There's Plan A, and then there's the plan that will become your business We need a word that captures the specific sort of pain entrepreneurs feel when their carefully developed startup ideas are met with blank indifference. All that time. All that effort. “Running Lean” author Ash Maurya (@ashmaurya) doesn’t have that word, but he may have something better: a method for avoiding the pain altogether. What is Running Lean? Ash Maurya: Running Lean is a systematic process for quickly vetting and building successful products. What are the early signs that a Plan A idea isn’t working? Ash Maurya: A startup is about bringing bold, new ideas to the world. On the other hand, a strong positive signal doesn’t necessarily mean it will scale up to a significant business. Is there any value to writing a business plan? Ash Maurya: Before you can start the process of iteration, you have to draw a line in the sand. Traditionally, business plans have been used for this purpose. I instead recommend using a one-page business model format called Lean Canvas. Related:
The Hype Cycle in Medical Research: From Apple to Vaccines Writer Carl Zimmer had a thought-provoking book review in The Wall Street Journal over the weekend. He discusses medical research through the lens of analyst Jackie Fenn’s “Hype Cycle,” in which innovations encounter different phases: the initial “Peak of Inflated Expectations,” the eventual and disappointing “Trough of Disillusionment,” and, for the lucky few that successfully rebuild, the “Slope of Enlightenment.” For example, the first book that he reviews, Ricki Lewis’s “The Forever Fix,” details the history of gene therapy. When initial research didn’t pan out, gene therapy nose-dived into the Trough of Disillusionment. It’s a common predicament in medical research. Zimmer makes the case much more eloquently than I, as does this chart : “Over the past two centuries, medical research has yielded some awesome treatments: smallpox wiped out with vaccines, deadly bacteria thwarted by antibiotics, face transplants. But when it does, it’s very much worth it.
Technology readiness level NASA Technology Readiness Levels Technology readiness levels (TRLs) are measures used to assess the maturity of evolving technologies (devices, materials, components, software, work processes, etc.) during its development and in some cases during early operations. Generally speaking, when a new technology is first invented or conceptualized, it is not suitable for immediate application. Instead, new technologies are usually subjected to experimentation, refinement, and increasingly realistic testing. Definitions[edit] Different definitions are used. U.S. Related DoD definitions[edit] The DoD uses similar definitions for the following specialized areas: Software Technology Readiness Levels[2]Biomedical Technology Readiness LevelsManufacturing Readiness Level NASA definitions[edit] ESA definition[edit] Instruments and spacecraft sub-systems are classified according to a "Technology Readiness level" (TRL) on a scale of 1 to 9. Oil and gas industry[edit] TRL 1 Concept demonstrated. See also[edit]
United airlines rompio mi guitarra – Tecnología (general) – Noticias, última hora, vídeos y fotos de Tecnología (general) en lainformacion Para un músico, pocas cosas hay más duras como ver su guitarra favorita destrozada. Según cuenta Dave Carroll, compositor de Sons of Maxwell, la compañía United Airlines le rompió el corazón cuando destrozó su guitarra Taylor de 3.500€ durante una gira. Después de meses de quejas, se ha tomado su particular venganza contándolo en un vídeo que se ha convertido en un fenómeno en internet. El vídeo, “United rompió mi guitarra”, se ha convertido en pocas horas en uno de los más vistos en YouTube y ha sido portada de las redes sociales más importantes, como Reddit, Digg y Menéame. Todo ocurrió en 2008, cuando el grupo descubrió su guitarra hecha añicos por unos empleados de United Airlines que facturaban sus maletas. Tras nueve meses de infructuosas peleas con la aerolínea, decidió que la única manera posible de que le hicieran caso era devolverles de alguna manera todo el daño que le habían causado.
How to Have a BIG Idea Altucher Confidential Posted by James Altucher A friend of mine needs $2 billion. He has a big idea. The idea came first. He wants to buy a well-known public company. He just needs two billion dollars to make his idea happen. (the most expensive art ever made - this is one billion dollars) Another friend of mine has a smaller idea. With my friend’s two billion idea you have to ask the obvious: how come nobody else thought of it? For one thing, people at public companies don’t really think very much. My friend’s idea would completely transform this company and it’s relatively easy to do. What impressed me is that he started off with the big idea. So he told me the idea and I made some calls. But with two billion, no problem. That’s the nature of big ideas. My friend’s idea had about four or five components. So how did he come up with the idea. - Experience. He’s run companies (smaller).He’s been involved in various transactions. - Network His network has also been working on their own ideas. - Mini-Ideas - Read
Book Review: The Forever Fix | The Epigenetics Revolution Cheap shots at the Gartner Hype Curve | Catenary The Gartner Hype curve, or Hype cycle, summarizes the visibility and the maturity of currently hot technologies and forecasts the productivity they will have. At both of the workshops in CASCON that I went to, presenters showed us the most current curve, pointing out that web 2.0 is currently at the “peak of inflated expectations”. They claim we should expect it to descend to the “trough of disillusionment”, only to see it triumph in its recovery through the “slope of enlightenment” and, ultimately, the “plateau of productivity” (click on the image for a better view). Apparently, this curve is the distillation of thousands of hours of work of expert forecasters and technologists. Irrational optimism: The curve tells you that, no matter how wacky your technology is, and how unachievable its goals, after it fails to live up to its hype things are gonna get better, always! The Aranda Ignominy Curve Like this: Like Loading...
Learning Networks and Connective Knowledge Stephen Downes October 16, 2006 I have a lot of mixed feelings about this paper but it is an honest and reasonably thorough outline of my views. The purpose of this paper is to outline some of the thinking behind new e-learning technology, including e-portfolios and personal learning environments. Parts of this paper are drawn from previous papers (especially Connective Knowledge and Basics of Instructional Design, neither of which are published). The Traditional Theory: Cognitivism The dominant theory of online and distance learning may be characterized as conforming to a ‘cognitivist’ theory of knowledge and learning. In other words, cognitivists defend an approach that may be called ‘folk psychology’. One branch of folk psychology, the language of thought theory, holds that things like beliefs are literally sentences in the brain, and that the materials for such sentences are innate. Again, though, notice the pattern here.
Three Tips to Start a Consulting Business Starting a consulting business is one way of drawing on your expertise and creatively making use of problem-solving skills. It’s a popular – and potentially lucrative -- avenue for aspiring business owners. The consulting industry in the U.S. generates nearly $100 billion in revenues each year, according to a Harvard Business School analysis conducted in 2007. And it's an industry where one can earn upwards of $400 per hour depending on the work and location, according to the Association of Management Consulting Firms, a New York-based organization. "People come into consulting from all different routes," says Andrea Coutu, a Vancouver-based marketing consultant and founder of the blog Consultant Journal. If you're ready to hang your own consulting shingle, consider these three strategies to get started. 1. But she did begin to work with small companies and nonprofits that didn't have good advisors to help grow their businesses. Related: Two Weeks to Startup 2. 3.
Charles Eames in 15 Quotes for His 105th Birthday by Maria Popova “Beyond the age of information is the age of choices.” Here’s to the birthday of Charles Eames — legendary furniture designer, deft universe-explainer, celebrated champion of design as a force of culture, creative genius of uncommon sincerity, honesty, conviction, affection, imagination, and humor. 100 Quotes by Charles Eames is a tiny gem of a book, originally published in 2007, full of exactly what it says on the tin. Each of the 100 pearls of Eames wisdom, culled from his articles, books, films, interviews, lectures, notes, and office files, appears in 7 languages — English, Complex Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Hindi, Brazilian, Portuguese, and Spanish. Here are 15 of my favorite quotes. Eventually everything connects — people, ideas, objects… the quality of the connections is the key to quality per se. Most people aren’t trained to want to face the process of re-understanding a subject they already know. Beyond the age of information is the age of choices.
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Interlink Headline News Nº 5263 del Domingo 28 de Junio de 2009 REDES SOCIALES, ANALISIS DE REDES SOCIALES Y EL PROYECTO FACEBOOK. La eterna tensión entre el hacer y el pensar. Febrero de 2008 fue un punto de inflexión en el desarrollo de la red social mas significativa del momento. Con la traducción de su interfaz inicialmente a mas de 40 idiomas, Facebook pasó de tener 40 millones de usuarios en el mundo a 230 millones en Julio de 2009. Con esta base era mas que probable que los alumnos universitarios estuvieran masivamente en Facebook. Si bien el proyecto recién se cerrará el 22 de Julio con una primera fase de evaluación formal. y necesitará de muchos meses para procesar los hallazgos, parte de la producción de hipótesis y su validación por parte de los propios alumnos, ya contamos con excelentes registros y productos provisionales que merecen su puesta en común y circulación en un evento de redes sociales en la práctica. Sería ingenuo suponer que esta vez si, uno de los dos extremos prevalecerá.
7 Best Blogging Platforms Everyone’s got a blog these days and depending on your topic of choice, you can make a pretty sizeable name for yourself online. Now, you probably won’t garner any accolades by just picking a site and writing right out of the gate. To save you the hassle of narrowing down a service from dozens of choices, here are the top seven blogging platforms available today, so you can make your decision a bit more easily. WordPress It’s almost infinitely customizable, designed for both novices and professionals and is one of the largest blogging platforms in the world. WordPress allows users of all types to customize their blogs using either the pre-designed themes (of which hundreds are readily available), or HTML, CSS and PHP. Bloggers can utilize their own custom domain names with a paid hosting service, or they can use WordPress’s servers with a WordPress.com url. Tumblr Think of Tumblr as true “microblogging”. Blogger The best thing about Blogger? Squarespace Movable Type TypePad Posterous
How to Do What You Love January 2006 To do something well you have to like it. That idea is not exactly novel. We've got it down to four words: "Do what you love." But it's not enough just to tell people that. The very idea is foreign to what most of us learn as kids. And it did not seem to be an accident. The world then was divided into two groups, grownups and kids. Teachers in particular all seemed to believe implicitly that work was not fun. I'm not saying we should let little kids do whatever they want. Once, when I was about 9 or 10, my father told me I could be whatever I wanted when I grew up, so long as I enjoyed it. Jobs By high school, the prospect of an actual job was on the horizon. The main reason they all acted as if they enjoyed their work was presumably the upper-middle class convention that you're supposed to. Why is it conventional to pretend to like what you do? What a recipe for alienation. The most dangerous liars can be the kids' own parents. Bounds Unproductive pleasures pall eventually.