STARTup Live Vienna#4
Yes, it´s that time of year again. The last weekend in October is always a special one – no, we are not talking about Halloween. This is actually a lot cooler, not to mention you won´t have to worry about the dress code: Our friends at STARTeurope are going to throw the 4th edition of [...]
Deadlines
As I am writing this blog post, it is still dark outside. Not even the birds are up yet to please us with their singing. The reason is very simple: I set myself a deadline. There it is, the buzzword. In the world of startup entrepreneurs, it seems nobody talks about it yet everybody is [...]
Inspiration
Having returned from an inspirational conference, TEDxPannonia, a couple of days ago, I´ve been thinking about what motivates people all over the world, including startup entrepreneurs. We focus so much on making our business profitable, beating the competition and being successful. Well, as we mostly measure this success by the number of prizes we have [...]
Trial and error
“The process of elimination is undervalued. What´s wrong with trying something, assessing, and taking it as positive information that this particular model doesn´t work? That´s not failure. That´s important information.´´ (Susan Gardner, political blogger) This quotation really seizes the startup spirit. Use everything of the limited resources you can get, and don´t give up. Maybe [...]
Co-creation
Often used in the same terms as crowdsourcing, Co-creation really defines something different. Again, when talking to customers or potential customers, the definitions and differences between these words should be known well enough to conversate and argue about it. A potential definition for co-creation is the following : ´´ Co-creation refers to the development of [...]
Crowdsourcing
Found on businesswiki.com New technologies have the tendency to bring new terms with them that people find hard to cope with as they are not always explained well. To the average reader, this might not seem this important, but imagine talking to a potential customer about what exactly it is your company does. If you [...]
When ideas have sex
Matt Ridley recently gave a TED talk about idea development and exchange. He stated that technological development was only possible for humans because they exchange their knowledge and work together. This way, the sum of their skills is more than just all the single ones together. This is what makes mankind unique and lets us [...]
The importance of diversity
One of the recurring motives at openideas.eu is diversity. I will try to make clear why it is such a vital asset. First, there is the diversity in our team. We al have different educational backgrounds, different experiences, points of view and skills. During our daily routine, everybody gets a saying and we thus are [...]
Entrepreneurial Education
This is a TED talk by Cameron Herold, where he points out how we can solve a lot of the world´s problems by raising kids in entrepreneurial skills. He might be exaggerating a bit, as not every kid needs a stock broker, and he is obviously biased by his background, but it´s his approach that [...]
Mini Seedcamp London
Hey Friends; Found on the Seedcamp Homepage We have applied for Mini Seedcamp London, which is taking place on 27th July. For those of you who are not familiar with Seedcamp, here is a short explanation: Seedcamp brings together young startup entrepreneurs with more experienced people from different fields and offers a way to seed [...]
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