, que no de la felicidad.El 8 de enero empecé las noticias con la de CB insights RIP Good Times? Venture Capital Funding, Unicorn Births and Mega-Deals Plummet in Q4'15. Esta claro que el último trimestre no es significativo por si solo, en un año en que los tres anteriores trimestres ha sido muy potentes… [...]
at @OpenViewVenture I have read some interesting (and unconventional) ideas from Peter Thiel.6 Contrarian Business Views1. There are no formulas for business, only pseudo-science.It’s because every moment in the history of business happens only once. The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. The next Larry Page won’t build a search engine. The next [...]
The 2015 Global Startup Ecosystem Ranking is live! - CompassThe rise of the startup ecosystems all around the world should also be seen in the context of the larger socioeconomic structural shift taking place. Information Era businesses have become the dominant source of economic growth, significantly automating or altering much of the industrial and service [...]
Looks like common sense… How Startup “Joiners” Are (and Aren’t) Like Founders - HBRThe researchers caution that not everyone who applies to work for an early stage startup necessarily has the personality of a “joiner,” and they argue that founders ought to consider this when they hire.
by @bfeld Do We Need A New Word For Entrepreneur? - Feld ThoughtsA raíz del "agotamiento" por exceso de uso del término emprendedor, Brad Feld plantea una serie de ideas interesante sobre la evolución del lenguaje. In 2010, the Startup America Partnership finally got the US government to separate the notion of "small businesses" and "high [...]
via @cbinsights Apple podría dañar a más de 13 compañíasWith big new product announcements ranging from Apple Music to Apple News, Apple’s annual WWDC event had quite a few implications for a host of venture-backed startups. This is not a new occurrence — in fact, there’s even a word for Apple going after existing products in [...]
Vía @FundacionJME The Spanish VC industry: from oligarchy to democracy in five years - Novobrief…a significant number of funds have been created that are being led by General Partners who have little Venture Capital experience. These partners come from other sectors (private equity, investment banking or family offices)… The Spanish scene is so small that an increase [...]
Young People Need to Know Entrepreneurship Is Hard - Harvard Business ReviewAfter completing the program, the proportion of students saying they’d like to start a business was down to 85%. Any decline in entrepreneurial ambitions might be seen as cause for alarm, considering the acute need for new-business starts. For the first time in 30 [...]
El equipo de @foundum me regaló el libro Startup Communities (Brad Feld @bfeld, 2012; ed. Wiley), fue un gran regalo que llegó en el momento más oportuno. Así que, nuevamente, gracias. Hace ya años que me “interesan” las “dinámicas de los grupos”. El caso es que el libro habla sobre ese fenómeno, hoy ya “trendencia”, del emprendedurismo y más [...]
8 Creative Interview Questions to Identify the Right Candidate1. Who would your intimate dinner party guests be?2. I don't think you can do this job.3. What is your most significant accomplishment?4. What are you committed to?5. Tell me three things I don't know about you.6. What is your favorite band or musician?7. What were you [...]