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Flattening the Global Innovation Landscape – Part I: The Motivation
Reflecting on the new beginning of my professional journey and the role I hope to play. As it is often the case, where you are heading is more exciting than what you’re leaving behind… As those of you...
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Flattening the Global Innovation Landscape – Part II: Scaling-up Globally
Reflecting on the optimal time for foreign start-up’s to come to Silicon Valley If the world were truly flat, many innovation centers would already be developed around the globe and each one would be...
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Reflecting on the Art of Pitching – Part I
I often find myself explaining to foreign entrepreneurs the concept of an elevator pitch[1]. Since some of you have never heard the term before, I will explain it here today. The metaphor borders on...
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Reflecting on the Art of Pitching – Part II
The capsules While the prior posting presented an overview to the importance of the pitch, this blog-post develops a pragmatic approach to the construction of the Elevator Pitch. The Elevator Pitch...
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Reflecting on Corporate Entrepreneurship (a.k.a. Intrapreneurship): Can an...
The rise of Silicon Valley and the wealth creation by early stage companies has increased the pressure on established corporations, as their shareholders demand to create similar shareholder value...
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Reflecting on Corporate Entrepreneurship: Can Mid-Sized Latin American Firm...
In the last post (Part I), we reviewed six lessons from established companies that can sustain innovation and harvest its promises in terms of increased profitability and market growth. While these...
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Being an Entrepreneur in Argentina is the “Best Revenge”
As my plane reaches cruising altitude after taking off from Ezeiza (Buenos Aires’ international airport) for the long journey to Beijing via Frankfurt, I plunge into my laptop to capture some of my...
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Mining the Silicon Valley Mind — Part II: A Perspective for Foreign...
The content of this blog-post was presented during the keynote titled “Success Favors the Prepared Mind”, I delivered last Friday (June 21, 2013) at the 2013 Endeavor Entrepreneur Summit, in San...
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Is the Western World Testing the Limits of Incrementalism? An opportunity for...
I have been reflecting on the consequences of incrementalism for a while and have come to recognize a disturbing pattern manifested in our western world across multiple aspects of our daily lives (not...
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My New Year Salute!
Dear Amigo, this a time of the year is to reflect, acknowledge and appreciate friendships amidst the ups and downs of our hurried lives. During these uncertain times YOUR friendship is a bedrock of...
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