Do most great entrepreneurs focus on one idea or pursue many? A quick look at billionaire entrepreneurs reveals that most of them are serial entrepreneurs.
Como a menudo los clientes con los que trabajo me preguntan cómo pueden identificar ideas u oportunidades de negocio sobre las que construir ese modelo innovador que todos perseguimos, he decidido recopilar las principales fuentes de identificación de nuevas oportunidades que existen según mi experiencia:
BuildZoom, the Y Combinator-backed service designed to connect homeowners with licensed contractors, is today announcing having closed on $1.4 million in seed funding, in a round led by Formation 8 (Joe Lonsdale). The company plans to use the additional funding for hiring and continued product development, with a specific focus on improving some of the site’s consumer-facing tools, like its online project gallery, Q&A section, and marketplace.
Smartphones have long since established themselves as the preferred camera for the majority of users, and even though there are now a number of ways to share their digital output, there’s still something fun about receiving photo prints by mail.
La palabra “pivotar” no está siempre bien considerada en el mundo de las startups, ya que conlleva la connotación que, en una u otra manera, los fundadores han fracasado. Pero a veces, fracasar – o por lo menos ser capaz de reconocer que estás en el camino equivocado – es el mejor camino hacia el éxito.
Mientras que los fundadores de ciertas compañías como Evernote, se enorgullecen de mantenerse 100% fieles a su visión original, hay muchas otras start
Echemos un vistazo a algunas de las predecesoras de las startups más populares del momento, algunas ahora valoradas en miles de millones de dólares:
Startup accelerators have gone “niche” over the last year. Instead of simply copy and pasting the Y Combinator model ad nauseam, incubators have started to seep into verticals, tailoring their programs to particular industries. Education technology has been enjoying more attention from entrepreneurs and investors of late, and following suit, a new generation of EdTech accelerators have begun to pop up across the country.
La unión del conocimiento técnico y la pasión por las bicicletas ha llevado a tres jóvenes ingenieros españoles a desarrollar un kit que permite convertir prácticamente cualquier bicicleta en una bicicleta eléctrica, posibilitando que cualquier persona pueda disfrutar de la bicicleta, independientemente de su edad y estado de forma, al tiempo que se desplaza de forma segura y rápida con un mínimo esfuerzo.
Thumbtack, a marketplace for local service providers, has raised a $12.5 million Series B led by Sequoia Capital.
When co-founder and CEO Marco Zappacosta told me about the funding, he said he’s excited because Sequoia is “focused on building enduring, meaningful brands,” and it’s “making us their bet” in the local services market. Sequoia’s Bryan Schreier is joining Thumbtack’s board of directors, so I asked him via email why he picked Thumbtack.
Paris-based Internet of Things startup Netatmo, which makes personal weather station and air quality sensor devices (as seen in the video above) for use with Android and iOS apps, has just closed a €4.5 million ($5.8 million) funding round. It plans to use the funding to launch new connected devices in the second half of this year, including additional indoor air modules (to be announced this month), and also rain and wind meters.
Daqri, a company that says it’s creating the “Photoshop of augmented reality,” just announced that it has raised a $15 million Series A led by Tarsadia Investments.
