Business schools do not teach the startup spirit, so we launched a Startup Academy

Alex Barrera is the co-founder of the Tetuan Valley, a network of web companies based in the North of Madrid, in Spain. According to him, no business school in Europe teaches the spirit neither the vision of a startup runner. “In Business Schools, we learn to replicate a business model that works elsewhere. Not to be and entrepreneur inventing something new”. That is the reason why Alex Barrera has launched, along with other, a startup academy.

Globally connected, our life will change

By 2020, small farmers in remote rural areas of Africa or Asia will be connected to global communication networks. They will be better informed. More efficient. Their life is going to change, tells this collective book published by the Yankee Group. Our life as well.

“Why San Francisco is the best entrepreneurial ecosystem in the world”

Xavier Damman is a European web entrepreneur, coming from Belgium, who moved to San Francisco to get new support for his projects.

According to him, SF is the best ecosystem you can find in the World. “A dream for any entrepreneur. You can find free Wifi and power plug in any café or restaurant. Coworking places are blossoming. The best people in their field are available to have a chat with you. Europe should be inspired by SF, says Xavier Damman.

Why companies need to create online content

Reasons for a company to create online content are multiple: Be exposed as an expert in your field; adding value back to the community of stakeholders; improve organic nline search ranking; have a relevant impact; and so forth. This presentation by Barbara Gago reminds us of some of those advantages.

The concept of coworking of entrepreneurs is growing in Europe (Okuri, Madrid)

Okuri, based in Madrid, is both a venture capital firm and a place for web entrepreneurs to work together. Okuri is one in a range of similar initiatives that are taking off in Europe that nurture the concept of coworking. Entrepreneurs, startups, choose to work at the same place. Coworking invigorate the spirit of community that gives support and emulation. “To physicaly present in the same place allow and experience that goes far beyond the networking and exchange between people online, explains Bernardo de Tomas, one of the founder of Okuri, in Madrid. We exchange ideas, connections and so forth. In Spain, Coworking is growing. And it will keep growing”

Creativity is a social as much as a mental process

We are used to look at creativity mainly as a mental process. Creativity, however, is a social as much as an intellectual process. Ideas come from the confrontation with different spaces and mindsets. Creative paths spark out of the exchange with other people and the challenge of our initial thoughts. This presentation is a short reminder.

The butterfly effect of Twitter : Make a small showcase in Brussels, end up overnight on Fox News

Twoddler is the “toy that twitters”. They did no promotion at all, except a talk in front of a Belgian audience in an University auditorium in Brussels. That evening, a small bunch of people tweeted about Twoddler. One day later, a famous US website wrote a post about the tool. And a few hours after, Twoddler was shown on Fow News, the national US TV network. A modern tale that demonstrate the incredible power of Twitter. The social media can make you worldwide famous overnight.

“The efficiency gap between startups and companies managed in a traditional way is widening”

Enrique Dans is professor at the Instituto de Empresa in Madrid, one of the most famous business school in the world. He is also a very famous blogger in Spain. According to Enrique Dans, traditional companies are stuck in inefficiency traps due to anachronistic management behaviours, inherited from the industrial age. “They still can’t figure out to hire people for their intellectual input rather than for the time they spend seating on a chair” (video recorded at EventoBlog 2099, in Sevilla).

How to kill your intranet

“Allow only official top-down content to be posted”, “Limit access only to some positions in the company”, “Make it unconfortable for one or the other generation”, “Tighten interactive communication possibilities between people in the company”, etc. Here are 10 examples of mistaken practice when activating an intranet within a company.

Will a European blogosphere first arise within the community of European entrepreneurs ?

Is there a European blogosphere or not ? In a video interview, Luca Conti, famous blogger in Italy, think a true European blogosphere will remain a dream. A blogosphere is growing in Brussels, around European institutions. Though, we can hardly pretend those conversations are involving people in all EU member states. Now, the community of entrepreneurs could trigger something new in Europe, as showed the EventoBlog, an web 2.0 event recently organised in Sevilla.

Paul Krugman (Nobel Prize in Economics): What will globalization look like after the crisis ?

Paul Krugman, the Nobel Prize in Economics and famous NYT columnist, give is view about the face of globalization, after the crisis. No much, will change, does he think. Maybe some restrictions on capital flows. But globalisation should remain the same. For GlobeCorp.biz, Paul Krugman speaks also about the role small and medium business will/could play in the world economy. “I know companies of 25 people having one office in the US, one in Europe and one in Asia. That’s something which is much easy to do, today, than it used to be in the past.