Aiming at a successful collaboration with corporates — Startups are living organisms in a constant and fast mutation. They’re on a mission to build the next groundbreaking product and solve a significant problem in peoples’ lives. At some point, many of the existing startups, will try to sell their product to other companies. Those startups being a B2B…

New interfaces for customer engagement — Retail has remained unchanged for many decades with little to no innovation being introduced into the sector. But the last 20 years brought a refreshing disruption to the way we shop, visit stores, interact with products, and are influenced to buy. The rising of e-commerce, the reinvention of the store…

Isn’t it counter-intuitive? — Amazon is one of the most successful businesses in the world and we are used to its trend-setting moves and increasing online retail supremacy. Jeff Bezos started the company back in 1994 surfing the first internet waves and overcoming the 2000’s dot com crisis that made the most promising companies…

This Is How a Good Innovation Course Looks Like — Innovation is always a hot topic and everybody wants to be an innovator. Building new products, finding new opportunities and defying the status quo is crucial for today’s businesses but also for society in general as it improves our experience as customers, helps our planet and improves our lives. Companies…

The Current Model Is Flopped and Dangerous — The social media landscape is lead by the well-known Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter and Linkedin. Some of them (FB) have more monthly active users (2.45B) than some countries or even continents have habitants (Europe — 740M). This is an overwhelming number and there’s no doubt regarding how embedded in our…

Several Top Tier Universities Are Going Online — Are Tuition Fees Going Down? — Top universities from around the world can be very expensive with tuition fees escalating to amounts not suitable for every wallet. Students and their families struggle to finance a college degree in countries like the USA where public and private institutions can price their courses at as much as $49…

Challenging Times Demand Bold Ideas — Innovation is known as a driver for change and a way to outperform competition. But in current times it’s been more and more important to make it an open process by seeking a common share of resources and knowledge. …

Startups, Entrepreneurs, Designers, Coders, Freelancers, Scientists, Technologists and Students— This is for you! — The Power of the Crowd is an important driver for innovation and problem-solving for all organizations that want to commit to quality and long-term success. Established corporations, SMEs, non-profits and public organizations are using open and engaged online communities to solve their problems, see the example of NASA. …

Important lessons to leverage the Power of the Crowd — Considering the current economic downturn, many companies are and will struggle to keep their heads afloat. Several business leaders and academics have been hypothesizing about the real impact of the global pandemic and suggesting different approaches to overcome it. …