The document proposes a business-oriented social network called WeSpline that connects enterprises, startups, and other players in the technology ecosystem. It aims to address the fragmented and inefficient process of enterprises discovering innovative technologies and startups finding clients. The network will use intelligent algorithms to help users search, learn about, and communicate with each other across the globe, saving them time and money. It will launch initially in the US, Israel, and Brazil targeting industries like cybersecurity and logistics tech. Revenue will come from premium subscriptions and ads on the network.
This document proposes a business-oriented social network called WeSpline that connects players in the high-tech ecosystem globally. It aims to address the fragmented and inefficient process of enterprises finding technological solutions and startups finding clients. WeSpline will use intelligent algorithms to help enterprises discover technologies and opportunities, and help startups get exposed to enterprises and investors worldwide. It will have free basic services and premium subscription services for advanced features. The founders plan to release it initially in the US, Israel, and Brazil targeting certain industries, and distribute it through industry hubs to gain early traction and scale.
The document proposes a business-oriented social network called WeSpline that connects enterprises, startups, and other players in the technology ecosystem. It aims to address the fragmented and inefficient process of enterprises discovering innovative technologies and startups finding clients. The network will use intelligent algorithms to help users search, learn about, and communicate with each other across the globe, saving them time and money. It will launch initially in the US, Israel, and Brazil targeting industries like cybersecurity and logistics tech. Revenue will come from premium subscriptions and advertising on the network.
This document proposes a business-oriented social network that connects enterprises, startups, and other players in the technology ecosystem. It aims to address the fragmented and inefficient process of enterprises discovering innovative technologies and startups finding clients. The network will use intelligent algorithms to help users search, learn about, and connect with each other across the globe. This will save time and money for all users while expanding their horizons. The founders plan to launch a minimum viable product and target "core" industries and countries initially. Financial projections estimate the network could generate over $900 million in annual revenue by 2027.
This document proposes a business-oriented social network called WeSpline that connects enterprises, startups, investors and other players in the technology ecosystem. It aims to address the fragmented and inefficient process of enterprises searching for innovative technologies and startups finding clients. The network will use intelligent algorithms to help users search, connect, communicate and do business across borders more easily. It will generate revenue from premium subscriptions and advertising. The founders are seeking $300,000 to build an MVP and launch to initial users, or $1 million to launch more broadly.
This document proposes a business-oriented social network that connects enterprises, startups, investors and other players in the high-tech ecosystem globally. It aims to solve the fragmented and inefficient process of enterprises finding technological solutions and startups finding clients. The network will use intelligent algorithms to help users search, learn about each other and get matched through personalized recommendations. Revenue will come from premium subscriptions and ads. The product will be released focusing on key industries, countries and features, and distributed through industry hubs initially.
WeSpline is a community-built database and social network that connects companies, individuals, startups, enterprises, investors and other organizations. It uses artificial intelligence like text mining and machine learning to power intelligent search and recommendation functions. The goal is to foster innovation and business opportunities by making it easier for users from different industries and locations to find and interact with each other.
WeSpline is a community-built database and social network that connects companies, individuals, startups, enterprises, investors and other organizations. It uses artificial intelligence like text mining and machine learning to power intelligent search and recommendation functions. The goal is to foster innovation by making it easier for users to find potential partners, opportunities, and information around the world.
WeSpline is a community-built database and social network that connects companies, individuals, startups, enterprises, investors and other organizations. It uses artificial intelligence like text mining and machine learning to power intelligent search and recommendation functions. The goal is to foster innovation and business opportunities by making it easier for users from different industries and geographies to find each other.
This document proposes a business-oriented social network called WeSpline that connects players in the high-tech ecosystem globally. It aims to address the fragmented and inefficient process of enterprises finding technological solutions and startups finding clients. WeSpline will use intelligent algorithms to help enterprises discover technologies and opportunities, and help startups get exposed to enterprises and investors worldwide. It will have free basic services and premium subscription services for advanced features. The founders plan to release it initially in the US, Israel, and Brazil targeting certain industries, and distribute it through industry hubs to gain early traction and scale.
The document proposes a business-oriented social network called WeSpline that connects enterprises, startups, and other players in the technology ecosystem. It aims to address the fragmented and inefficient process of enterprises discovering innovative technologies and startups finding clients. The network will use intelligent algorithms to help users search, learn about, and communicate with each other across the globe, saving them time and money. It will launch initially in the US, Israel, and Brazil targeting industries like cybersecurity and logistics tech. Revenue will come from premium subscriptions and advertising on the network.
This document proposes a business-oriented social network that connects enterprises, startups, and other players in the technology ecosystem. It aims to address the fragmented and inefficient process of enterprises discovering innovative technologies and startups finding clients. The network will use intelligent algorithms to help users search, learn about, and connect with each other across the globe. This will save time and money for all users while expanding their horizons. The founders plan to launch a minimum viable product and target "core" industries and countries initially. Financial projections estimate the network could generate over $900 million in annual revenue by 2027.
This document proposes a business-oriented social network called WeSpline that connects enterprises, startups, investors and other players in the technology ecosystem. It aims to address the fragmented and inefficient process of enterprises searching for innovative technologies and startups finding clients. The network will use intelligent algorithms to help users search, connect, communicate and do business across borders more easily. It will generate revenue from premium subscriptions and advertising. The founders are seeking $300,000 to build an MVP and launch to initial users, or $1 million to launch more broadly.
This document proposes a business-oriented social network that connects enterprises, startups, investors and other players in the high-tech ecosystem globally. It aims to solve the fragmented and inefficient process of enterprises finding technological solutions and startups finding clients. The network will use intelligent algorithms to help users search, learn about each other and get matched through personalized recommendations. Revenue will come from premium subscriptions and ads. The product will be released focusing on key industries, countries and features, and distributed through industry hubs initially.
WeSpline is a community-built database and social network that connects companies, individuals, startups, enterprises, investors and other organizations. It uses artificial intelligence like text mining and machine learning to power intelligent search and recommendation functions. The goal is to foster innovation and business opportunities by making it easier for users from different industries and locations to find and interact with each other.
WeSpline is a community-built database and social network that connects companies, individuals, startups, enterprises, investors and other organizations. It uses artificial intelligence like text mining and machine learning to power intelligent search and recommendation functions. The goal is to foster innovation by making it easier for users to find potential partners, opportunities, and information around the world.
WeSpline is a community-built database and social network that connects companies, individuals, startups, enterprises, investors and other organizations. It uses artificial intelligence like text mining and machine learning to power intelligent search and recommendation functions. The goal is to foster innovation and business opportunities by making it easier for users from different industries and geographies to find each other.
10th HRSD SUMMIT, General Santos City, July 20-22, 2011
Birth of A Permanent Mechanism: The MinDA Act of 2010 (RA 9996)
MINDANAO DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
4F SSS Building, Bajada, Davao City
Tel. No.: (082) 221-1345 and Telefax: (082) 221-8108
Email: info@minda.gov.ph
Depending on the goal and industry sector a knowledge strategy can be defined taking different angles into account. At the end we give some archetypes for implementing your knowledge strategy.
Marriott - Accomodating IT Training (Nov 11)Jule Baradi
Marriott recognizes that technology is critical for its business as the largest hotel chain in the world. It caters mainly to business travelers who need to stay connected. Marriott recently upgraded 60,000 computers across its network from Windows XP and Office 2003 to Windows 7 and Office 2010. To ensure a smooth transition with minimal disruption, Marriott leveraged external vendors to customize training materials and resources into bite-sized formats accessible anytime. This allowed employees to learn new skills at their own pace. Marriott's focus on seamless technology and on-demand training reflects its priority of accommodating business travelers' needs.
This document provides an overview of Company Advisory Services, known as SoundView. SoundView is a strategic advisory firm that specializes in providing research and advisory services to emerging technology companies. The firm's two managing partners have decades of experience in investment research and working with tech companies. SoundView produces research reports and valuations to help improve companies' visibility with investors. It also assists with business development, introductions to potential investors/partners, and capital structure formation. SoundView is not a broker-dealer but has relationships with brokers if needed. It is based in Boston with additional locations.
Innovation Landscape: Accelerating the rate of change Steve Pratt DeloittePistoia Alliance
The document discusses emerging technologies and their potential impacts. It describes several exponential technologies including artificial intelligence, robotics, cyber security, additive manufacturing, and advanced computing. These technologies represent both opportunities and threats as they experience unprecedented growth. The document also discusses how organizations can develop innovative strategies using approaches like industrialized crowdsourcing, and how they need to prepare for potential disruptions from exponential technologies.
Using Open Innovation and Open Talentto Find Needed Technologies and Skills ...Steve Rader
The document discusses how open innovation and crowdsourcing can help organizations access needed skills and technologies in an era of rapid technological change. It notes that the skills and expertise required are becoming more complex and broad. Traditional approaches may not be able to keep up with this pace of change. However, open innovation platforms can provide access to large, global networks of diverse problem solvers. Well-designed challenges on these platforms have proven effective at discovering new or existing solutions from outside an organization's domains. The document provides several case studies of challenges run by NASA that successfully sourced innovative solutions to problems.
The document discusses using artificial intelligence and big data in knowledge management. It covers extracting knowledge from data through information architecture and data curation. It then discusses utilizing AI to deliver knowledge through chatbots using natural language processing, predicting trending knowledge areas, and personalizing knowledge delivery. The goal is to provide knowledge management that is dynamic, accurate, and personalized through leveraging AI technologies.
The document discusses HP's HP Institute program, which partners with academic institutions to help address the growing IT expertise gap. The program aims to give students practical skills and industry-recognized certifications to improve their employment prospects. It does this by integrating HP-developed course materials and access to remote labs into academic programs. The goal is to produce graduates with skills directly addressing industry needs.
The document discusses HP's HP Institute program, which partners with academic institutions to help address the growing IT expertise gap. The program aims to give students practical skills and industry-recognized certifications. It does this by providing curriculum, courseware, remote labs, and other materials for topics like cloud, networks, devices, and servers/storage. The goal is to help students gain skills that employers need and promote employability, while also benefiting academic institutions, businesses, and the IT industry.
Don Duval: Driving Innovation and Commercialization in Life SciencesDon Duval
This keynote presentation was given at the global Bio-Connect Conference at the World Trade Centre Morelos in Cuernavaca, Mexico on November 29, 2011. The presentation highlighted the MaRS Life Sciences / Healthcare portfolio, the EXCITE pre-market assessment initiative in the Ontario healthcare system, and the role that MaRS Innovation plays to expedite the commercial outcomes from the intellectual property out of Canada's leading research and academic institutions.
Rohit Talwar Drivers of Disruption and Opportunity - LBS Enterprise 100 - J...Rohit Talwar
Presentation to the investment community at London Business School exploring key trends, developments and ideas shaping and disrupting the business landscape and the resulting investment opportunities that could emerge and the implications for investors. The talk covers:
- The evolution of technologies in business and the workplace
- How advances such as artificial intelligence, robotics, 3D / 4D printing, smart materials, immersive technologies and the multi-sensory internet could disrupt key business sectors
- Science and technology developments that could enhance the brain , body and human wellbeing and transform healthcare
- New business models that will change the way we finance assets and infrastructure, fund innovation and charge for goods and services
- How to spot and align with disruptive developments and decide when to invest.
1) PTRP aims to foster innovation and economic development through partnerships between academia and businesses. It provides resources like lab space, funding, and training to support companies in fields like biotechnology and information technology.
2) Wake Forest University plays a key role in PTRP's success through initiatives that support technology transfer, incubation of startups, and collaboration between researchers and private industry.
3) Over 300 corporate employees and university affiliates work at PTRP, contributing to Winston-Salem's reputation as a hub for innovation.
Rohit Talwar - Event Innovation and the Technology Timeline - Imex Las Vegas...Rohit Talwar
The document provides information about an event focused on innovation in the meetings industry. It discusses various innovative event formats and technologies that could be used for events in 2020, including augmented reality, holograms, personalized experiences, and reduced carbon emissions through virtual attendance. The document encourages attendees to share their own event innovations.
Integrating an effective career development program in 2 and 4 year schools is outlined by Danny Huffman of Career Services International. All Rights Reserved.
This paper explores academic entrepreneurship, university spin-offs, and social networking for building a network to support a university spin-off. Academic entrepreneurship involves commercializing university research. Factors influencing it include technology transfer policies, intermediaries, and university characteristics. University spin-offs commercialize technology developed at a university. Networks are important for spin-offs to access resources. The paper discusses approaches to technology transfer like regional alliances and analyzing how the author will create their own network as an academic entrepreneur to start a business.
Talent Landscape - India Story,Nature of Premium Quality Talent,Impact of Growth on Talent,Dynamics of Today's Workforce,Honing Versus Using Talent,Matching Individual and Organizational Needs Through Active
HR Participation,
The document outlines plans for a business-oriented social network called WeSpline that aims to connect enterprises and startups globally. It will use intelligent algorithms to help enterprises discover new technologies through efficient searching and recommendations. Startups will be able to actively search for and connect with potential enterprise clients around the world. The network will bring together various players in the innovation ecosystem such as investors, universities, and service providers to foster collaboration. It will leverage technologies like machine learning and natural language processing to continuously improve user experience.
The document describes WeSpline, a social network and search engine designed to connect startups, enterprises, investors, and other stakeholders. It aims to foster business and innovation through features like an intelligent search engine, communications tools, and AI recommendations. The platform will help users find partners, clients, mentors, and opportunities. Revenue will come from free basic services and premium subscriptions, as well as targeted ads.
10th HRSD SUMMIT, General Santos City, July 20-22, 2011
Birth of A Permanent Mechanism: The MinDA Act of 2010 (RA 9996)
MINDANAO DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
4F SSS Building, Bajada, Davao City
Tel. No.: (082) 221-1345 and Telefax: (082) 221-8108
Email: info@minda.gov.ph
Depending on the goal and industry sector a knowledge strategy can be defined taking different angles into account. At the end we give some archetypes for implementing your knowledge strategy.
Marriott - Accomodating IT Training (Nov 11)Jule Baradi
Marriott recognizes that technology is critical for its business as the largest hotel chain in the world. It caters mainly to business travelers who need to stay connected. Marriott recently upgraded 60,000 computers across its network from Windows XP and Office 2003 to Windows 7 and Office 2010. To ensure a smooth transition with minimal disruption, Marriott leveraged external vendors to customize training materials and resources into bite-sized formats accessible anytime. This allowed employees to learn new skills at their own pace. Marriott's focus on seamless technology and on-demand training reflects its priority of accommodating business travelers' needs.
This document provides an overview of Company Advisory Services, known as SoundView. SoundView is a strategic advisory firm that specializes in providing research and advisory services to emerging technology companies. The firm's two managing partners have decades of experience in investment research and working with tech companies. SoundView produces research reports and valuations to help improve companies' visibility with investors. It also assists with business development, introductions to potential investors/partners, and capital structure formation. SoundView is not a broker-dealer but has relationships with brokers if needed. It is based in Boston with additional locations.
Innovation Landscape: Accelerating the rate of change Steve Pratt DeloittePistoia Alliance
The document discusses emerging technologies and their potential impacts. It describes several exponential technologies including artificial intelligence, robotics, cyber security, additive manufacturing, and advanced computing. These technologies represent both opportunities and threats as they experience unprecedented growth. The document also discusses how organizations can develop innovative strategies using approaches like industrialized crowdsourcing, and how they need to prepare for potential disruptions from exponential technologies.
Using Open Innovation and Open Talentto Find Needed Technologies and Skills ...Steve Rader
The document discusses how open innovation and crowdsourcing can help organizations access needed skills and technologies in an era of rapid technological change. It notes that the skills and expertise required are becoming more complex and broad. Traditional approaches may not be able to keep up with this pace of change. However, open innovation platforms can provide access to large, global networks of diverse problem solvers. Well-designed challenges on these platforms have proven effective at discovering new or existing solutions from outside an organization's domains. The document provides several case studies of challenges run by NASA that successfully sourced innovative solutions to problems.
The document discusses using artificial intelligence and big data in knowledge management. It covers extracting knowledge from data through information architecture and data curation. It then discusses utilizing AI to deliver knowledge through chatbots using natural language processing, predicting trending knowledge areas, and personalizing knowledge delivery. The goal is to provide knowledge management that is dynamic, accurate, and personalized through leveraging AI technologies.
The document discusses HP's HP Institute program, which partners with academic institutions to help address the growing IT expertise gap. The program aims to give students practical skills and industry-recognized certifications to improve their employment prospects. It does this by integrating HP-developed course materials and access to remote labs into academic programs. The goal is to produce graduates with skills directly addressing industry needs.
The document discusses HP's HP Institute program, which partners with academic institutions to help address the growing IT expertise gap. The program aims to give students practical skills and industry-recognized certifications. It does this by providing curriculum, courseware, remote labs, and other materials for topics like cloud, networks, devices, and servers/storage. The goal is to help students gain skills that employers need and promote employability, while also benefiting academic institutions, businesses, and the IT industry.
Don Duval: Driving Innovation and Commercialization in Life SciencesDon Duval
This keynote presentation was given at the global Bio-Connect Conference at the World Trade Centre Morelos in Cuernavaca, Mexico on November 29, 2011. The presentation highlighted the MaRS Life Sciences / Healthcare portfolio, the EXCITE pre-market assessment initiative in the Ontario healthcare system, and the role that MaRS Innovation plays to expedite the commercial outcomes from the intellectual property out of Canada's leading research and academic institutions.
Rohit Talwar Drivers of Disruption and Opportunity - LBS Enterprise 100 - J...Rohit Talwar
Presentation to the investment community at London Business School exploring key trends, developments and ideas shaping and disrupting the business landscape and the resulting investment opportunities that could emerge and the implications for investors. The talk covers:
- The evolution of technologies in business and the workplace
- How advances such as artificial intelligence, robotics, 3D / 4D printing, smart materials, immersive technologies and the multi-sensory internet could disrupt key business sectors
- Science and technology developments that could enhance the brain , body and human wellbeing and transform healthcare
- New business models that will change the way we finance assets and infrastructure, fund innovation and charge for goods and services
- How to spot and align with disruptive developments and decide when to invest.
1) PTRP aims to foster innovation and economic development through partnerships between academia and businesses. It provides resources like lab space, funding, and training to support companies in fields like biotechnology and information technology.
2) Wake Forest University plays a key role in PTRP's success through initiatives that support technology transfer, incubation of startups, and collaboration between researchers and private industry.
3) Over 300 corporate employees and university affiliates work at PTRP, contributing to Winston-Salem's reputation as a hub for innovation.
Rohit Talwar - Event Innovation and the Technology Timeline - Imex Las Vegas...Rohit Talwar
The document provides information about an event focused on innovation in the meetings industry. It discusses various innovative event formats and technologies that could be used for events in 2020, including augmented reality, holograms, personalized experiences, and reduced carbon emissions through virtual attendance. The document encourages attendees to share their own event innovations.
Integrating an effective career development program in 2 and 4 year schools is outlined by Danny Huffman of Career Services International. All Rights Reserved.
This paper explores academic entrepreneurship, university spin-offs, and social networking for building a network to support a university spin-off. Academic entrepreneurship involves commercializing university research. Factors influencing it include technology transfer policies, intermediaries, and university characteristics. University spin-offs commercialize technology developed at a university. Networks are important for spin-offs to access resources. The paper discusses approaches to technology transfer like regional alliances and analyzing how the author will create their own network as an academic entrepreneur to start a business.
Talent Landscape - India Story,Nature of Premium Quality Talent,Impact of Growth on Talent,Dynamics of Today's Workforce,Honing Versus Using Talent,Matching Individual and Organizational Needs Through Active
HR Participation,
The document outlines plans for a business-oriented social network called WeSpline that aims to connect enterprises and startups globally. It will use intelligent algorithms to help enterprises discover new technologies through efficient searching and recommendations. Startups will be able to actively search for and connect with potential enterprise clients around the world. The network will bring together various players in the innovation ecosystem such as investors, universities, and service providers to foster collaboration. It will leverage technologies like machine learning and natural language processing to continuously improve user experience.
The document describes WeSpline, a social network and search engine designed to connect startups, enterprises, investors, and other stakeholders. It aims to foster business and innovation through features like an intelligent search engine, communications tools, and AI recommendations. The platform will help users find partners, clients, mentors, and opportunities. Revenue will come from free basic services and premium subscriptions, as well as targeted ads.
Presentation To Seda Technology ProgrammeElton050505
The document discusses several topics related to global commercialization of ICT products and services:
1) Globalization has led to an interconnected global marketplace without barriers to technology and business spread worldwide.
2) ICT products and services now commercialized globally include point-of-sale systems, e-commerce platforms, internet and telecommunications infrastructure.
3) There is a shortage of over 37,000 ICT workers in South Africa across many roles like managers, analysts, programmers and technicians needed to support growing commercialization of ICT.
NovigoLabs introduces a collaborative platform to bring together brilliant minds through discovery and innovation to meet the needs of a growing population. The platform connects ideas to teams, teams to resources, resources to prototypes, and products to market. NovigoLabs aims to lower costs and decrease time-to-market through open collaboration.
PCM STFF 2010 AIMS ACCENTURE e mc2 sudhakar kanakarajsudhakarrun
The document discusses mobile, content and collaboration in enterprises. It covers topics like social collaboration trends, the growing role of mobile devices, and Accenture's point of view and initiatives in this area. Key drivers for the shift include changing consumer behavior, mobility, control and quality expectations from new generations of customers and employees entering enterprises.
NovigoLabs introduces a collaborative platform aimed to bring brilliant minds together to meet the needs of a growing population through discovery and innovation. NovigoLabs' online platform connects ideas to teams, teams to resources, resources to prototypes, and products to market.
This document contains confidential information about Click Local Ltda., including intellectual property. The document describes Rubens Samuel as CEO and Paulo Oliveira as CTO of an application development company called Vlast. It also summarizes Vlast's proposed service called Tootip, which will provide customized tips and warnings to users based on information collected from sensors and the internet. The document outlines Tootip's value proposition, architecture, target market, and requests an investment of $300,000 over 2 years to expand the development team.
Why Developing Technology Skills is Essential for NonprofitsTechSoup
As the pace of change accelerates and technology continues to evolve, organizations across all industries are struggling to keep up — and the nonprofit sector is no exception. Technology skills are critical to building the solutions that solve the greatest challenges for nonprofits. But developing technology skills starts by creating a culture of lifelong learners. For enterprise organizations and nimble nonprofits alike, learning is an indispensable element of success.
Join us for this 60-minute webinar with Lindsey Kneuven, head of social impact of Pluralsight, who will cover how you can accelerate the ability to achieve your nonprofit’s mission and give your teams the opportunity to have more meaningful impact.
Aumento Ventures is considering two potential Series A investments:
1) RapL, a workforce training app that delivers personalized, gamified content to employees via mobile. It has over 100k users at 60+ companies and $2.2M in seed funding. Increased remote work drives demand but competition is growing.
2) Sust Global provides geospatial climate risk and emissions monitoring software. It has $3.12M in seed funding and customers include data providers, investors, and corporations. The total addressable market is large but scalable data sourcing and product protection will be crucial to success.
This document discusses technopreneurship from various perspectives. It defines technopreneurship as ventures in fields like IT, electronics, biotech where technology is critical. It outlines 4 types of entrepreneurship and provides examples of successful technopreneurs. It also discusses elements needed for a successful technopreneurship program or hub, including education, culture of innovation, and industry partnerships. Finally, it proposes some strategies for the Philippines, such as developing student-technopreneurs and strengthening the ICT industry through competitions and scholarships.
Trustable Technology Mark: Public LaunchPeter Bihr
The document introduces the Trustable Technology Mark, a trustmark for connected devices and IoT products. It aims to provide consumers with information to make informed decisions about connected products and enable companies to prove their products are trustworthy. The trustmark evaluates products on dimensions like privacy, transparency, security, stability and openness. Companies can apply by completing a self-assessment, which is then reviewed by experts. The goal is to establish best practices and raise standards in the IoT industry. Applications are now open to the public on the trustabletech.org website.
DAN Brand Accelerator: Client Pitch KeynoteJason Newport
Here is the Brand Accelerator pitch deck I began using to pitch current clients more than two years ago. I refined as we advanced through each phase once clients had signed on and we adjusted as necessary. I pitched this to more than twenty clients, all household brand names -- an converted each of them. Not a single brand declined to move forward.
IW14 Keynote, Michelle Shuttleworth, Deloitte ConsultingSoftware AG
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Michelle Shuttleworth, Director, Deloitte Consulting
Innovation World 2014 conference, Oct 13-15, 2014, at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans, produced by Software AG. Three days of vision, inspiration and insight. Innovation World is THE global event for digital leaders who are driven to leverage the Software AG Suite: Alfabet, Apama, ARIS, webMethods, Software AG Live, Terracotta and Adabas-Natural.
The Product Dev Conundrum: To Build or Buy in a Digital World?Aggregage
Any PM or technical leader who’s led the charge of building a digital product knows that product engineering is one of the most expensive elements of business. In most cases, actually building software should be the last avenue that companies explore to deliver great products, as software engineering, data science and product development are complex, uncertain and hard to manage.
The document summarizes a presentation about maximizing ROI through effective user adoption of social computing and collaboration technologies. It defines social computing, discusses common business challenges, and emphasizes the need to think economically about technology investments by focusing on context, closeness between IT and users, convenience, and convergence. It also provides a case study of a chemicals company that was spending millions on different technology platforms without connecting people or information effectively. The presentation recommends developing an information management strategy and IT service to centralize information, streamline processes, consolidate platforms, and reduce costs while improving user adoption.
HEC Digital Business. Digital Transformation. Global Platform André Blavier
André Blavier provides contact information for himself including email addresses and social media accounts under several categories: @Home, @School, and @Work. The document also includes a table of contents for a course on digital business that André will be teaching, covering topics like the digital transformation, e-business, digital marketing, and the impact of digital technologies on companies. Additionally, the document discusses concepts like content curation, technology watch, tools for gathering information online, and the forces driving the digital transformation such as mobile, cloud, data, and empowerment.
IET-KPMG-INNOMANTRA -Reinventing Innovation Design Thinking Way for GrowthInnomantra
We are delighted to announce that registrations are now open for the masterclass we are offering along with KPMG and IET - Reinventing Innovation - Design Thinking Way for Growth. The virtual masterclass will help you develop two critical future skills and stand out in a tough market - Design Thinking and Innovation. The course will be delivered through virtual, live sessions on 21-22 April 2021 via Zoom by experts from KPMG and Innomantra.
Invest Two days and be a part of this virtual masterclass and take advantage of the curriculum curated by the industry's best names in design thinking and innovation. Participants shall be provided a certificate from the IET, KPMG, and Innomantra along with access to a cohort of like-minded professionals.
The masterclass will enable your innovation enablers to:
Gain an in-depth understanding of design thinking tools and use them effectively to solve complex problems
Explore design thinking through hands-on activities
Develop a process of systematic ideation that can result in patentable and profitable ideas
Internalize the core concepts of design thinking - empathy, brainstorming, prototyping, and storytelling
Listen to the customer (Internal and external) — empathize to understand hidden/latent needs
Evaluate financial viability of a new product or service
Measure risks involved in design assessments
The Design Thinking framework also sets a foundation for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Digital innovation
To find out more about the course, key takeaways, and fees, please find the course brochure for your consumption. We would kindly request you to nominate few innovation leaders and enablers from your organization.
For Registration or further details feel free to get in touch with Ujani Ghosh - ujanighosh@theiet.in
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The company was founded in 2018 by Pradeesh and Saurav, both of whom have extensive experience in software development and engineering. Pradeesh and Saurav has backgrounds in computer science and software engineering and has been open-source contributors for nearly a decade.
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Ready to Unlock the Power of Blockchain!Toptal Tech
Imagine a world where data flows freely, yet remains secure. A world where trust is built into the fabric of every transaction. This is the promise of blockchain, a revolutionary technology poised to reshape our digital landscape.
Toptal Tech is at the forefront of this innovation, connecting you with the brightest minds in blockchain development. Together, we can unlock the potential of this transformative technology, building a future of transparency, security, and endless possibilities.
Italy Agriculture Equipment Market Outlook to 2027harveenkaur52
Agriculture and Animal Care
Ken Research has an expertise in Agriculture and Animal Care sector and offer vast collection of information related to all major aspects such as Agriculture equipment, Crop Protection, Seed, Agriculture Chemical, Fertilizers, Protected Cultivators, Palm Oil, Hybrid Seed, Animal Feed additives and many more.
Our continuous study and findings in agriculture sector provide better insights to companies dealing with related product and services, government and agriculture associations, researchers and students to well understand the present and expected scenario.
Our Animal care category provides solutions on Animal Healthcare and related products and services, including, animal feed additives, vaccination
2. Building a Global Community of Users…
CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL; NOT TO BE DISTRIBUTED
Enterprises
that want to adopt technologies
Find Technological Solutions and
Improve Results Through
Innovation
Startups / Innovative Companies
that develop such technologies
Get Exposed to Enterprises and Find
Clients, Partners, and More
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
“Core” Users:
“Non-Core” Users:
Hubs
Universities
Research Parks
Incubators / Accelerators
Government Agencies
Investors
VC Funds
PE Funds
Banks
Service Providers
Lawyers
Media
Accountants / Auditors
Consultants / Advisors
3. Core Problem
CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL; NOT TO BE DISTRIBUTED
For Enterprises: it is simply too overwhelming to keep up with what's new. Executives
have to travel around the world just to attend conferences or to spend days on the road to talk
to dozens of innovative companies they can hardly remember afterwards.
For Startups: it is hard for them to get new clients because they don’t have a big sales team.
This is a real pain for them and also for more mature innovative companies that want to
penetrate new markets / countries.
In fact, this “Matching Game” between different players is:
• very fragmented,
• biased (regional bias),
• expensive, and
• inefficient
4. Solution to Core Problem
CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL; NOT TO BE DISTRIBUTED
A Business-Oriented Social Network where a Community of Users can
easily find each other, interact, and communicate across the globe.
For Enterprises: it will be cheaper, quicker, and more efficient for them to discover and
learn (Intelligent Search Algorithm) about a given technology/startup through WeSpline
and seize opportunities of collaboration that may otherwise be missed (Intelligent
Recommendations Algorithm).
Startups/Innovative Companies will have the opportunity to actively search, get exposed
to, and communicate with hundreds of Enterprises and Investors around the world.
Enterprises and Investors will be able to learn about their businesses, products/services, and
founding partners.
Save
Time & Money
when searching &
learning
Expand
your Horizons when
looking for tech or clients or
investment opportunities
5. Enriching our Community…
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Investors will be able to better identify and follow up on opportunities, especially if they happen to
be in different geographies. According to the Financial Times article entitled “Artificial intelligence is
guiding venture capital to start-ups”, one of the biggest challenges for venture capital companies is finding
interesting investment targets before anyone else. ‘My job used to be about getting on a plane once a
week and going to a different European city to try to find people who were doing interesting things,’
says Roberto Bonanzinga, co-founder of InReach Ventures. ‘It was inefficient’, he says.”
Service Providers will be able to reach potential clients more easily and be reached by them as well;
Hubs will also benefit from this interaction. For example:
• Accelerators / Incubators will be able to better advertise their Special Programs for Startups
and Entrepreneurs, and spread the word about the technologies that they help build;
• Universities – students and researchers – will be able to take Challenges from Enterprises and
develop tailor-made solutions for the Industry. They will also be able to find partners and
sponsors in the Industry for their own projects and new technologies. This will hopefully bring
tech transfer from Academia to the Industry to a whole new level.
Hubs Service ProvidersInvestors
6. Global Market Size
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Large + SMEs (142 Selected Countries)
Source: World Bank, 2014
~30 mn
companies
~70 K
companies
Technology-Driven Startups
Source: Nasscom Report 2016
7. Product
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Search & Browse
Profiles
Connect
&
Communicate
Learn & Stay
Updated
Take Advantage of
Premium Features &
Engagement Tools
8. Technology
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WeSpline will provide its users with multiple novel Intelligent functions by leveraging the state
of the art technology in:
• Information Retrieval,
• Natural Language Processing,
• Text Mining, and
• Machine Learning
- Intelligent semantic Search technology enables flexible and effective exploration of relevant
companies to engage in business;
- Semantic understanding of company profiles and challenges would enhance state of the art
Recommender System technology to provide accurate matching of tech developers and tech
providers, thus enabling accurate recommendations of companies, technologies or
challenges;
- Powerful Machine Learning techniques would be applied across all the functions in
WeSpline to enable the system to learn from the user interaction data that would be
accumulated naturally as the system is being used, and self-improve its own performance for all
the tasks overtime.
9. Business Model
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Basic Services (FREE) include company/user profiles, dashboard, basic search, newsfeed,
getting messages.
Premium Services (subscription) include sending messages, chat, advanced search,
recommendations, business analytics, among others. For premium plan subscribers, we also
offer “Pay per Use” packages.
Pay per Use packages include extra in-mails and other features not yet available in our MVP.
Revenue from Ads: the ads will typically show for a given target audience on their
newsfeeds and on the right-hand side of their Dashboards. Users will also be invited to pay to
boost their Newsfeed publications, Challenge posts, or Special Programs posts.
10. Product Release / Distribution Strategy
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Phase in the Release of our product according to the following vectors:
• Features & Users – we plan to release “core” features to “core” users first;
• Countries – we plan to release WeSpline in the US, Israel, and Brazil first.
• Industries – we plan to create critical mass in certain “popular” industries first, so that
we can become a relevant reference for users there. “Popular” industries would be those
that are interesting for most companies such as Cyber Security, Logistics Tech, among
others.
For Scale & Traction, we will focus on distributing our product through Hubs:
• Industry Associations that have Corporations and Mid-Sized Companies as members;
• Accelerators, Incubators, Universities, and VCs, as these hubs may be an efficient
way to reach Startups and Innovative Companies.
11. Competition (examples)
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EFFICIENT
AFFORDABLEEXPENSIVE
INEFFICIENT
(time consuming, biased/regional, or
not adequately designed for that purpose)
Tech Scouters
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Team Members
ChengXiang Zhai, PhD
Mentor / Advisor (& Future Partner)
Fernanda Torós, PhD
Founder / CEO
Patrick Gallagher
Software Engineer / Backend Developer
Pedro Richa Dabarian
CFO / Partner
Leonardo Bispo de Oliveira
Mentor / Software Engineer @ WeSpline via
Prototype.tech – Services include assisting with
infrastructure, backend, and product release
Romer Zandomingos Alves
Web Designer @ WeSpline via
Fator Criativo - Web design services
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Fernanda Torós, PhD – Founder & CEO
Dr Torós is Founding Partner & CEO at Sabra Capital. Previously, she was partner & portfolio manager at Oren Investimentos,
portfolio manager & head of equity research at Nest Investimentos, equity analyst at Investidor Profissional and Leblon
Equities, economist at Credit Suisse, and executive at AmBev. In Academia, she was visiting assistant professor at Virginia Tech,
where she taught courses in International Finance, lecturer at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), where she
taught courses in Corporate Finance, and researcher at the Inter-American Development Bank in D.C., where she worked during
Summer 2002. She has PhD in Economics & MS in Finance from UIUC, and BA and MA in Economics from PUC-Rio, Brazil.
ChengXiang Zhai, PhD – Mentor / Advisor (& Future Partner)
Dr. Zhai is Professor of Computer Science and Willett Faculty Scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where
he also holds a joint appointment at the Institute for Genomic Biology, Statistics, and the Graduate School of Library and
Information Science. He received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Nanjing University in 1990, and a Ph.D. in Language and
Information Technologies from Carnegie Mellon University in 2002. He worked at Clairvoyance Corp. as a Research Scientist
and a Senior Research Scientist from 1997 to 2000. He has over 25 years of experience in R&D of novel intelligent information
systems from both academia and industry. His research interests include information retrieval, text mining, natural language
processing, machine learning, biomedical informatics, and intelligent education systems. He has published over 200 papers and
holds 5 patents in these areas. He is the major contributor of the Lemur toolkit (http://www.lemurproject.org), an information
retrieval and text mining toolkit used by many people. He is an ACM Distinguished Scientist and received multiple awards from
industry, including IBM Faculty Award, HP Innovation Research Award, Microsoft Beyond Search Research Award, Google
Research Grant Award, and Yahoo Faculty Research Engagement Program Award. More info: http://czhai.cs.illinois.edu/.
Pedro Richa Dabarian – CFO / Partner
Previously: Partner & Risk/Compliance Officer at Sabra Capital, and Financial Analyst at Koin Latam. MBA in Investment
Management and BA in Industrial Engineering from PUC-Rio, Brazil, with credits obtained at California Polytechnic University.
Team Members
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Leonardo Bispo de Oliveira – Software Engineer / Backend Developer
Founder at Prototype; Co-Founder/CTO at Notejuri. Previously: Co-Founder/Technical Leader at RockSpoon; Senior Software
Engineer at mbr targeting GmbH, VOIPFUTURE, and Orolix; Software Engineer at Cinq Technologies; Intern at HP; MS in
Distributed Systems and BS in Computer Science from PUC-Paraná, Brazil.
Romer Zandomingos Alves – Web Designer / Frontend Developer
Founder at Fator Criativo; UX Designer at Icatu Seguros. Previously: Web Designer at Petrobras; BS in Industrial Design from
UFRJ, Brazil.
Patrick Gallagher – Software Engineer / Backend Developer
BS candidate in Computer Science, with a dual degree in Technological Entrepreneurship at the University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign (UIUC). Co-Founder and Primary Developer of Fraktl.net. Course staff for UIUC's Software Design course.
Team Members
15. Use of Proceeds: mainly to hire Software Engineers and pay for Office/Marketing/Trip Expenses.
Suggested Structure: convertible note, with a discount to next round's valuation.
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Funding
US$ 200 K
US$ 300 K
-
US$ 1 mn
We are looking for funding to finish a fully functional MVP of the system by 1H18 and
pre-launch it to selected users (if US$ 300 K is raised) or to launch a MVP by 1H18 to a
larger # of users (if US$ 1 mn is raised).
Angel round
(raised 2016/17)
Pre-Seed round
(to be raised 2018)
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Appendix – Financial Projection
US$ 200 K
Valuation: Facebook currently trades at EV/Sales = 14x. If Sales are US$ 926 mn at year 10
(2027) and we value WeSpline at a conservative EV/Sales = 10x, then our Enterprise Value
would be: EV = US$ 9.2 bn.
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS - WESPLINE
share startups 67%
USD 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
ASSUMPTIONS
AVERAGE # OF USERS PER TYPE OF COMPANY
corporations / enterprises 5
startups / innovative companies 2
non-core users 2
TOTAL # COMPANIES
corporations / enterprises - 264 792 3,168 15,312 38,280 95,040 160,512 223,080 278,784 324,720
startups / innovative companies - 536 1,608 6,432 31,088 77,720 192,960 325,888 452,920 566,016 659,280
growth rate 200% 300% 383% 150% 148% 69% 39% 25% 16%
core users (total) - annual average - 800 2,400 9,600 46,400 116,000 288,000 486,400 676,000 844,800 984,000
growth rate 500% 100% 383% 150% 148% 69% 39% 25%
non-core users (total) - annual average 200 500 3,000 6,000 29,000 72,500 180,000 304,000 422,500 528,000
TOTAL COMPANIES - 1,000 2,900 12,600 52,400 145,000 360,500 666,400 980,000 1,267,300 1,512,000
Engagement - PREMIUM SERVICES
% corporations engaged @ premium plan 0% 40% 50% 60% 65% 70% 75% 80% 80% 80%
# of users - - 1,584 7,920 45,936 124,410 332,640 601,920 892,320 1,115,136 1,298,880
rate per month - 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00 24.00
rate per year - 288.00 288.00 288.00 288.00 288.00 288.00 288.00 288.00 288.00 288.00
% startups engaged @ premium plan 0% 40% 50% 60% 65% 70% 75% 80% 80% 80%
# of users - - 1,286 6,432 37,306 101,036 270,144 488,832 724,672 905,626 1,054,848
rate per month - 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00
rate per year - 240.00 240.00 240.00 240.00 240.00 240.00 240.00 240.00 240.00 240.00
% non-core users engaged @ premium plan I 25% 50% 60% 65% 70% 75% 80% 80% 80%
# of users - - 250 3,000 7,200 37,700 101,500 270,000 486,400 676,000 844,800
rate per month - 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00
rate per year - 180.00 180.00 180.00 180.00 180.00 180.00 180.00 180.00 180.00 180.00
TOTAL USERS ENGAGED - - 3,120 17,352 90,442 263,146 704,284 1,360,752 2,103,392 2,696,762 3,198,528
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