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Build an innovative industry based on innovation
The decline of industry in developed countries is not a new trend or a consequence of the crisis. Since the 1970s or 1980s, manufacturing has progressively lost relative weight to the detriment of the services sector (see graph), but it is now that the industry begins to be really active on the political agenda of…
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Eurapp challenge runner-up: Fostering the App economy in Europe through an “entrepreneurs in residence” program
This week I enjoyed the opportunity to meet some of the most brilliant professionals working on the App Economy throughout Europe. Thanks to the Euroapp challenge and the European Commission I traveled to Berlin and presented a proposal for the development of the App Economy in Europe. The proposal, which was selected among 160 proposals…
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The madness of undertaking in electronic commerce
An article by Mauria Finley in Pando Daily said “is it crazy to start an e-commerce company in the age of Amazon?” about the madness, or not, of starting an e-commerce business today in a sector in which there are very well-positioned agents and which is characterized by a fierce price war. The article reveals…
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The sharing economy: Sharing is now business.
The property instinct is very strong in Western culture: we want to have our house, our car, our bicycle, our clothes, our tent… However, this instinct sometimes clashes with the need to manage our resources effectively. The Internet, which has changed the world so much in recent years, may also be changing our habits and…
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The importance of mobile traffic: Baidu buys 91 Wireless for $1.9 billion
Baidu, China’s largest search portal, recently bought the 91 Wireless app store for $1.9 billion from NetDragon WebSoft. The app store reported having had more than 10 billion downloaded apps that it distributes through various tools such as 91 assistant, 91 Launcher and others. If Baidu and Google are the gateways to the Web, what…
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Waze is not just an app
This week, after several rumors of the purchase of Waze, the news finally emerged: Waze is bought by Google for 1,500 million dollars. For those who believe that Waze is just an app or do not understand why it can be worth 1.5 billion dollars, I will try to provide some keys that I think…
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Digital solutions for the competitiveness of traditional commerce.
Showrooming refers to the growing trend by consumers to use stores as a space for mere observation of products that they later buy through the web. According to Forrester estimates, showrooming will affect 44% of sales in stores at street level. On the other hand, Deloitte Digital believes that showrooming influenced purchases worth 159 billion…
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A crash plan to boost our industry
Guillermo Dorronsoro wondered in one of his recent tweets “if Fagor has to change or has to change the world”. The question is inspiring and also tempting. But I will not even fall into trying to assess or give advice on the situation of Fagor. I don’t feel like it, but neither do I have…
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Sales are not a good metric for startups
Reading the blog of Eric Ries, one of the great gurus of the lean entrepreneurship methodology and author of the book “Lean Startup” commented in a post that sales are not a good metric for startups. In other words, it is a mistake to evaluate the potential and level of development of a startup based…
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BYOD: an opportunity for startups?
Both Divide as Good Technology are two startups that develop technology in the promising and necessary field of MDM (Mobile Device Management), a field that encompasses a series of technologies and solutions that seek to solve the BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) crossroads. The tendency of workers to use their own devices is shaking medium-sized…