Slides from a recent speech in front of 1500 people on:
- Why business model innovation is important
- What a business model is
- How to design and implement innovative business models using a design thinking approach.
Many cases illustrate how to do it in practice.
Business Model Innovation - Key Note Speech Emad Saif
This is my keynote speech for anyone interested on "Business Model Innovation" at the Arabic Innovation Academy organized by the European Innovation Academy and Qatar Science & Technology Park in Qatar on Jan 7 2018
Presentation for HEA-funded workshop 'Effectual thinking in entrepreneurship education'
The workshop disseminated findings and the learning smartphone app for promoting effectual enterprise learning. Participants explored about how to incorporate more effectual approaches into teaching entrepreneurship and enterprise.
This presentation forms part of a blog post which can be accessed via: http://bit.ly/1aIAyaW
For further details of HEA Social Sciences work relating to active and experiential learning please see: http://bit.ly/17NwgKX
Opportunity evaluation template for business ideas. This presentation was delivered by Prof. Prema Basargekar during a crash course organized for e30, riidl - Somaiya Vidyavihar's first business plan competition.
Cost Leadership / Low-cost Business Strategy:
A cost leadership strategy is an integrated set of actions designed to produce or deliver goods or services at the lowest cost, relative to that of competitors, with features that are acceptable to customers.
Most people are born creative. As children, we revel in imaginary play, ask outlandish questions, draw blobs and call them dinosaurs. But over time, because of socialization and formal education, a lot of us start to stifle those impulses. We learn to be warier of judgment, more cautious, more analytical. The world seems to divide into “creatives” and “noncreatives,” and too many people consciously or unconsciously resign themselves to the latter category.
And yet we know that creativity is essential to success in any discipline or industry. According to a recent IBM survey of chief executives around the world, it’s the most sought-after trait in leaders today. No one can deny that creative thinking has enabled the rise and continued success of countless companies, from start-ups like Facebook and Google to stalwarts like Procter & Gamble and General Electric.
In this presentation you will discover why you lost your creative confidence—the natural ability to come up with new ideas and the courage to try them out, and how to restore it back.
Turning Business Challenges into Testable Ideas - 29 Nov '23.pdfVWO
CRO teams excel at identifying customer problems that collectively reflect the challenges businesses face daily. As a CRO professional, your knack for identifying, communicating, and resolving these challenges sets you apart.
Max possesses the know-how to spot promising problems, translate them into viable tests, and execute them on a broad scale. Although acquiring this skillset might seem daunting, Max has formulated a method for turning business challenges into feasible tests, which he will be sharing in this webinar.
Slides from a recent speech in front of 1500 people on:
- Why business model innovation is important
- What a business model is
- How to design and implement innovative business models using a design thinking approach.
Many cases illustrate how to do it in practice.
Business Model Innovation - Key Note Speech Emad Saif
This is my keynote speech for anyone interested on "Business Model Innovation" at the Arabic Innovation Academy organized by the European Innovation Academy and Qatar Science & Technology Park in Qatar on Jan 7 2018
Presentation for HEA-funded workshop 'Effectual thinking in entrepreneurship education'
The workshop disseminated findings and the learning smartphone app for promoting effectual enterprise learning. Participants explored about how to incorporate more effectual approaches into teaching entrepreneurship and enterprise.
This presentation forms part of a blog post which can be accessed via: http://bit.ly/1aIAyaW
For further details of HEA Social Sciences work relating to active and experiential learning please see: http://bit.ly/17NwgKX
Opportunity evaluation template for business ideas. This presentation was delivered by Prof. Prema Basargekar during a crash course organized for e30, riidl - Somaiya Vidyavihar's first business plan competition.
Cost Leadership / Low-cost Business Strategy:
A cost leadership strategy is an integrated set of actions designed to produce or deliver goods or services at the lowest cost, relative to that of competitors, with features that are acceptable to customers.
Most people are born creative. As children, we revel in imaginary play, ask outlandish questions, draw blobs and call them dinosaurs. But over time, because of socialization and formal education, a lot of us start to stifle those impulses. We learn to be warier of judgment, more cautious, more analytical. The world seems to divide into “creatives” and “noncreatives,” and too many people consciously or unconsciously resign themselves to the latter category.
And yet we know that creativity is essential to success in any discipline or industry. According to a recent IBM survey of chief executives around the world, it’s the most sought-after trait in leaders today. No one can deny that creative thinking has enabled the rise and continued success of countless companies, from start-ups like Facebook and Google to stalwarts like Procter & Gamble and General Electric.
In this presentation you will discover why you lost your creative confidence—the natural ability to come up with new ideas and the courage to try them out, and how to restore it back.
Turning Business Challenges into Testable Ideas - 29 Nov '23.pdfVWO
CRO teams excel at identifying customer problems that collectively reflect the challenges businesses face daily. As a CRO professional, your knack for identifying, communicating, and resolving these challenges sets you apart.
Max possesses the know-how to spot promising problems, translate them into viable tests, and execute them on a broad scale. Although acquiring this skillset might seem daunting, Max has formulated a method for turning business challenges into feasible tests, which he will be sharing in this webinar.
Entrepreneurship Development is one of the fabulous subject which can be an epidemic in the area of the Management related subjects, through this we can nurture entrepreneurial skills among the students fraternity.
Entrepreneurship Development PPT IntroductionMadhusudhanGoud
Entrepreneur is the person who can change the fate of the environment and also society at large. in this PPT i explained the introduction of entrepreneurship and its importance.
Servers: Servers are the backbone of e-commerce websites. They store the website data, including product information, customer details, and transactional data. They are responsible for processing customer requests, generating dynamic content, and serving web pages to customers.
Storage devices: Storage devices such as hard disk drives (HDDs) or solid-state drives (SSDs) are used to store the website data and application files. They provide the necessary storage capacity to accommodate large amounts of data, such as product images, videos, and customer information.
Routers and switches: Routers and switches are used to connect the e-commerce website to the internet and facilitate data transfer between different devices. They help to ensure that data is transmitted quickly and reliably, and that the website is accessible to customers from anywhere in the world.
Firewalls: Firewalls are used to protect the e-commerce website from unauthorized access and malicious attacks. They monitor incoming and outgoing network traffic
What does it take to be an entrepreneur ? Discover some of the characteristics behind a successful individual who bears the risk of operating business in the face of uncertainty about the future conditions. Power Point by Prof. J.C. Sabo
Since you go through life, you have two career decisions. One is called security, or a job, going to work – become employee. The other choice is freedom, or to become an entrepreneur and start your own business. Which part you consider in to?
Key Factors Shared by Successful Business Owners: Tap Into Them and Thrive!GuardianSmallBizdom
Do you ever wonder what differentiates good entrepreneurs from wildly successful ones? This presentation will uncover the secrets and drivers to becoming a successful business owner. You will learn:
• The specific characteristics that are most important to running a thriving business
• How those characteristics have helped entrepreneurs succeed
• How to leverage these characteristics to build an exceptional business
For more information, check out smallbizdom.com.
How teams work do's and don'ts for dealing with resistance to your team projectMike Cardus
Working on teams you will deal with resistance. What To Do When Stakeholders Resist Your Project … And What Not To Do. The checklist provides guidance on how to effectively deal with resistant behavior … and what not to do.
Essentials of Automations: The Art of Triggers and Actions in FMESafe Software
In this second installment of our Essentials of Automations webinar series, we’ll explore the landscape of triggers and actions, guiding you through the nuances of authoring and adapting workspaces for seamless automations. Gain an understanding of the full spectrum of triggers and actions available in FME, empowering you to enhance your workspaces for efficient automation.
We’ll kick things off by showcasing the most commonly used event-based triggers, introducing you to various automation workflows like manual triggers, schedules, directory watchers, and more. Plus, see how these elements play out in real scenarios.
Whether you’re tweaking your current setup or building from the ground up, this session will arm you with the tools and insights needed to transform your FME usage into a powerhouse of productivity. Join us to discover effective strategies that simplify complex processes, enhancing your productivity and transforming your data management practices with FME. Let’s turn complexity into clarity and make your workspaces work wonders!
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
The Metaverse and AI: how can decision-makers harness the Metaverse for their...Jen Stirrup
The Metaverse is popularized in science fiction, and now it is becoming closer to being a part of our daily lives through the use of social media and shopping companies. How can businesses survive in a world where Artificial Intelligence is becoming the present as well as the future of technology, and how does the Metaverse fit into business strategy when futurist ideas are developing into reality at accelerated rates? How do we do this when our data isn't up to scratch? How can we move towards success with our data so we are set up for the Metaverse when it arrives?
How can you help your company evolve, adapt, and succeed using Artificial Intelligence and the Metaverse to stay ahead of the competition? What are the potential issues, complications, and benefits that these technologies could bring to us and our organizations? In this session, Jen Stirrup will explain how to start thinking about these technologies as an organisation.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Welcome to the first live UiPath Community Day Dubai! Join us for this unique occasion to meet our local and global UiPath Community and leaders. You will get a full view of the MEA region's automation landscape and the AI Powered automation technology capabilities of UiPath. Also, hosted by our local partners Marc Ellis, you will enjoy a half-day packed with industry insights and automation peers networking.
📕 Curious on our agenda? Wait no more!
10:00 Welcome note - UiPath Community in Dubai
Lovely Sinha, UiPath Community Chapter Leader, UiPath MVPx3, Hyper-automation Consultant, First Abu Dhabi Bank
10:20 A UiPath cross-region MEA overview
Ashraf El Zarka, VP and Managing Director MEA, UiPath
10:35: Customer Success Journey
Deepthi Deepak, Head of Intelligent Automation CoE, First Abu Dhabi Bank
11:15 The UiPath approach to GenAI with our three principles: improve accuracy, supercharge productivity, and automate more
Boris Krumrey, Global VP, Automation Innovation, UiPath
12:15 To discover how Marc Ellis leverages tech-driven solutions in recruitment and managed services.
Brendan Lingam, Director of Sales and Business Development, Marc Ellis
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Le nuove frontiere dell'AI nell'RPA con UiPath Autopilot™UiPathCommunity
In questo evento online gratuito, organizzato dalla Community Italiana di UiPath, potrai esplorare le nuove funzionalità di Autopilot, il tool che integra l'Intelligenza Artificiale nei processi di sviluppo e utilizzo delle Automazioni.
📕 Vedremo insieme alcuni esempi dell'utilizzo di Autopilot in diversi tool della Suite UiPath:
Autopilot per Studio Web
Autopilot per Studio
Autopilot per Apps
Clipboard AI
GenAI applicata alla Document Understanding
👨🏫👨💻 Speakers:
Stefano Negro, UiPath MVPx3, RPA Tech Lead @ BSP Consultant
Flavio Martinelli, UiPath MVP 2023, Technical Account Manager @UiPath
Andrei Tasca, RPA Solutions Team Lead @NTT Data
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
zkStudyClub - Reef: Fast Succinct Non-Interactive Zero-Knowledge Regex ProofsAlex Pruden
This paper presents Reef, a system for generating publicly verifiable succinct non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs that a committed document matches or does not match a regular expression. We describe applications such as proving the strength of passwords, the provenance of email despite redactions, the validity of oblivious DNS queries, and the existence of mutations in DNA. Reef supports the Perl Compatible Regular Expression syntax, including wildcards, alternation, ranges, capture groups, Kleene star, negations, and lookarounds. Reef introduces a new type of automata, Skipping Alternating Finite Automata (SAFA), that skips irrelevant parts of a document when producing proofs without undermining soundness, and instantiates SAFA with a lookup argument. Our experimental evaluation confirms that Reef can generate proofs for documents with 32M characters; the proofs are small and cheap to verify (under a second).
Paper: https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/1886
2. Framework for entrepreneurial thinking
Common way of problem solving used by
expert entrepreneurs
Idea
Sense of purpose
3. Developed by Saras Sarasvathy (University of
Virginia Darden Graduate School of Business
Research
Gave expert entrepreneurs a problem set
Wide array of participants from ice cream to
steel
Responses were documented (video taped
and transcribed)
4. Expert Entrepreneurs…
Limit risks by understanding what they can
afford to loose
Create their own market opportunity
Trust people
5. Effectual thinking can be taught
Failure increases the odds of individual
success
Entrepreneurial thinking can be taught
6. Causal thinking = Managerial thinking
Choosing the best means to achieve a goal
Effectual thinking = Entrepreneurial thinking
Imagining possible new ends using a given set of
means
7. Bird in the hand principle
Who I am
What I know
Whom I know
Start with your means; don’t wait for the perfect
opportunity
8. Affordable loss principle
Set affordable loss
What is my threshold?
Evaluate opportunities based on whether the
downside is acceptable
9. Lemonade principle
Embrace surprises that come from uncertainties
Be flexible
Don’t be tied down to your goals – ADJUST
Have a back up plan
10. Crazy quilt principle
Build partnerships with people, industries and
How do I go about lack of strategic planning,
uncertainties, and problems?
11. Pilot in the plane principle
Focus on activities within your control
Control vs. predict
Believes that the future is neither found nor
predicted
The future is made