How to get traction and reach 1 million users - Lessons learned from Dropbox and Xobni
Very insightful tips from Dropbox and Xobni founders on how to design your startup product/service so that it reaches a good product/market match and later becomes a global success.
It seams to be good examples of the lean startup principles. - http://tumblr.barthelet.eu/post...
Vision of an interconnected Europe - EU transport roadmap to 2050 The plan - with goals to be met by 2050 - focuses on travel within cities and between cities, and on long distance journeys. It includes calls for: cities to completely phase out petrol cars shifting to rail or water 50% of all passenger and freight road transport currently making... - http://tumblr.barthelet.eu/post...
2011: NFC year for Orange
Finally, Orange is planning the roll-out of NFC-enabled SIM cards. The installed base being the key driver to the growth of the services ecosystem, the time might have come to… - http://tumblr.barthelet.eu/post...
“Entrepreneurs embody the promise of America: the idea that if you have a good idea and are willing to work hard and see it through, you can succeed in this country. And in fulfilling this promise, entrepreneurs also play a critical role in expanding our economy and creating jobs.” -PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, JANUARY 31, 2011 The USA introduce the... - http://tumblr.barthelet.eu/post...
"J'attends la suite de cet article avec vos idées sur l'internet des objets qui feront partie, "à terme", de cette "masse d'applications fonctionnant sur des plateformes standardisées" qui feront exploser le trafic. A quel terme pensez-vous ? De quel type de trafic parle-t-on ? Symétrique ou minitel 2.0 ?"
- Thomas Barthelet
"If only we had Xanadu instead of the WWW, copyrights and privacy issues would be solved... ;) In the case of the Internet of Things, where devices connect, create and share (personally sensible) information, there is no IBM/Google/Facebook at stake. Nor is there even any personal interaction between individuals as it is mostly about machine-to-machine communication. Is it part of your High-Level Reflexion Group's tasks to discuss to what extend the EC should regulate those IoT devices' APIs?"
- Thomas Barthelet
Probably nothing has done so much harm to the liberal cause as the wooden insistence of some liberals on certain rules of thumb, above all the principle of laissez-faire capitalism. - http://tumblr.barthelet.eu/post...
Nouvel épisode de la guerre mondiale des monnaies : la Chine achète de la dette grecque et lève ainsi les freins de la hausse de l’euro. - http://tumblr.barthelet.eu/post...