Innovation. Urbytus: The Home Owners Association (Communities of property owners) web platform
How Urbytus came about. From idea to conception, years of patience and the final change.
Ali’s Personal Blog
Protecting Your Trade Mark
The Presidents Club It is a thing that often most entrepreneurs forget. It is not just about protecting your trade mark, but also making sure that you do not use someone else’s. Let me begin with my own story as an example. In 2007 I embarked on a new project. I knew very well how …
What’s love got to do with it?
This was the title of today’s CB Insight, a weekly newsletter that I get from (cbinsights.com). While their article was about falling out of love with a project after an entrepreneur took an early lump sum reward, my story is about those who haven’t.
Encuentro Emprendedores / Entrepreneurs meet up event.
Join us for a beer and some crisps. We are a bunch of entrepreneurs, who want to meet up and share expertise, ideas and help each other when and if we can. If anyone has anything to say and share we will allow for a 10 to 15 presentation but the rest is really a …
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Did we all turn mechanics at the turn of the Industrial age? And do we all need to become coders?
I have just managed to read the article of Zach Sims, Cofounder of Codecademy in FT Weekend issue ½ November 2014. I was kind of surprised to read that so many people believe that coding is so important. As a programmer, I don’t think coding is the important part, but rather teaching the younger generation …
Passion & Vision. Two vital ingredients for success
A couple of weeks ago I was invited to speak about my experience as an entrepreneur at the Founder Institute in Loyola University in Cordoba, during a session entitled “Vision & Passion” for young entrepreneurs. I have never been employed but rather have always been an entrepreneur. To me an entrepreneur is basically anyone who …
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Moderation or Censorship? How to deal with neighbours who can’t control their language
A few months ago, I found myself in the difficult situation of needing to moderate comments. As the founder of a communication platform for home owners and as someone who is always encouraging his clients to let people say what they want even those who bark. My platform is not without moderation either and I …
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What have Tarzan, Bikini and Life of Pi got in common?
I have been wanting to write about this for sometime now and I read the article earlier this summer in June, in the Financial Times Weekend that the Parisian pool “where the bikini was unveiled – and tarzan was a lifeguard” has been relaunched as a luxury hotel.
The Freemium Model and the Optimum Free Trial Period!
Over the past few years I have had the need to try many new services and equally we have been trying to find the best model for selling and promoting our own SaaS. One thing that I have found in many of the freemium models is the lack of free services or the short trial …
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The next generation of Operating Systems
I have just come across an article in LinkedIn titled ” Business After Windows: Why the Microsoft Desktop OS Model is Irretrievably Cracked by SaaS and What the Future Holds” . The article reminded me of an article I had written sometime back in 1995 or 1996, on what the next OS should look like. I have …