Category Archives: Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship 101

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Successful entrepreneurship 1 View more presentations from Steve Blank. A friend asked me about some book recommendations on start-ups, and I just happened to find this fantastic presentation in Steve Blank’s blog. It summarizes two excellent books in a few charts. Combine that … Continue reading →

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China’s Entrepreneurship Revolution

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Jose Miguel Cansado

A clip from the new documentary film Win in China, by Robert Compton, shows how fast China is changing and how hundred of thousands of entrepreneurs are driving the growth of the second economy of the World. At the same … Continue reading →

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Innovate for Tomorrow or Die

Posted on November 19, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Any ambitious innovation must target to fix the problems of tomorrow considering the technology environment of tomorrow. Fail to consider the future environment and you might be pouring R&D dollars into the bin. Innovations that did bet on tomorrow: Remember … Continue reading →

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Martin Varsavsky on Web 2.0 Expo

Posted on November 11, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Tim O’Reilly interviews Martin Varsavsky during the Web 2.0 Expo Europe last month. Martin is a serial entrepreneur that successfully created Jazztel and Ya.com to compete with Telefonica in fixed telephony and Internet access in Spain in the late 90s. … Continue reading →

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Guy Kawasaki on Venture Capital

Posted on September 30, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Highly recommended videos for anyone planning to ask funding from venture capital. Guy Kawasaki is one of the star entrepreneurs and venture capitalists of Silicon Valley, and if you listen to his speech you will understand why. I extract from … Continue reading →

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A Different Approach to Fund Raising

Posted on September 14, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Guy Kawasaki -entrepreneur, venture capitalist and blogger- writes a funny article about how entrepreneurs usually approach venture funding, compared to a new way to start up your company, what Guy calls “Plan B for Fund Raising” and others call bootstrapping. … Continue reading →

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SpinVox: Do just one thing but do it right

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

SpinVox, founded in 2003, is a pioneer in delivering speech-to-text applications. SpinVox claims it has agreements with twelve telcos, to provide a system to translate voice mail messages into SMS or emails. These days SpinVox has been in the news … Continue reading →

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Myths of Entrepreneurship

Posted on January 17, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

This is a guest post on Guy Kawasaki’s blog from Scott Shane, professor of enterpreneurship, author of The Illusions of Entrepreneurship: The Costly Myths That Entrepreneurs, Investors, and Policy Makers Live Below are Scott Shane’s top ten myths and the … Continue reading →

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Entrepreneurship 2.0

Posted on December 19, 2007 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Thanks to Internet, entrepreneurship is getting much easier and less risky than ever. In the past, to create a start-up, the first steps were to put the team together, gather an initial investment, work on a prototype, test the market, and sell your … Continue reading →

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