K-12 Education & Learning Innovations with Proven Strategies that Work. ANTI DEPRESSEURS. Failure leads to Success. Incubateur. Wes' Blog - Collegiate Entrepreneurship Collaboration. Stanford to create Startup Dorms - Video. Où travailler lorsque l’on monte sa boîte… (1/2) La problématique des locaux est assez importante pour tout créateur d’entreprise : entre les coûts au m², la durée du bail, les dépôts de garantie, la thune indécente lâchée à un intermédiaire (parfois), l’oeil suspicieux des propriétaires lorsqu’il n’y a pas quelques bilans comptables arrêtés prouvant la santé de l’entreprise, la géométrie (très) variable des équipes, l’envie de trouver son petit chez-soi qui nous ressemble, des équipes qui travaillent parfois à distance, des moyens limités, … Bref, trouver un espace de travail est juste une énorme galère !!
Ô mon bureau-eau-eau-eau ! Mais pourquoi avoir besoin de locaux ? C’est vrai ça, avec tous les moyens techniques que l’on a, pourquoi s’embêter encore avec des m² d’espace physique ? 7 Winning Examples of Game Mechanics in Action. Gabe Zichermann is the author of Gamification by Design and chair of the upcoming Gamification Summit NYC, where top leaders in the field - such as those profiled here - get together to share insight, key metrics and best practices.
Mashable readers are invited to register with special savings at GSummit.com using code MASH10. Gamification is the use of game thinking and game mechanics to engage audiences and solve problems. In other words, it means taking the best lessons from games like FarmVille, World of Warcraft and Angry Birds, and using them in business.
Whether targeted at customers or employees, across industries as diverse as technology, health care, education, consumer products, entertainment and travel, gamification’s impact can already be felt. While some have criticized the concept of gamification as shallow or demeaning, the initial findings from gamification specialists are nothing short of astonishing. 1. 2. But Kim wasn’t satisfied. 3. 4. 5. 6. 11 Startups That Found Success By Changing Direction. Nicholas Thomas is the Director of Business Development at Docudesk Corporation and is passionate about user experience, design, and innovation.
You can follow him on Twitter @nicholaswthomas and read his blog at NicholasWayneThomas.com. Although some discount “The Pivot” as an overused buzzword, for a startup, pivoting can mean the difference between becoming the next success story and joining the deadpool. The principles behind the pivot apply to any industry. With lean resources, fickle users and quickly changing markets, startups have the most to gain from pivoting, and the most to lose from missed opportunities.
The reasons for changing course are often varied, and there are many factors to take into consideration when making the decision. There may be some valid criticism in the over-usage of the term. Fortunately for today's startups, pre-existing companies provide examples of successful adaptation. Image courtesy of iStockphoto, Liquidphoto. Undercover Of The Night - The Rolling Stones. The Cultivated Word : We turn passive viewers into engaged audiences. The $250,000 Funding Trap. $250,000 is a lot of money.
Venture investors might not think so, but for most of us it’s a lot of moolah. And for early stage startups it’s often the amount they ask for coming out of the gate (or $500,000 – which seems to be pretty standard as a first, seed ask). The problem is that $250,000 is a dangerous amount of money to invest in an early stage startup.1 For first-time entrepreneurs, $250,000 sounds like a million dollars. Maybe more. The problem is that $250,000 runs out very quickly. . $250,000 is a lot of money. At Year One Labs we decided to invest up to $50,000 per startup.
Going from a $250,000 round to a $500,000 or $1M round is extremely difficult. This isn’t meant to be a pro-accelerator/incubator post per se.