The car sharing (or carpooling) idea is not new. About 100 million people drive back and forth to work every day on the United States alone. The energy that is used to transport one person could easily be used to transport four or more, creating huge environmental and economical gains. In the past most car … Continue reading Facebook Fueling Car Sharing
Year: 2007
Innovation Links 21/08/2007
Blockbuster hits back: Netflix, an online movie rental company, has been disrupting Blockbuster’s business for quite some time already. Apparently Blockbuster is ready to heat things up with the acquisition of Movielink, a digital movie download service. Chrysler pursuing innovation: Could Robert Nardelli shake things up on Chrysler? The article also discusses the general problems … Continue reading Innovation Links 21/08/2007
Wear a suit to work? Not as smart as you think!
After graduating in International Economics in 2005 I went to work for a management consulting firm. It was a high profile company, so I needed to wear a suit every day. I remember that before getting started I went out shopping and spent around $2500 buying five suits and an endless number of shirts. Different … Continue reading Wear a suit to work? Not as smart as you think!
Top 15 Most Innovative Countries
The Mental Floss blog has an interesting post commenting a recent study by The Economist Intelligence Unit aimed at finding the most innovative countries in the world. “The number of patents each country generated during those four years, per million people, was the primary method for determining the measure of innovation. As for the results? … Continue reading Top 15 Most Innovative Countries
Innovation Quotes: IBM Joins the Open Source
Because of Apache’s proficiency at allowing a single-server machine to host thousands of different virtual Web sites – music, data, text, pornography – it began to have “a commanding share of the Internet Service Provider market.” IBM was trying to sell its own proprietary Web server, called GO, but it gained only a tiny sliver … Continue reading Innovation Quotes: IBM Joins the Open Source
Hottest Startups Outside the U.S.
CNN Money has an insightful list with 31 hot startus outside the U.S.. Most of them are following the “Web 2.0” trend,” and there is a strong bias towards online video. Below you will find my favorite companies from the list: Joost: Joost could potentially change the way people watch television. The technology enables the … Continue reading Hottest Startups Outside the U.S.
Wireless Disrupting Land Lines?
As the wireless penetration rate increases across the United States, some interesting data starts to emerge. During the second half of 2006, more than 3 out of 20 American households did not have a land line telephone, and of those without a land line telephone, most had at least one working wireless telephone. The National … Continue reading Wireless Disrupting Land Lines?
The Call of The Entrepreneur
Very interesting video discussing the role of entrepreneurs inside an economy, check it out (RSS readers might need to visit the site to watch the video). Via: Blogtrepreneur
The Myths of Innovation
Guy Kawasaki has posted an interesting interview with Scott Berkum, a former Microsoft employee who recently published a book titled “The Myths of Innovation.” Check out some of the answers that Scott provided: Question: How long does it take in the real world—as opposed to the world of retroactive journalism—for an “epiphany” to occur? Answer: … Continue reading The Myths of Innovation
Innovation Quotes: The Innovative Organization Chimera
We champion innovation. Then we genuflect when a giant customer “urges” us to cancel a risky new product that would upset the status quo. We beg for “more risk taking.” Then we videotape the “be daring” speech featuring the boss in a Brooks Brothers suit, sitting stiffly behind an old oaken desk. We exhort people … Continue reading Innovation Quotes: The Innovative Organization Chimera