For many years, I have talked with business executives about the need to reorient their attitudes toward failure. If they want their organizations to generate more good ideas, monetize the best of them, and in general innovate faster, they need to not only tolerate but celebrate the fruitless pilots and instructive flops that are an inevitable part of the process.
Si hay algo que resulta extraño y desconocido para el fundador de una startup es la mente de un inversor, sus motivaciones y forma de actuar… ¿son locos románticos a los que les encanta arriesgar su dinero en pos de un sueño o se parecen al tío Gilito, intentado exprimir lo máximo posible cada euro y esperando hacerse ricos a costa del emprendedor?
Antes de nada y como disclaimer diré que hay tantos tipos de inversores como personas, y que obviamente vamos a encontrar a inversores posicionados en ambos extremos de lo dicho antes… aunque la mayoría realmente operan en medio.
Oracle today revealed plans to bolster its networking portfolio by buying Corente, a company that has developed software for programming network resources between data centers.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it should close later this year.
Corente lets businesses control aspects of their networks through a single software interface rather than forcing administrators to manually set configurations on individual pieces of hardware.
Oracle wants to use that technology to help customers set up networks fast.
Livemap, a Russian startup on-stage today at our CES Hardware Battlefield, aims to make GPS navigation more accessible to motorcyclists in the form of a new kind of helmet.
After all, CEO Andrew Artischev noted that if you’re riding a motorcycle, interacting with a GPS touchscreen interface isn’t exactly safe or convenient, and even looking at it means taking your eyes off the road. Livemap’s Motohelmet, on the other hand, is inspired by fighter pilots, who have “heads up” displays showing them important information directly in their helmets.
A new game controller announced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Sunday could let PC gamers control the action with their eyes. The device, which is slated for release this summer, will likely mark the debut of eye tracking for a video-gaming product. Similar technology is typically used for psychological research or user experience testing.
The companies that ranked in Entrepreneur's 35th annual Franchise 500® added a total of 8,725 U.S. franchise units between 2012 and 2013--a whopping 51 percent increase over the previous year's growth. They're spreading their influence overseas as well, with 8,332 new international units. It's a great sign that economic recovery is well on its way, and that franchises have an important part to play in it.
Here's a look at four franchise industries that are leading the way (and one that's up-and-coming), as well as the trends that are driving their growth.
The EU's decarbonisation of its energy sector will only cut emissions by half the amount needed to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius in 2050, according to a business-as-usual scenario quietly released by the European Commission over the Christmas period.
Scientists and EU leaders agree that by mid-century, Europe must ramp up energy savings and green its power generation to slash CO2 emissions by 80-95% compared to 1990 levels, and so avoid catastrophic climate change.
At the International Consumer Electronics Show this year, wearables are clearly in. While the show has only been going on a day now, we’ve already seen countless new wearable devices from companies large and small. And some of them are even offering something new.
Some companies are experimenting with more accurate fitness monitors, while others are using wearables to create smarter, more contextual notifications. Other, slightly more unconventional products, are measuring things like sunlight and your posture.
In other words, wearables are one of the most exciting things at CES this year. Here are a few highlights.
Esta nueva edición de los Desayunos Tecnológicos de LEARTIKER contará con la participación de Gregorio Borge, Responsable de la empresa ZICLA. La charla tendrá como hilo conductor la demostración de ejemplos, de modo que sea lo más enriquecedor posible para los asistentes.
Esta nueva edición de los Desayunos Tecnológicos de LEARTIKER tendrá lugar el próximo 21 de enero en el Auditorio de Lea-Artibai Berrikuntza Gunea, desde las 10:00 de la mañana hasta la 13:00 del mediodía.
Este evento tiene de carácter gratuito y la inscripción se puede realizar a través de la WEB.
We’re pleased to announce the 2014 Hardware Battlefield finalists, a group of international hardware startups from eleven countries that are about to take the world by storm with some amazing technology, great ideas, and unique business models. Up for grabs is a $50,000 prize, the first ever Hardware Battlefield trophy, a wealth of press exposure and new open doors.
