Amazon innovation chief: 'We are failing and will continue to fail' Emprendimiento 

Amazon innovation chief: ‘We are failing and will continue to fail’

Jeff Bezos, Chairman and founder of Amazon.com . Drew Angerer/Getty Images LONDON — What does it take to build one of the most valuable new companies of the last quarter century? A high tolerance for failure, apparently. Amazon’s vice president for global innovation policy and communications, Paul Misener, gave […] Lee el artículo completo aquí Amazon innovation chief: ‘We are failing and will continue to fail’

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Why Venture Capitalists Aren’t Funding The Businesses We Need Emprendimiento 

Why Venture Capitalists Aren’t Funding The Businesses We Need

If you’re looking for money to start a new business, it helps to be white, male, attractive-looking, and living in a place like Boston or San Francisco. Better still, you want to have gone to a top-ranked university. People with these sorts of profiles win the lion’s share of […] Lee el artículo completo aquí Why Venture Capitalists Aren’t Funding The Businesses We Need

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Los unicornios no salvarán la economía, las empresas emprendedoras sí Emprendimiento 

Los unicornios no salvarán la economía, las empresas emprendedoras sí

Los unicornios del mundo, esas start-ups respaldadas por inversores de capital riesgo y valoradas en más de 1.000 millones de dólares (unos 940 millones de euros), han recibido mucha atención mediática últimamente. Ahora mismo, Google News proporciona alrededor de 16 millones de resultados sobre Uber y otros siete millones […] Lee el artículo completo aquí Los unicornios no salvarán la economía, las empresas emprendedoras sí

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Look No Further: Universities Are Funding Startups To Ensure Students Succeed Emprendimiento 

Look No Further: Universities Are Funding Startups To Ensure Students Succeed

Every post-secondary institution wants its students to succeed. But while a great education might help get students on the right track, doesn’t it make sense to invest in some students – particularly entrepreneurial ones – in other ways, too? I mean actually invest in them, with VC funding. But […] Lee el artículo completo aquí Look No Further: Universities Are Funding Startups To Ensure Students Succeed

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To Come Up with a Good Idea, Start by Imagining the Worst Idea Possible

There are many creative tools a designer uses to think differently, but none is more counter-intuitive than “wrong thinking,” also called reverse thinking. Wrong thinking is when you intentionally think of the worst idea possible — the exact opposite of the accepted or logical solution, ideas that can get […] Lee el artículo completo aquí To Come Up with a Good Idea, Start by Imagining the Worst Idea Possible

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