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.
martes, 3 de mayo de 2016
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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