bArT's log

How to get traction and reach 1 million users - Lessons learned from Dropbox and Xobni

Very insightful tips from Dropbox and Xobni founders on how to design your startup product/service so that it reaches a good product/market match and later becomes a global success.

It seams to be good examples of the lean startup principles.

Vision of an interconnected Europe - EU transport roadmap to 2050

The plan - with goals to be met by 2050 - focuses on travel within cities and between cities, and on long distance journeys. It includes calls for:

• cities to completely phase out petrol cars
• shifting to rail or water 50% of all passenger and freight road transport currently making intercity journeys of more than 300km
• airlines to increase their use of sustainable low-carbon fuels to 40%
• shipping to cut 40% off its carbon emissions.

Reaching these targets would help the EU achieve a 60% cut in greenhouse gases from all modes of transport by 2050.

(Source: ec.europa.eu)

2011: NFC year for Orange

Finally, Orange is planning the roll-out of NFC-enabled SIM cards. The installed base being the key driver to the growth of the services ecosystem, the time might have come to…

(Source: orange-innovation.tv)

 

“Entrepreneurs embody the promise of America: the idea that if you have a good idea and are willing to work hard and see it through, you can succeed in this country. And in fulfilling this promise, entrepreneurs also play a critical role in expanding our economy and creating jobs.”

-PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, JANUARY 31, 2011

The USA introduce the matching fund, will Europe follow?

(Source: whitehouse.gov)

If— by Rudyard Kipling