Talk given at the University of California Berkeley, Haas School of Business. Its purpose was to challenge some preconceptions around innovation with examples from the Asian tech scene. This talk was given twice the same day thanks to the invitation from a Professor after the first session. It includes 4 questions as an "orientation test".
Talk given at Stanford University for a student entrepreneur group with a focus on Asia. I picked 8 things I learned working in the web/mobile space in Asia.
Are you sure you are not a robot? Are you aware the digital panopticon is watching you? This talk given at PICNIC in Amsterdam on Sept.09 highlights via some Asian examples the future ahead.
a presentation I gave at my children's school on how the Internet is changing our children's lives and how you can learn to be able to help them use it.
Talk given at Stanford University for a student entrepreneur group with a focus on Asia. I picked 8 things I learned working in the web/mobile space in Asia.
Are you sure you are not a robot? Are you aware the digital panopticon is watching you? This talk given at PICNIC in Amsterdam on Sept.09 highlights via some Asian examples the future ahead.
a presentation I gave at my children's school on how the Internet is changing our children's lives and how you can learn to be able to help them use it.
During the first european-korean ICT conference in Okura Amsterdam I presentated a view of corperate ICT versus consumer ICT and what both worlds could learn from each other. 100 slides.
Presentation for the 3G Summit in Kunshan, China examining the current business cases for mobile SNS - already quite a big fish :-)
It was followed by a panel discussion.
Presentation on Asian best practices to a group of Silicon Valley investors, showing how Asian innovations can be relevant to Western markets. In addition to key ideas, several examples are included.
This is a presentation made for a seminar organized by EU-China exchange program. It replied three questions. 1- why look at China? 2- What online media brings to China? 3- Sources of innovations?
Talk given in Beijing in April 2009 on new media in China for a group of EU managers. Some interesting data comparing US and China web companies for data lovers.
Presentation for the "Geeks On a Plane" tour to Asia. The purpose of this presentation is to re-assess assumptions on innovation, cultural differences and arbitration opportunities. It also involves Underpants Gnomes, Mexican burritos and a gallery of deceased scientists.
What can a startup do in Asia? How are the big Internet guys faring? And what is Asia anyway?
Presentation given at Geeknrolla in London on March 2011.
During the first european-korean ICT conference in Okura Amsterdam I presentated a view of corperate ICT versus consumer ICT and what both worlds could learn from each other. 100 slides.
Presentation for the 3G Summit in Kunshan, China examining the current business cases for mobile SNS - already quite a big fish :-)
It was followed by a panel discussion.
Presentation on Asian best practices to a group of Silicon Valley investors, showing how Asian innovations can be relevant to Western markets. In addition to key ideas, several examples are included.
This is a presentation made for a seminar organized by EU-China exchange program. It replied three questions. 1- why look at China? 2- What online media brings to China? 3- Sources of innovations?
Talk given in Beijing in April 2009 on new media in China for a group of EU managers. Some interesting data comparing US and China web companies for data lovers.
Presentation for the "Geeks On a Plane" tour to Asia. The purpose of this presentation is to re-assess assumptions on innovation, cultural differences and arbitration opportunities. It also involves Underpants Gnomes, Mexican burritos and a gallery of deceased scientists.
What can a startup do in Asia? How are the big Internet guys faring? And what is Asia anyway?
Presentation given at Geeknrolla in London on March 2011.
How does China compare to the Galapagos? Comparisons between China's digital species and the islands' Flora and Fauna.
Talk given at Media Evolution Conference in Malmo, Sweden, on August 2011.
Can China innovate? How does the Chinese Internet relate to Galapagos penguins? This -and more - unveiled for the price of free.
Talk given at the National University of Singapore in October 2011.
Case studies of how some robotics startups from the HAX portfolio managed to finance their first stages, get to market and scale. Talk given at R18 Conference in Odense, Denmark in September 2018.
"Cultural Awareness" will help work globally, save your marriage and get deliveries on time.
This talk refers "culture codes" and the eponymous book by Clotaire Rapaille, as well as Samuel Huntington's "Clash of Civilizations" world model.
What is your Startup Ecosystem OS?
What is your cultural OS?
Can you upgrade them?
Talk given in New Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai on January 2013 for the World Startup Report.
The world is being redefined beyond frontiers by digital civilizations, and games are at the forefront of it. Talk given via Skype at Bitspiration in Poland on June 2012.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
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.
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.
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.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
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
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3
Rethinking Innovation
1. Rethinking Innovation
Benjamin Joffe | CEO, Plus Eight Star
Haas School of Business, Berkeley | 2009.11
2. Plan
1. Introduction
2. Orientation
– Definition
– Why foreign companies fail in Asia
– Why Asian companies fail overseas
3. Background on Innovation
1. Misleading appearance
2. Techno-Darwinism
3. Innovation catalysts
4. 5Cs of Innovation
5. Innovations in web & mobile
4. Q&A
8. | Plus Eight Star
• “Innovation Arbitrage”
• Internet & Mobile Digital strategy
• Best practices from China, Japan & Korea
• Published reports
• Inside Cyworld (2007)
• Inside Tencent (2009)
• Inside Alibaba (upcoming)
• Contact
• www.plus8star.com
10. Work With Startups: Newt Games
• Mobile SNS in 2003 in Japan
– 3G
– GPS
– Avatars
– Virtual goods and AI!
• Too early!
11.
12. Work With Startups: Cmune
• Making the 3D Web happen
– fbFund winner
– First 3D FPS game on Facebook
– #1 Widget on Apple.com
– Virtual Goods
• Check it out!
– www.cmune.com
13. Most Advanced 3D Game on Facebook
Paradise Paintball by Cmune
http://apps.facebook.com/paradisepaintball/
Disclosure: I am an investor & partner of Cmune
23. The Appearance
• Naver = “Google of Korea”?
• Rakuten = “Amazon of Japan”?
• Tencent = “Facebook of China”?
24. The Reality
• No real equivalent
• Powerful ideas get overlooked
• Virtual goods since 10 years ago
• Market 7 times USA
• More concepts not yet ported
34. IT Infrastructure
100%
Avg. 7 Mbps
80%
Avg. 15 Mbps
60%
3G users
40% C
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n
20% a Avg. 4 Mbps
www.plus8star.com
0%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
% of Internet connections measured above 5Mbps
(Source: Akamai, 4Q08)
35. Alexa Ranking
USA China Japan Korea
#1 Google Baidu Yahoo JP / SB Naver
#2 Yahoo Tencent FC2 Yahoo
#3 Facebook Sina Google JP Daum
#4 YouTube Google China YouTube YouTube
#5 MySpace Taobao Rakuten Google
#6 MSN Netease Livedoor Cyworld
#7 Live Google Ameblo Nate
#8 Wikipedia Sohu Mixi Google KR
#9 Craigslist Youku Wikipedia Live
#10 eBay Yahoo Goo Facebook
36. “Japan’s cellphones are like the
endemic species that Darwin
encountered on the Galápagos
Islands — fantastically evolved
and divergent from their
mainland cousins”
Takeshi Natsuno
Inventor of i-mode
37. Internet Mobile
1.3 billion 3.3 billion
Source: Morgan Stanley, 2007
38. Digital Population
Country USA China Japan Korea
Population 300 mln 1,300 mln 130 mln 50 mln
Internet users 225 mln 340 mln 100 mln 35 mln
Mobile users 260 mln 650 mln 100 mln 45 mln
x5
Total x2
x3
59. Looking more closely
Zhenai.com vs. Match.com
• “On the shoulders of giants”
– Started as Match.com
– Raised capital
– Business model issue
• “Each new user costs us
money!”
• Develop new model
– 350 people call center
– VIP service
– Metrics & analysis
61. Thanks!
More about “Innovation Arbitrage”
www.plus8star.com
benjamin@plus8star.com
+81 | Japan
benjamin0123 +82 | Korea
+86 | China
http://twitter.com/plus8star
Telecom & Internet
www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminjoffe + Added Value
* High quality
www.slideshare.net/plus8star