you can keep it professional while on Facebook and Twitter, you can be less formal and more conversational. Use polls and giveaways in order to elicit consumer feedback and use articles to provide more information about your business and company.
3. Establish your brand.
The first challenge (or said differently, “opportunity”) in social media is to make sure that the customer quickly notices your company and your brand. Simple techniques like ensuring that your website and Facebook and Twitter links on your home page or any blog or communication created by your company. Thanks to creative graphic designers, you can have the links in form of buttons or logos of the social media platforms. You need to be prepared to talk about your social media pages every time you network or interact with potential customers.
4. Don’t forget about the lesser known social media sites.
While the fashionable social media platforms are very popular, do not forget about the less talked about social media sites. Start up and growing social media companies are popping up daily. Identify ones that match your company’s vision, demographics and although they may not have the huge following that Facebook and Twitter have, they will help you increase your market share for new customers.
They have very special tools that can allow you to be become more noticeable on the web. When you are on Google Plus, you will be able to have a higher chance of ranking higher on Google search engine especially in local business section due to local business listings.
5. Quality trumps (sorry for the political innuendo) quantity.
Less is more! The one thing you need to know is that you don’t have to keep posting on your social media platform if it’s bad or verbose content. As a general rule of thumb, you need to know what and when to post. Always remember that quality trumps over quantity. We are all busy with lots of content. Your potential consumers want to read/watch rich content. Think about your personal Facebook account and don’t you hate when that one friend constantly posts “stuff” every few hours that really has no relevance. We don’t care that you are now getting dinner for your family. Get over yourself and post great content. If you do, your followers will look forward to reading your information, whether it’s educational in nature or one of your new product offerings. Think before you upload information to your social media sites.
6. Your business listing report.
More and more small and mid-size businesses (SMBs) today (and the numbers are huge with many statistics saying there are 25 million SMBs in the USA depending on your actual definition) are using online directories to their benefit. As an independent business owner/entrepreneur/CEO of a SMB, one of your many roles in your company is strategizing and developing your marketing plan. The implementation of employing “Online Directories” can and should be a great addition to your overall marketing and advertising strategy. And, if it’s not, you are missing out on a significant opportunity to increase your customer base at a low Cost Per Acquisition fee. Online directories will help your business expand its website traffic, market presence, increase the likelihood that your website will be found by prospective customers and increase your profitability and bottom line revenue. Online directories is used properly in conjunction with your social media strategy is a very powerful combination.
7.The time is NOW!
The one important thing every entrepreneur needs to know is that the time to embrace social media is NOW. Now means today. It’s not going away. Don’t feel intimidated like me to get into the game (think of the analogy of walking into Starbucks the first time and being overwhelmed with the ordering process and knowing the fancy names for coffee -- but you did it). Same with social media -- you just need to start. After all, social media is where more and more of your customers are going and you need to be omniscient and everywhere that they are searching for your type of product or service.
Social media is here to stay. Whether you wish to employ one tip or all aeven in your social media programs, take an introspective look at your current strategies to ensure that you and your company are getting the greatest social media ROI.
NOTE CREDIT: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/274951
How Airbnb Expanded To 190 Countries By Thinking 'Glocal'
Airbnb may be the most global among Silicon Valley’s mega-unicorns.
With homes and bedrooms available in 34,000 cities and 190 countries, Airbnb operates in more than double the number of territories as does ride-share giant Uber. And unlike Snapchat or Pinterest, which have grown mostly within the United States, the $25 billion home-sharing service now sees two-thirds of its trips booked across country borders. Europe is actually Airbnb’s largest market. But a truly international startup presents it’s own problems.
With homes and bedrooms available in 34,000 cities and 190 countries, Airbnb operates in more than double the number of territories as does ride-share giant Uber. And unlike Snapchat or Pinterest, which have grown mostly within the United States, the $25 billion home-sharing service now sees two-thirds of its trips booked across country borders. Europe is actually Airbnb’s largest market. But a truly international startup presents it’s own problems.
14 Marketplace Mistakes That Are Killing Your Startup
By Tristan Pollock
One week ago, I hosted my fifth Marketplace Dinner. This particular one took place at the DogVacay headquarters in Santa Monica.
Marketplace Dinners are a series of happy hour-esque meetups that bring together founders and leaders at startup companies growing, you guessed it, marketplaces.
So far, we’ve gathered over 250 founders and leaders (averaging about 50 founders per event), including entrepreneurs and executors from Airbnb, Odesk, eBay, Lyft, Uber, Thumbtack, and many more.
Each event is three hours of eating, drinking, and telling tales of what it took to build a marketplace.
One week ago, I hosted my fifth Marketplace Dinner. This particular one took place at the DogVacay headquarters in Santa Monica.
Marketplace Dinners are a series of happy hour-esque meetups that bring together founders and leaders at startup companies growing, you guessed it, marketplaces.
So far, we’ve gathered over 250 founders and leaders (averaging about 50 founders per event), including entrepreneurs and executors from Airbnb, Odesk, eBay, Lyft, Uber, Thumbtack, and many more.
Each event is three hours of eating, drinking, and telling tales of what it took to build a marketplace.
martes, 3 de mayo de 2016
Google compra la startup canadiense Synergyse
Para mejorar su servicio Google Apps for Work, Google ha decidido comprar la empresa Synergyse, dedicada al entrenamiento interactivo para esta plataforma.
En 2013, un grupo de extrabajadores de Google decidió poner en marcha la empresa Synergyse en Toronto, Canadá. La empresa tiene como objetivo ofrecer herramientas de entrenamiento interactivo para el servicio Google Apps for Work de Google.
En 2013, un grupo de extrabajadores de Google decidió poner en marcha la empresa Synergyse en Toronto, Canadá. La empresa tiene como objetivo ofrecer herramientas de entrenamiento interactivo para el servicio Google Apps for Work de Google.
6 Fatal Mistakes of Startup Founders
Adeo Ressi is Founder and CEO of the Founder Institute, where he and his team mentor hundreds of first-time founders. In addition, over the last 20 years he has founded several successful companies of his own. So when we asked him about the typical mistakes that first-time founders make that could prove fatal to their companies, we listened!
Ressi emphasizes that the fatal mistakes are often made in those critical first few months in the founding of a new company. That’s when every move can have a huge positive or negative impact on the fledgeling company. During this time the founder needs to make a lot of critical decisions in a short period of time.
Ressi emphasizes that the fatal mistakes are often made in those critical first few months in the founding of a new company. That’s when every move can have a huge positive or negative impact on the fledgeling company. During this time the founder needs to make a lot of critical decisions in a short period of time.
20 Of The Most Powerful Quotes From Steve Jobs That Will Inspire You
“I’m as proud of many of the things we haven’t done as the things we have done. Innovation is saying no to a thousand things.”
– Steve Jobs
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.”
– Steve Jobs
“I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what’s next.”
– Steve Jobs
– Steve Jobs
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.”
– Steve Jobs
“I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what’s next.”
– Steve Jobs
Andrea Gamarnik, una mujer que cambió el mundo
En la embajada de Francia, L’ORÉAL ARGENTINA reunió a más de trescientas personalidades para homenajear a la doctora argentina Andrea Gamarnik, quien fue galardonada con el Premio Internacional L’Oreál-UNESCO For Women in Science.
Esta distinción la ubica como una de las cinco científicas más relevantes del mundo en 2016, por sus descubrimientos sobre el modo en que los virus transmitidos por los mosquitos se reproducen y causan enfermedades, en particular el virus del dengue.
Esta distinción la ubica como una de las cinco científicas más relevantes del mundo en 2016, por sus descubrimientos sobre el modo en que los virus transmitidos por los mosquitos se reproducen y causan enfermedades, en particular el virus del dengue.
Sure, let's get excited about innovation – but only if it makes our lives better
As the business cases of Yahoo!, Blockbuster and Borders all illustrate, even the best-prepared CEO can easily fail to innovate at their company, sometimes leading to bankruptcy, or worse: total commercial irrelevance.
Throughout the upcoming election cycle, we will no doubt be hearing a lot about innovation in Australia. From Malcolm Turnbull’s “ideas boom” to the ALP’s “powering innovation” strategy, the basis for an innovation agenda is already outlined in their platforms.
But building an innovation nation takes a lot more than just headline policies. It also requires reflection on exactly what you are trying to achieve.
Throughout the upcoming election cycle, we will no doubt be hearing a lot about innovation in Australia. From Malcolm Turnbull’s “ideas boom” to the ALP’s “powering innovation” strategy, the basis for an innovation agenda is already outlined in their platforms.
But building an innovation nation takes a lot more than just headline policies. It also requires reflection on exactly what you are trying to achieve.
How to Raise the Next Mark Zuckerberg
Everybody wants to give their children the tools to be a success in life. But let’s think really big for a minute: How could you prepare a child to start the next billion-dollar tech company?
Think the odds are stacked too high against them? Consider the advantage today’s children have over the first generations of tech entrepreneurs: They’re growing up immersed in technology. It’s second nature to them. They grow up expecting that there will be a next big thing, and wondering what it will look like.
Think the odds are stacked too high against them? Consider the advantage today’s children have over the first generations of tech entrepreneurs: They’re growing up immersed in technology. It’s second nature to them. They grow up expecting that there will be a next big thing, and wondering what it will look like.
lunes, 2 de mayo de 2016
Working for a startup is sort of depressing these days, and one essay writer described the change perfectly
Last year, 2015, was the year of the unicorn, a startup that raised so much venture investment, it was valued at $1 billion or more.
But 2016 has become the year of the "unicorpse."
Many unprofitable, once high-flying startups are having their come-to-Jesus moments: they may have problematic products, can't easily raise more VC money, no one wants to buy them, and no one is interested in their IPOs.
And their employees, who were once proud, company-T-shirt-wearing loyalists, are starting to wake up and feel a sense of quiet desperation.
But 2016 has become the year of the "unicorpse."
Many unprofitable, once high-flying startups are having their come-to-Jesus moments: they may have problematic products, can't easily raise more VC money, no one wants to buy them, and no one is interested in their IPOs.
And their employees, who were once proud, company-T-shirt-wearing loyalists, are starting to wake up and feel a sense of quiet desperation.
What’s So Special About Andreessen Horowitz?
By Michael Troiano
A Boston entrepreneur’s take on the secret of a16z's success.
Flying back from a few productive days at the Andreessen Horowitz Executive Briefing Center. That such a place even exists speaks volumes about their philosophy and approach, but it’s worth some deeper reflection for the benefit of my friends on both the entrepreneur and investor sides of the startup equation.
A Boston entrepreneur’s take on the secret of a16z's success.
Flying back from a few productive days at the Andreessen Horowitz Executive Briefing Center. That such a place even exists speaks volumes about their philosophy and approach, but it’s worth some deeper reflection for the benefit of my friends on both the entrepreneur and investor sides of the startup equation.
Google predice el futuro: hay que apostar por la inteligencia artificial
En su primera carta a inversionistas, el presidente ejecutivo de Google, Sundar Pichai, dice que la próxima ola de la informática tendrá que ver con el aprendizaje de máquinas.
Es un hecho que lo más importante para Google -- la empresa/verbo/sitio web que es sinónimo de encontrar cosas que utilizan el Internet -- es su negocio de búsquedas. Y ahora que la empresa pone a punto su plan maestro para el futuro, Google quiere asegurarse de que el negocio sea inyectado con una buena dosis de inteligencia artificial (IA).
Al menos esa es la gran conclusión de la carta anual de Google, publicada el jueves, y escrita por primera vez por el presidente ejecutivo, Sundar Pichai, en lugar de por los co-fundadores de Google, Larry Page y Sergey Brin.
Es un hecho que lo más importante para Google -- la empresa/verbo/sitio web que es sinónimo de encontrar cosas que utilizan el Internet -- es su negocio de búsquedas. Y ahora que la empresa pone a punto su plan maestro para el futuro, Google quiere asegurarse de que el negocio sea inyectado con una buena dosis de inteligencia artificial (IA).
Al menos esa es la gran conclusión de la carta anual de Google, publicada el jueves, y escrita por primera vez por el presidente ejecutivo, Sundar Pichai, en lugar de por los co-fundadores de Google, Larry Page y Sergey Brin.
9 Inspiring TED Talks That Will Make You Rethink Effective Communication
When you hear the words “effective communication,” what do you think?
You might imagine people having a conversation in which they’re truly engaged and absorbed in what’s being discussed. Or you might think of a team making progress on a project together.
And while those scenarios fall under the umbrella of effective communication, it’s so much more than an exchange of words.
You might imagine people having a conversation in which they’re truly engaged and absorbed in what’s being discussed. Or you might think of a team making progress on a project together.
And while those scenarios fall under the umbrella of effective communication, it’s so much more than an exchange of words.
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