It comes as no surprise that entrepreneurs are an optimistic bunch. Research has confirmed as much, suggesting that entrepreneurs suffer from an “optimism bias,” one that is linked to both advantages and disadvantages. Optimism can help entrepreneurs persist in the face of a challenge, but it can also lead them to take imprudent risks.
Seguridad, moda, pagos online y crowdfunding son las temáticas a las que se dedican las cinco startups en las que el Banco Sabadell ha decidido invertir 100.000 euros (en dinero y en horas de consultoría) en el marco del programa BStartup 10. Se trata de Enigmedia, Red Points, Setpay, Trendipia y Worldcoo. La entidad catalana asegura que se han presentado hasta 414 proyectos y que otros diez han quedado finalistas.
Mañana se presenta el libro España Lean Startup 2013, que pretende plasmar el estado del arte en lo que a emprendimiento lean se refiere en España. Recoge los pensamientos y experiencias de 14 “locos” de las metodologías lean para startups (entre los que me encuentro) y que abarca diversos aspectos y metodologías que no te puedes perder.
En efecto, 15 personas han confirmado su predisposición a participar en la 1ª edición del ÁGORA, una iniciativa del BAC de MONDRAGON, en colaboración con Goi Eskola Politeknikoa - Mondragón Unibertsitatea, cuyo propósito es impulsar la generación de nuevas oportunidades de negocio, a través del Emprendimiento.
El ÁGORA constituirá un evento estructurado de un día de duración, destinado a que una serie de equipos multidisciplinares respondan a retos tecnológicos o de mercado concreto, propuesto por las empresas, mediante la especificación básica de nuevos productos o servicios.
The quantified health movement is really just getting going, with basic stuff like fitness tracker bands. The potential for helping curious people measure, track, analyse and diagnose aspects of their personal health in the context of their lifestyle choices — potentially in highly granular detail — is almost limitless. It’s also a huge moneymaking opportunity.
Step forward new U.S. startup Exogen Bio, which wants to help quantified health-ers monitor and track their personal rate of DNA damage.
Los vecinos del número 15 de la calle de La del manojo de rosas de Madrid, en el barrio de Ciudad de los Ángeles, llevan años perdiendo calor por las ventanas. Y por los muros, el tejado, los cimientos. El edificio, construido en la década de los cincuenta del siglo pasado, “es como un radiador que emite constantemente energía al exterior. Un derroche”, asegura el arquitecto José Luis López. Pero tiene remedio. “Aislamiento de lana vertical de ocho centímetros, reforma de la cubierta, ventanas y contraventanas más eficientes, renovación de las instalaciones eléctricas y centralización de calderas.
The EU's app sector has gone from zero to digital superhero in less than five years. By 2018 it could employ 4.8 million people and contribute €63 billion to the EU economy according to a report presented in Brussels today. The study, carried out by GIGAOM for the European Commission, shows that Europe's app developers are up to the challenge of taking the global lead. Currently, EU and North American developers generate the same levels (42% each) of app revenues in crucial EU and US markets. Although the future is bright, developers have raised concerns about the skills gap, connectivity and fragmentation which could put the app boom at risk. (RAPID, IP/14/145, 13.2.2014)
For far too long, American health care has been out of reach for many. It certainly doesn’t help that the technology is dangerously out of date.
Most people know the government has been involved in addressing healthcare inequality: Obamacare. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) works to fix that inequality by requiring insurance companies to play by a new set of rules to open access to healthcare — leading to over 10 million newly insured Americans.
Online education provider TutorGroup has closed a massive $100 million in second round funding from Asia-based investors.
VentureBeat has exclusively learned that online shopping juggernaut Alibaba, Temasek and Qiming Venture Partners participated in the round. The company strategically raised its funds from investors in China and Singapore, as it’s building a strong brand in the region. Most of the TutorGroup offices are spread across Asia, although the company has a research and development group based in Silicon Valley.
A new kind of battery stores energy in what researchers are calling “rechargeable fuel”—electrodes in liquid form. The result can be either recharged like a conventional battery or replaced by pumping in new fuel like gasoline.
The materials could theoretically allow an electric car to travel 500 miles on a charge, five times farther than most electric vehicles can now, say the researchers developing the technology, who are based at Argonne National Laboratory and the Illinois Institute of Technology. Replacing them at a fueling station would take just a few minutes. In contrast, even the fastest charging stations for conventional batteries take an hour to provide a full charge.
