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Complice l’effetto della crisi o meno, una cosa sembra essere certa: il desiderio di mettere in piedi una propria impresa negli ultimi anni si sta facendo sempre più strada tra i giovani talenti italiani. Questo almeno è quanto emerge dai dati esposti ieri a Milano durante la presentazione del Mind the Bridge Boot Camp 2011 , all’interno dell’Investor Day. Alberto Onetti , Chairman della Fondazione, ha infatti anticipato alcuni dei primi risultati del Report “Startups in Italy. Facts&Trends” – Mind the Bridge Survey 2011 che verrà presentato e distribuito in versione integrale in occasione del MtB Venture Camp del 4-5 novembre prossimi a Milano. Le tendenze in atto fanno ben sperare e dimostrano quanto in Italia l’ecosistema dell’ innovazione , seppur ancora acerbo, si stia sviluppando e maturando. I primi numeri parlano di un numero di progetti doppio rispetto a quello registrato nella scorsa edizione della Mind the Bridge Competition e di una qualità media in crescita costante .
A VC: Minimum Viable Personality
Today we have a special guest post. There have been a few guest posts here at AVC. Maybe a half dozen in total. One of my favorites was this one by JLM during the financial crisis of 2008/2009 . But this one today may top that gem. It's from our favorite Giant Robot Dinosaur and it's about Minimal Viable Personality, something I have referred to as " voice " in pior posts.
I've been reading Eric's book which I am very much enjoying. And on wednesday night I spoke to the NYC Lean Startup Meetup with the help of Giff who interviewed me. Eric and his fellow lean advocate Steve Blank have both written at length about the methodologies associated with the lean startup approach.
A VC: Lean
At least once a week, I meet someone who is nontechnical, but who is looking for a "technical cofounder." The problem is that these people never seem to know what makes nerds tick, and what they can offer that will draw the nerd to them (this isn't a one-way relationship, but they are usually looking for someone to build "their" idea, so the attraction primarily comes from their side). I also meet a lot of nerds who are looking for something new, but who don't want to deal with the non-technical aspects of the business, and don't know how to find the right person to work with. So, as someone who kissed a lot of frogs in a quest to find a business partner whose strengths complemented mine, I'm writing this post. Basically, it's a guide to how a nerd thinks, and it tries to help you give him what he is looking for.
What A Nerd Looks for in a Non-Technical Cofounder - Third Year MBA
(This story appears on the Nov. 7, 2011 cover of Forbes.) Here’s that rare Steve Jobs story, one that’s never been told, about the company that got away. Jobs had been tracking a young software developer named Drew Houston, who blasted his way onto Apple’s radar screen when he reverse-engineered Apple’s file system so that his startup’s logo, an unfolding box, appeared elegantly tucked inside.
Dropbox: The Inside Story Of Tech's Hottest Startup - Forbes
The premise of that post was that what Dropbox does today — file sharing across multiple platforms — is incredibly useful, but not defensible against competitors. Today, I will expand on that idea but also add some reasons why Dropbox may prosper. Writing the headline, “ How Dropbox Will Die ,” was either gutsy or stupid after the company raised $250 million on a $4 billion valuation. But, would anybody actually pay $4 billion for what is, essentially, a file system extender and expansion? Not me.