Deepnews, solving real problems
Dont fret, I’m not going to make a post a day on startups that are « solving real problems ». But I thought it would be fair to point at Deepnews, an...
Catalog, solving real problems
https://youtu.be/IiPvJfbq2No Catalog is a DNA storage startup trying to solve the problem of the exploding cost, complexity, carbon footprint and lack of longevity of data storage. To do so, they’re...
Why Startups Fail
Too many articles are written on why startups fail. We all know why and its dead simple: not enough customers. What is critically difficult is simply not to get caught up in the startup game of partnerships, contests and events, and just focusing on that. Customers.
Startup F#ck-Ups
October 2018 cover of the Dutch QUOTE magazine. Just assessing every day how the narrative on startups has been reversed in Europe from « This is how we’re going to...
Are we still learning anything new about startups or are we just pretending from now on?
After years of working with every kind of startup programs — read: incubators, accelerators, tech clusters, public tech transfer, universities, entrepreneurs’ networks, corporate platforms, and various EU initiatives — I...
What constitues a good startup problem
It seems deceptively simple to define what constitues a good market problem to work on as a startup. It is actually rather subtle and for some part very counter-intuitive.
The fundamentals of opposable marketing
Checking for opposable marketing is a very robust acid test for any business. Just look for a minute at a company webpage and you’ll get if they have something real to sell, or if they’re just pushing products out of the factories and hoping for the best.
25 Hints that you might be a startup
We’re talked some time ago about why you might not be a startup, but a different animal altogether. Let’s now try to check if you might be a startup…
The startup game and its metagame
Innovation is a game played at the startup, industry, and ecosystemic level. And the common resource of these games is vastly misunderstood. It’s risk.
Startups fail 3 times…
Initially, 80% of startups fail at designing a workable solution to early adopters' problem, from whom they can learn. Out of the remaining 20%, 80% fail at building on-going traction from a core...
An unexpected summer reading list for innovators
You may not think that reading about traditional Japanese arts, or architecture, could help you innovate. You’d be wrong.
Where to launch a startup in Europe after the Brexit
Indisputably London will be less of a European hub for startups in the next 2-3 years. Where should you go now?
Startups are Schrödinger’s cats
Understanding the core nature of startup ventures is not so easy. Unless you already understand quantum mechanics.
You’re not a startup…
You’re not a startup, you’re a buzz word for technology news. You’re not a startup, you’re a logo for cities in pressing need for attractiveness credentials. You’re not a startup,...
Launch early enough
Launch early enough to be embarrassed by your product first version.Reid HOFFMAN
Ce qui bloque les startups en Europe
Paul GRAHAM sur ce qui bloque le développement des startups en Europe : Une astuce pour les gouvernements qui veulent encourager les startups : lisez les histoires de startups existantes,...
3h de Formation en ligne sur le pitch de la startup
En novembre 2014 j'intervenais pour une demi-journée de travail avec quelques startups du programme PACEIM de l'IRD, soutenu par Marseille Innovation. En petit comité, la captation vidéo de l'intervention a...
Un an déjà, les Killer Rabbits à LIFT14
https://twitter.com/slavacm/status/431062105706737664 (more…)