Probably most of you already know that Edmund Phelps won the 2006 Nobel prize for economics (the real name of the prize is The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2006).
Month: October 2006
The PlayStation True Story
Until the early 1990s the video game industry was dominated by Nintendo and to a lesser extent by Sega. Sony introduced its PlatStation in 1994 and within a couple of years it managed to displace competitors becoming the undiscussed leader for video game consoles.
18 mistakes that kill startups
If your spam filter works you probably should thank Paul Graham (if it does not work I am not sure who you should blame though). He not only contributed to the creation of the first anti spam technologies but also developed the very first web application, called Viaweb, which was acquired by Yahoo in 1998.
Manifestos
An old professor of mine used to say that the best way to make people review their assumptions, to generate commitment and to promote change is through the use of manifestos. Then again, when we talk about change we inevitably talk about innovation.
Innovation Management Theory – Round Up
Some time ago I started the Innovation Management Theory series. The objective was to cover the most important authors and theories around innovation within the business world. The core of the series is already complete with the 7 parts you will find below:
Disruptive Innovation and Newspapers
What about newspapers? The appearance of online news services, web portals and other media platforms such as blogs and wikis clearly represent a disruptive innovation for the traditional newspaper industry. Will the likes of NY Times and WSJ be able to survive such disruption?
Jason Calacanis Interview
Usually when I make reference to an external article or paper I use the adjectives “good” or “interesting”. Well, in this occasion they will not suffice. I just came across an outstanding interview with Jason Calacanis, co-founder of Weblogs, Inc (acquired by AOL).
Future-Storming
If you are anything like me every now and then you spend some time wondering about what could be the future disruptive innovations, the new killer application, the next big thing!
Nine failures for each success
What if I tell you that statistically after nine failures collected you will manage to hit one success? I mean, what if the success was granted after the failures? I guess you would start trying new things and new projects like there is no tomorrow.
Google-YouTube Wrap Up
The deal is finally closed. Google announced that it will buy YouTube for $ 1,65 billion. In my opinion this acquisition will have some large repercussions on the Internet.