The Geography of Thoughts

The circular economy

paujoral — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 11:39:40 +0000

The need to adopt a systemic change approach and the opportunities to develop new sustainable businesses.

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“Why Accountants Don’t Run Startups”

paujoral — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 07:53:57 +0000

Brilliant class, by Steve Blank, on creating and developing startups. Mandatory to watch.

“Why Accountants Don’t Run Startups”, posted with vodpod

What Y Combinator looks for in a Founder

paujoral — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 19:12:38 +0000

What Y Combinator looks for in a Founder

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Practically Radical: A Game Plan for Game Changers

paujoral — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 18:51:11 +0000

Great talk by Bill Taylor about his new book “Practically Radical”. Essential insights for entrepreneurs

Practically Radical: A Game Plan for Game Chang…, posted with vodpod

“Normal people have jobs. Entrepreneurs are irrational.”

paujoral — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:22:33 +0000

Great interview by Steve Blank about Entrepreneurship, Startups and what does it mean to be an entrepreneur.

What is Social Entrepreneurship?

paujoral — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:58:08 +0000

Interesting video on the characteristics of Social Entrepreneurship

How is Social Entrepreneurship different than R…, posted with vodpod

Jim Collins (“Built to Last” author) on Entrepreneurship

paujoral — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:35:12 +0000

A “must read” interview by Jim Collins on entrepreneurship.
Very inspiring and distant from the mainstream approach.

http://www.inc.com/magazine/20090401/in-times-like-these-you-get-a-chance.html

The Relevance of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

paujoral — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:49:37 +0000

According to a recent study (http://www.ieseinsight.com/doc.aspx?id=1045&ar=19), Entrepreneurial Ecosystems are a key factor to generate successful start-ups. This happens because in addition to the “traditional” support entrepreneurs can normally get (access to financial resources, to marketing, technological and management support services, to mentoring schemes, to physical incubation, …), in this kind of context they also benefit from getting in contact with customers, suppliers and other companies since the beginning of their activity.

This allows entrepreneurs to develop and validate their initial ideas more quickly and more accurately, and once 90 percent of initial business plans are adjusted before becoming successful businesses, fast, critical and expert advice is a crucial advantage in the entrepreneurial process.

So, entrepreneurial ecosystems can be characterised as open networks that actively promote the exchange of knowledge and experience between start-ups and companies, and where both interact and mutually benefit from each other’s knowledge and connections.

The study also highlights that there are some cautions to have in building these ecosystems, because this can only be done by empowering people, once relationships between entrepreneurs are at the core of the ecosystems.

Finally, two important insights to bear in mind in order to develop these ecosystems:

Government support of ecosystems should be faster, more targeted and less burocratic;
Knowledge Centers, Incubators, Business Services and Investors should take the lead in setting up platforms for interaction to facilitate the development of open networks upon which the entrepreneurial ecosystems can be built

Think Different

paujoral — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:09:00 +0000

I just love this ad.

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Keynes x Schumpeter

paujoral — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:09:48 +0000

The title of this post consists in one of the subjects presented during a seminar I attended today (UPDATE 4, by Infonomia). I’m mentioning it here because I think it is very powerful, and expresses an interesting approach for the context we’re living right now.

What does it mean? It means to apply the State capacity and its investment power and, simultaneously, to trust and leverage the energy of entrepreneurs. That is, it’s necessary to invest in roads and in trains as well as to foster the creative destruction and its innovative wave. This integrated (or hybrid) approach will generate wealth and employment, and disrupts the tradicional economic approaches, either predominantly keynesian or predominantly shumpeterian.