Open Innovation is unquestionably becoming a “hot” area of focus for many U.S. companies, especially in the current economic climate in which businesses are more than ever focused on smarter ways of doing business. And, why wouldn’t Open Innovation be an intriguing business model when companies can fill their product and technology pipelines for significantly lower cost and with more variability of ideas than typically is possible from their own R&D infrastructures? As a result, more and more business leaders are today viewing Open Innovation as a necessary direction in which to move their company’s innovation efforts. Continue reading »
Aug 092010
Last month I was working on my computer, trying to find an investor for one of my clients, while at the same time watching the Soccer World Cup 2010, I had an idea! This idea concerns the occupational retraining for the high-level sportsmen, and I would like to share this idea with Wisepreneur’s readers.
In many sports, the career of high-level sportsmen is quite short. Before the age of 40, they have to retire and find a new occupation. And this is not easy! When you lived for competitive sports for so many years, it is difficult to find new sources of motivation. Continue reading »
It took 30 years for the computer to get from the size of an apartment block, to the size of a room and finally small enough for people to have in their homes. Battles have been fought between competing operating systems, web browsers and 3D graphics cards which have made computing cheaper and more accessible for the buying public, but was it all in vain? Microsoft has just about come good on its early promise of putting a computer in every home, but with the rise of the digital Cloud, we may soon start seeing computing power moving away from the home, back to the corporations. The Cloud is coming, are you ready? Continue reading »
Jul 122010
The well known Moore’s Law stipulates that technology will double every two years for high-technology industries. The rule has been valid since the inception of the invention of the integrated circuit in 1958. You might think the concept does not apply to your company because your company is not in a high-tech industry but your industry surely has technology advancement as well. It may not double in technology every two years but it will have a trend that you must know and understand. Continue reading »
If you’re thinking about your business web content strategy, hooray! If not, there’s no time like the present; entrepreneurs simply can’t afford to neglect strategy.
The Web is always changing and as it gets more crowded, quality content is quickly becoming a key differentiator. Continue reading »
Jun 102010
Communication is how we transfer information to one another. What sets us apart from other species in our planet is that we have a higher level of communication skills. By learning how to speak we can convey our feelings and our thoughts.
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