Dan Smith looks at the best business startup programs around the world and looks to improve things here in Australia.
Archive | Business Models
Book Review : The Party: The Secret World of China’s Communist Rulers
A brilliant book that opened my eyes to how things really work in China. Key insights for where China is at right now and what this means for the rest of the world. My take – near term downside risk is greater than I would have otherwise suspected.
Kaggle is Klever platform for crowdsourcing predictive modelling
Data scientists from over 100 countries and 200 universities solve real world problems using real world data for cash prizes and glory !
Virtual School : Khan Academy : Changing the world
By Andrew Leunig on June 21, 2011 in Blog, Business Models, Case Studies, Insights, Learning and Growth, Other Stuff, Personal Effectiveness, Personal Improvement, Technology
How one man who started off tutoring his cousins in maths may be on the way to changing the world !
Book Review: Plenitude The New Economics of True Wealth
By Andrew Leunig on June 17, 2011 in Belief Systems, Blog, Book Reviews, Business Issues, Business Models, Insights, Learning and Growth, Life Balance, Lifestyle, Personal Effectiveness, Strategy
Expert on working hours and lifestyles, Economist Schoe argues that our Consumption Model of the last 30 years is broken and that we need to head to a Post-Materialistic World. This need not be all lentils and hessian clothing – Schor argues that if we are clever and use technology well this could mean a […]
Book Review : What’s Mine is Yours : The Rise of Collaborative Consumption
By Andrew Leunig on June 8, 2011 in Blog, Book Reviews, Business Models, Business Types, Case Studies, Early Stage, Fast Growth, Fun, Insights, Life Balance, Lifestyle, Online, Other Stuff, Personal Improvement, Service, Technology
This book outlines a game changer. The rise of Collaborative Consumption. Driven by new, cheap technologies and maturing community rules about online trust – the new mantra is you don’t need to own it – you just need to access it. New Business Models are enabling “spare capacity” of all types to be put to […]