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Michele Appendino: a few hints to become a good start up entrepreneur

Michele Appendino, Solar Ventures CEO interviewed by Frank Cinque (Altis - Euro Mediterranean School) for the online course "Introduction to…
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Added by Jakub Gliklich on June 13, 2010 at 8:30am — No Comments

Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability: Ezio Manzini

At this Deakins 09 lecture, renowned international design thinker, Ezio Manzini explores the growing global wave of social innovation. Manzini describes social innovation as a fundamental shift towards a new paradigm of business and lifestyle underpinned by sustainable values. Manzini will describe how institutions, enterprises, non-profit organisations,…
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Added by Jakub Gliklich on June 6, 2010 at 7:30am — No Comments

BAIA kicks off its Summer 2010 Internship Program: exciting career opportunities in San Francisco

BAIA is currently seeking two (2) responsible, motivated, proactive volunteer trainees to assist with a series of critical projects.

This is a great opportunity for Italian students or recent graduates who wish to gain significant work/life experience in the Bay Area.

If you are passionate about learning from established professionals in the Bay Area and are a self-starter with a "can-do"… Continue

Added by Jakub Gliklich on June 5, 2010 at 4:30am — No Comments

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Google

During his D8 interview, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer referred to Google as a “behemoth,” a word that’s long been used to describe Microsoft. In the video, Ballmer talks about Microsoft’s rivalry with Google in search, the cloud and…
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Added by Jakub Gliklich on June 4, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments

Face2Face Capturing Creativity - Incontro con Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli: Da professore a imprenditore

Face2Face Capturing Creativity - Incontro con Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli: Da professore a imprenditore from Ambasciata U.S.A. on…

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Added by Jakub Gliklich on June 4, 2010 at 4:25am — No Comments

Start-Up italiane: Competitività Internazionale ed Appetibilità per gli Investitori - Intervento di Betsy Robinson

Start-Up italiane: Competitività Internazionale ed Appetibilità per gli Investitori - Intervento di Betsy Robinson from Ambasciata U.S.A. on…

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Added by Jakub Gliklich on June 4, 2010 at 4:00am — 2 Comments

The International Forum on Enterprise 2.0, Milan June 9th and 10th, 2010

Now back for the third year running, the International Forum on Enterprise 2.0 has consolidated its position as a leading European event on the topic of Enterprise 2.0 and Innovation.

A new formula full of rich content: over forty international speaker, six workshop, three parallel tracks, a BarCamp and an Expo Pavillon.



The themes of this edition

Inside the… Continue

Added by Jakub Gliklich on June 1, 2010 at 4:30am — No Comments

Photosynth - Use your camera to stitch the world

Blaise Aguera y Arcas leads a dazzling demo of Photosynth, software that could transform the way we look at digital images. Using still photos culled from the Web, Photosynth builds breathtaking dreamscapes and lets us navigate them. I am amazed by the idea. What do you…
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Added by Jakub Gliklich on May 31, 2010 at 2:00pm — 3 Comments

Geek Power: Steven Levy Revisits Tech Titans, Hackers, Idealists

Like Bill Gates, some of author Steven Levy’s original subjects of 1984 Hackers are now rich, famous, and powerful. From…

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Added by Jakub Gliklich on May 31, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments

St. Gallen Symposium - Panel on upcoming challenges in the next decade

The St. Gallen Symposium is the worlds leading platform for dialogue on key issues in management, the entrepreneurial environment and the interfaces between business, politics and civil society.



Every year in May for 40 years, it has brought together a global target group of entrepreneurs, top managers, politicians, academics, decision-makers from civil society and students at the University of St. Gallen in…
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Added by Jakub Gliklich on May 30, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments

Funambol e il sogno della Silicon Valley in Italia



I found this video on siliconvalleyitalia.com - great italian blog about innovation, creativity and business made by Fabrizio Capobianco, founder and CEO of Funambol, mobile app company from Pavia and Silicon Valley. Here you can hear about this success…
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Added by Jakub Gliklich on May 27, 2010 at 11:30am — 2 Comments

Silicon Valley startup economy shifts into higher gear

Just when it seemed America was emerging from the recession, Wall Street swooned again as January segued into February. But Silicon Valley's startup economy shifted into a higher gear.


Within a two-week period, a diverse group of startups raised a whopping $600 million in investments, topped by $350 million for…
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Added by Jakub Gliklich on May 26, 2010 at 8:30am — No Comments

UK-Italy Business Awards 2010. Grow your business internationally



The UKTI Italy Investment Team celebrated their traditional prize-giving ceremony the UK-Italy Business Awards on 20 January 2010 . This is the main event through which the Italy-based team acknowledges the success of Italian investments in the UK.



From UKTI website:
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Added by Jakub Gliklich on May 23, 2010 at 7:00am — No Comments

The Start Cup Milano Lombardia 2010

Do you want to create an innovative and successful start-up?

12th April - 17st September 2010 - Final: 26th october 2010

The Start Cup Milano Lombardia is the business plan competition promoted by five universities of the Lombardy region - Politecnico di Milano, Università degli Studi di Milano, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Università degli Studi di… Continue

Added by Jakub Gliklich on May 20, 2010 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment

WATCH LIVE TODAY: AL GORE AND RICHARD BRANSON

Live today, May 17, the Honorable Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States, and Sir Richard Branson, founder and president of Virgin Group, share their visionary perspectives.


Go to www.sapphirenow.com and view their keynotes from Orlando and…
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Added by Jakub Gliklich on May 17, 2010 at 2:30am — No Comments

Quants: The Alchemists of Wall Street



Quants are the math wizards and computer programmers in the engine room of our global financial system who designed the financial products that almost crashed Wall st. The credit crunch has shown how the global financial system has become increasingly dependent on mathematical models trying to quantify human (economic) behaviour. Now the quants are at the heart of yet another technological revolution in finance: trading at the speed of light.



What are the… Continue

Added by Jakub Gliklich on May 14, 2010 at 7:03am — No Comments

'Underwater kite' aims to turn energy tide



London, England (CNN) -- A new type of tidal turbine which its creators describe as an "underwater kite" has taken a step closer to becoming commercially available.

"Deep Green," developed by Swedish start-up Minesto, has just secured €2 million ($2.5 million) from… Continue

Added by Jakub Gliklich on May 9, 2010 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Facebook’s Gone Rogue; It’s Time for an Open Alternative

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Added by Jakub Gliklich on May 8, 2010 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Solar Power to the People, With a Lot of Public Help. Great business model!

IT’S Earth Day, and among the many activities planned for students at the Lagunitas school campus, about 30 miles north of San Francisco, is a field trip to visit a solar power installation, where they will learn how photovoltaic technology converts the sun’s energy to electricity.



But they won’t need permission slips from… Continue

Added by Jakub Gliklich on April 27, 2010 at 2:08pm — No Comments

How Facebook won the web

Facebook last week announced a new way to express your interests -- a "Like" button that's set to appear all around the web. Click the button, and the Web page is shared with your friends.

What's more, every "Like" you submit ensures Facebook (and its partner sites) can deliver a more personalized experience to you.

It's a simple yet powerful feature -- one… Continue

Added by Jakub Gliklich on April 27, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments

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