Should you go to Web In Travel 2015 in Singapore?
Important info about Web In Travel 2015 Held in Singapore and on the 19th-21st of October 2015. The cost of attending this event is S$2,488. Opportunity to explore the disruptions to the travel industry and key elements leading the change. Topics that were covered are Personalisation, Travel Start-ups and Copycats. Past experiences at Web In Travel Travel […]
Should you go to Financial Services Marketing in Hong Kong?
Important info about Financial Services Marketing Financial Services Marketing will be held in Hong Kong and on the 5th of November 2015. The cost of attending this event is US$1,000. A forum which gathers CMOs, Marketing Directors and Heads of Marketing from Banks, Asset Management and Insurance companies to keep up to date with the latest […]
Startup Sourcing #1: with PayrollHero, let employees clock in with a selfie
1) Startup Profile Who? The Philippines startup PayrollHero has transformed the painful and unreliable HR management systems into an exciting and accurate consumer-friendly HR platform for web and mobile. What ? Clock in and out every day by taking a selfie Facial recognition ensure the right person is there at the right time Track […]
Coca-Cola Founders case study : an inspiring model of corporate innovation
« What if an entrepreneur is given the money, relationships and reach of a MNC to prove its business model? » We met Dave Lim, one of the entrepreneurs selected by Coca-Cola in November last year to participate in the their unique program of corporate innovation, the Coca-Cola Founders. Almost one year after the program started, let’s analyze […]
Corporate Venture Funding 101 with Summeet Jain from Intel Capital
Among the different ways a corporate, tech or non-tech, can catch up with the crazy pace of innovation startups is through corporate venture funding. Can any company turn into an investor? What should the size of investments from corporates to startups be? How long should the duration be? And finally, how should the different temporalities […]
Citrix Corporate Accelerator: From the closed incubator to the long-term horizon
The Citrix Corporate Accelerator is a good case study of how any innovation structure must learn to adapt to its environment – and from its mistakes as well. In a session based on his own experience as Managing Director of the Citrix Corporate Accelerator, John Mc Intyre shared how he went from a corporate accelerator […]
McDonald's digital innovation strategy: building the restaurant of the future as a startup
With 35,000 restaurants in 121 countries, McDonald’s is not a so much a F&B outlet, it’s a machine, an army of operational excellence. It’s also a network of franchisees, which makes innovation a bit harder, as you can’t really design a new service or product and just push it to the network. During the […]
Lufthansa innovation hub and the travel space: a "startup within the company"
During the Break conference in Bali, we listened to then interviewed Katrin Zimmermann, from the Lufthansa Innovation Hub. Their work as a “startup within the company” can be summarized as follows: Digital travel apps are valued at $88bn, vs $6bn for a big airline on average There’s no or little loyalty, so Lufthansa need to […]
Internet Plus: China's official strategy for the uberisation of the economy
Internet Plus has been one of the main buzzword at GMIC Beijing, the Chinese equivalent to the MWC Barcelona, a huge tech event dedicated to mobile industries. The foreign visitor I was can only be stunned by the omnipresence of this concept, which actually is China’s latest official plan to boost a decelerating economy through […]
This is Aadhaar: India’s 750 million biometric and online identity database and its future as an ecosystem of innovation
In just four years, Aadhaar, also known as India’s “Unique Identification Number”, has registered the identity of 750 million of its citizens, with both the said 12-digit number, and biometrics elements. You could compare this massive result to another social network, and startups are now looking at tapping this vast database. What is Aadhaar exactly? […]
