Posted in BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION on 01. Jun, 2010
A few days ago my attention was caught by a message communicated via the verified Google Twitter account, that introduces the role of Google as an engine of economic growth: “We’re not just a search engine, we’re an engine of economic growth. Our U.S. economic impact in 2009 was $54 billion“ Introduction On [...]
Posted in BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, EVENTS, FEATURED, GOOGLE ANDROID, OPEN INNOVATION on 26. Mar, 2010
I was fortunate being invited to attend the highly succesful first edition of the Android Experience, an event that adresses the Android ecosystem from different perspectives. In this article I will briefly summarize some of the highlights of Android Experience 2010 @ the Amsterdam Convention Factory. On the MobilityMinded website I have written an extensive event report, inline with [...]
Posted in BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, OPEN INNOVATION on 21. Mar, 2010
On March 18th I was able to attend an open VentureLab Twente training about entrepreneurial strategies with professor Michael Hitt. In this article I will try to cover some of the highlights of the VentureLab Twente Open Training, without unraveling the complete details of the training, that was taylored at the entrepreneurs in the VentureLab program. :) Generic Strategies [...]
Posted in BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, TECHNOLOGY on 31. Jul, 2009
Perhaps some of your remember the acquisition propositions of Microsoft to Yahoo! earlier this year, which in the end didn’t result in Microsoft buying Yahoo!. However yesterday the news spread very fast on the web that both companies announced a long-term agreement in the Web Search segment. “Yahoo! and Microsoft announced an agreement that will improve [...]
Posted in ENTREPRENEURSHIP, FEATURED on 05. Mar, 2009
I already wrote about the VentureLab Twente concept, but now it was time for the first three day training covering several interesting topics of venturing. This article will focus on an excellent one-day workshop and masterclass about effectuation, lectured by Professor Saras Sarasvathy. Let’s first start with the definition of effectuation, before we take a dive [...]
Posted in BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION on 15. Feb, 2009
About a month ago I have written a short article about the launch of the VentureLab program in the article: “VentureLab Twente for high-ambition techno starters !“ This article will cover the first VentureClass in which Professor Staffan Gullander discusses the importance of supply chain design in new business development, as well as a few [...]
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