8 cursos gratuitos en español para emprendedores. A nuestra lista de recursos para emprendedores que hemos compartido en diferentes artículos, integramos una serie de interesantes cursos online que encontramos en la plataforma de UniMOOC.
Crea tu startup, un curso ameno y muy gráfico que describe paso a paso el modelo Lean Canvas. Steve Blank a través de ejemplos reales muestra las ventajas de aplicar esta metodología, resaltando los principales errores de los emprendedores. Caso de éxito de emprendedores, reúne la experiencia de 8 reconocidos emprendedores que analizan diferentes aspectos del modelo de negocio que han implementado en sus empresas, brindándonos un abanico de tips y factores a tener en cuenta en nuestro próximo proyecto.
Emprendimiento en el ámbito de las aplicaciones móviles, analiza en detalle las diferentes etapas de un proceso de emprendimiento, con la participación de diferentes profesionales que comparten su experiencia y nos permiten identificar puntos claves en el desarrollo de un proyecto. Coursera Wins “Best New Startup Of 2012,” Get Schooled. It seems as if, in our particular slice of time, many spheres of industry are coming to a breaking point; Will we be focused on marginal costs and continue doing things the old way, or chuck existing systems and focus on the new?
Government is one of these spheres, healthcare is another, so is transportation, and also education. TechCrunch is committed to accurately covering this tumultuous time, and providing a record of this zeitgeist for our readers and history. That is why we picked Coursera as the 2012 Crunchies’ “Best Overall Startup,” because more than anything else our country is heading into a period where higher education and job training is not catching up with the pace of innovation, where the creative part of “creative destruction” has not yet overwhelmingly kicked in. Over two million students have at some point taken a Coursera course.
It remains to be seen whether the universities will continue to let Coursera proliferate with their intellectual property. Mary Meeker: 5 Tech Trends You Can't Afford to Ignore. When Mary Meeker speaks, the Valley listens.
This week, Meeker, a general partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (the venture firm founded in 1972 that's invested in pretty much every major tech company of the last quarter century) unveiled her 88-page analysis of Web, mobile, technology, and societal trends. Here, we've excerpted the most important elements of the report, especially trends that may affect small business and startups. 1) You should care about China. And India. And Indonesia. Emerging markets have always played a key role in expansion, but the Internet has magnified this principle. How to Get Startup Ideas. November 2012 The way to get startup ideas is not to try to think of startup ideas.
It's to look for problems, preferably problems you have yourself. The very best startup ideas tend to have three things in common: they're something the founders themselves want, that they themselves can build, and that few others realize are worth doing. Demystifying Small Business Valuation. Valuation can make or break a business sale because for many sellers, attaching a dollar value to their company is a touchy subject--especially if they have spent years building it from a fledgling start-up to a profitable enterprise.
Left unchecked, the valuation process can quickly devolve into a pricing routine that is rooted in personal attachments and other subjective inputs rather than solid data based on marketplace realities. Let's be clear: the actual value of your business is the amount someone is willing to pay for it in the business-for-sale marketplace. Period. Should Your Startup Go Freemium? Editor’s note: Jules Maltz is a general partner at IVP and focuses on later-stage venture investments in rapidly-growing Internet and software companies.
Follow him on Twitter. Daniel Barney is a senior associate at IVP and focuses on later-stage venture investments in digital media and information technology. Follow him on Twitter. Over the last several months, there has been an intense debate about the viability of freemium business models. My Favorite Tool for Analyzing Financials. My husband and I own a company that sells children's clothing, gear, and furniture online and in two brick-and-mortar stores in New York City.
We were looking for a way to get a quick snapshot of our finances and help our store managers understand how the decisions we make affect the financial health of the company. In April, I read about BodeTree, a visual financial analysis tool, and we started using it right away. The Rude Baguette. 7 Web Tools Every Start-Up Needs. My inbox is constantly cluttered with announcements about the latest newfangled Website that will change how we all do business.
Some of them, like the inbox fixers I wrote about in my recent magazine column, really do help. But there are a bevy of sites that have stood the test of time and gained a foothold with many entrepreneurs. If you just started a company, or you are looking to beef up your arsenal of sites to help with daily operations, these seven tools deserve a look. 1. ZenDesk This customer service engine seems to pop up everywhere, which makes sense: It's used by about 20,000 companies and 65 million users. 2.
Financement. The 7 Deadly Sales Sins Committed By Startups. Editor’s note: Steli is the Co-Founder / Chief Hustler of ElasticSales and an advisor to several startups and entrepreneurs.
You can follow Steli on Twitter here. At ElasticSales, we’ve had the honor to create and run sales campaigns for some of the hottest Silicon Valley startups today. We’ve also consulted with dozens more each week to learn the challenges their sales team face.