Start-up Chile is a program on behalf of the Chilean Government that seeks to attract early-stage companies to start their business using Chile as a platform to go global. Its mission is to transform Chile into the leading innovation and entrepreneurial hub of LatAm. There are various incentives:
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Social Soul – An Immersive Digital Experience
Social Soul is an immersive digital experience inspired by the question: how does it feel to be inside someone else's social media stream? MKG collaborated with artists' Lauren McCarthy and Kyle McDonald to design an experience that brings to life a user's Twitter stream in a larger-than-life structure where their social media profile is on display in a 360-degree stream of monitors, mirrors and sound.
Read More »Innovation Lessons from the Fall of Giants
The lessons from the declines of these giants are many. Size and market dominance are no defence against technology innovation. Companies which see a serious threat must react early and decisively.
Read More »The Smart Leadership Lessons from Facebook’s WhatsApp Acquisition
Facebook acquired WhatsApp, a company with at most $300M revenues, and 55 employees, for $19billion. That's billion - with a "b." An astonishing figure that is second only to HP's acquisition of market leader Compaq, which had substantial revenues and profits, as tech acquisitions.
Read More »45 Design Thinking Resources for Educators
Imagine a world where digital learning platforms help adult learners succeed through college completion; where a network of schools offers international-quality education, affordable tuition, and serves hundreds of thousands of children in economically disadvantaged countries; and where a comprehensive learning environment seamlessly connects the classroom with the opportunities of the digital world for young students. Educators across the world have been using design thinking to create such a world.
Read More »50 Amazing Facts About Mobile
Are you interested in learning more about mobile marketing? If so, then this mobile marketing SlideShare deck is for you. It was compiled by Jamie Turner from the 60 Second Marketer and Jeanne Hopkins while she was at HubSpot.
Read More »BEST OF TED: Life in the "Digital Now"
One year ago, Abha Dawesar was living in blacked-out Manhattan post-Sandy, scrounging for power to connect. As a novelist, she was struck by this metaphor: Have our lives now become fixated on the drive to digitally connect, while we miss out on what's real?
Read More »The CIO of 2020: The Future of the Chief Information Officer
What will the role of the CIO look like in 2020? Paul Muller, VP of strategic marketing at HP Software, explains how Big Data, Security and IT Management will shape the way Chief Information Officers make decisions in the future.
Read More »Why the Future of Digital Commerce is the Omnichannel
When Bill Gates released his famous Internet Tidal Wave memo, the old media adage "content is king" became a mantra for the video age. Gates rightly pointed out that “the more users it gets, the more content it gets, and the more content it gets, the more users it gets.” What followed was almost comical..
Read More »Companies Connect Same Dots in Different Ways
One thing that I find fascinating about the innovation space is that when it comes to innovation is the outcomes of competition within an industry. I talk alot about it being about collecting and connecting the dots, and in any industry any company looking to survive and thrive, must continuously innovate and that means continuously collecting and connecting dots.
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