ShoutAbout News World's leading workshop on Lean Startup methodologies » Lean Startup Machine How to build a startup - by Steve Blank When does the course begin? This class is self paced. You can begin whenever you like and then follow your own pace. It’s a good idea to set goals for yourself to make sure you stick with the course. How long will the course be available? This class will always be available! How do I know if this course is for me? Take a look at the “Class Summary,” “What Should I Know,” and “What Will I Learn” sections above. Can I skip individual videos? Yes! What are the rules on collaboration? Collaboration is a great way to learn. Why are there so many questions? Udacity classes are a little different from traditional courses. What should I do while I’m watching the videos? Learn actively!
Test You Startup Ideas With This Free Validation Board Hailing from the Lean Startup Machine, The Validation Board is a deceptively simple, free tool for testing out your latest startup and product ideas. The board is based on Eric Ries’s Lean Startup methodology, and according to LSM, it was developed by studying the processes of over 500 startups. It’s no secret that most startup ideas could use a bit of polish (at the very least), and so any new tool that helps evolve a young company’s purpose into something just a bit more fool-proof is worth checking out. According to Grace Ng, the VP of Design at LSM, the project’s goal was to “help entrepreneurs all over the world get out of the building and talk to customers.” As you’d expect, the Validation Board essentialy helps startups implement Lean Startup practices into their everyday processes. Founder and CEO Trevor Owens tells TNW that “the Validation Board is not a blueprint for success, but it’s a tool that can improve anyone’s entrepreneurial abilities with practice.”
Vers un Wi-Fi toujours plus rapide via le Coded TCP Des chercheurs du MIT aux Etats-Unis et de l'université de Porto au Portugal ont démontré par les mathématiques qu'il serait possible de rendre encore plus robustes aux interférences et aux pertes de paquets nos transmissions de données sans fil. Quand on parle de transmission, ce modèle mathématique pourrait être employé pour le Wi-Fi, mais également pour les réseaux mobiles actuels et à venir. Dans le détail, ce modèle s'appelle "Coded TCP" et s'appuie donc sur le protocole TCP (la couche 4 du modèle OSI) qui est très largement utilisé pour aller sur Internet, pour jouer en ligne ou encore d'autres activités liées à une connexion réseau. Sans le "Coded TCP", chaque bloc de paquets réseau nécessite un acquittement de la part du destinataire, si l'émetteur ne reçoit pas d'acquittement, il envoie de nouveau ce bloc de paquets. Le "Coded TCP" propose d'additionner les paquets d'un même bloc et de l'encoder selon une formule mathématique. Illustration de l'étude HetNet de l'EAI
SOCAP A Brief History of Text Messaging Where would we be without text messaging? The feature has grown from being favored by the tech-savvy to a universal staple. It's allowed us to be more efficient, independent and direct. When you're running late, you text someone to let them know. When you're in class or a meeting and there's an emergency, you know immediately. When you need a quick "yes" or "no," you ask via text. How did such a seemingly simple method of communication lead us to the trillions of texts sent today? Texting, or SMS (short message service) is a method of communication that sends text between cellphones — or from a PC or handheld to a cell phone. The "short" part comes from the maximum size of the text messages: 160 characters (letters, numbers or symbols in the Latin alphabet). The SMS concept was developed in the Franco-German GSM cooperation in 1984 by Friedhelm Hillebrand and Bernard Ghillebaert. The first text message was sent in 1992 from Neil Papworth, a former developer at Sema Group Telecoms.
The Anatomy of a YC Pitch The other night I had an opportunity to attend Demo Day at Y Combinator. It was a fantastic full frontal assault of entrepreneurial energy. 43 pitches, 2 min each back to back for well over 2 hours. It was clear from the outset that these teams were trained to give a certain kind of pitch with their allotted time. For those who didn’t get the chance to attend, I thought a peek into the anatomy of a Demo Day pitch might be helpful or at least entertaining. So here goes: Slide #1: The elevator pitch. Slide #2: That company or market we just talked about in slide #1? Slide #3: We don’t suck. Slide #4: We’re the team to do it. Slide #5: We’re fast. Slide #6: We’re growing…fast. Given the time constraints, I thought this was a very effective and efficient use of slides. Given that I haven’t been to a Demo Day in 4 years, I had a few other take aways worth noting: Calling it Demo Day is a bit disingenuous now as no presentations had an actual demo.
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Des chercheurs multiplient par 10 la performance des réseaux LTE et WiFi Une équipe de chercheurs du MIT, de Caltech, Harvard et d'autres universités en Europe ont trouvé un moyen d'augmenter d'un facteur 10 la performance des réseaux sans fil. Alors que la technologie 4G/LTE est toujours en phase de test sur le territoire français, une équipe de chercheurs provenant de plusieurs universités reconnues (MIT, Caltech, Harvard et d'autres universités en Europe) ont trouvé une solution permettant de multiplier par 10 la performance des réseaux sans fil, le tout sans augmenter la puissance d'émission, ni accroitre le nombre de stations d'émission et sans décupler l'utilisation du spectre radio. Baptisée code TCP, la technologie mise au point par les chercheurs permet de transmettre des données de manière à ce que les paquets perdus n'entrainent pas une latence plus élevée ou plus de données à re-transmettre. Avec les algorithmes code TCP, les blocs de paquets sont groupés puis transformés en équations algébriques les décrivant.
NowStreet Journal | Voice of the Private Company Marketplace Curriculum Vitae: Chris Eliasmith Professor Canada Research Chair in Theoretical Neuroscience Department of Philosophy Department of Systems Design Engineering University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1 Canada email: celiasmith@uwaterloo.ca [Education] [Books] [Refereed Journal Articles] [Refereed Conference Papers] [Chapters, Encyclopedia, etc.] Research Positions Education Books Eliasmith, C. (2013) How to build a brain: A neural architecture for biological cognition. Eliasmith, C. and C. Refereed Journal Articles [Theoretical Neuroscience][Theoretical Psychology][Philosophy] *Note: Many of these publications and related ones not listed can be found in full at my lab's main website. Theoretical Neuroscience Eliasmith, Chris and Oliver Trujillo. Rasmussen, Daniel and Chris Eliasmith. Eliasmith, C., Stewart T. Stewart, T. DeWolf, T., & Eliasmith C. (2011). MacNeil, D., Eliasmith, C. (2011). Eliasmith, C., Martens, J. (2011). Tripp B.P. and Eliasmith C. (2010) Population models of temporal differentiation. Kuo, D. and C.