Juan Jose is always a bet on the sure thing. I specially appreciate his ability to work under very tight deadlines. His expertise, focus, and creativity under pressure make him a tremendous asset to any team.
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As part of the Chile Digital Latin American Summit, I was interviewed by Alejandra Maturana from Diario Financiero. In the interview we discussed how digital start-ups can disrupt traditional business models and how corporations can leverage this fresh innovation wave to boost and expand their business models through partnerships with Start-ups.
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JJ will be attending TheBreak.co as a keynote speaker. TheBreak is the only hand-curated, by-invitation-only, buy-side-focused future technology & corporate venture summit in the world.
TheBreak will take place in Bali the 12th and 13th of June (More info at http://www.thebreak.co) and is organised by SWELL (http://www.gotoswell.com), which is a strategic corporate venture firm and one of our partners.
I invited JJ to be on the program to learn about his view on entrepreneurship today, understand his approach to idea validation and how we can incorporate a culture of innovation in our organisations.
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Dubai is the region’s unchallenged leader when it comes to nurturing this entrepreneurial ecosystem with the right infrastructure and regulation. The emirate plans to become the capital of the region’s digital economy by 2020.
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With regard to the recommendations should be those who want to run for Afkar.me call, indicating that much depends on the state of entrepreneurship. "Chile has a great obsession with the structuring of the company. But the key is to clearly define the product. Another issue is to have a good team and not fear failure.
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Khalfay says Turn8 is not a CSR initiative: DP World takes a 10 to 15 per cent stake in each start-up. Giving birth to new entrepreneurs also makes good business sense: “Adding to the innovation environment has a direct impact on us,” he adds. “Our business is outward facing, working with logistics and supply chain businesses.”
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So, peruse your dream knowing that failure is an option! After which you will only become better- especially when you’ve taken the lessons you’ve learned into consideration.
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He continued, “It is the vision of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rasheed Al Maktoum to support the growth of entrepreneurship and innovation in the region. The interest and exponential rise in applications we have seen for Afkar.me, along with international start-up initiatives being attracted to Dubai, is testament to that vision, and the long term prosperity for the sector.”
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Majed Al Suwaidi, Managing Director of Dubai Internet City and Dubai Outsource Zone, said: “At in5, we support ICT and Digital media start-ups from idea creation, to implementation and right through to the commercial launch, and this joint initiative with Intigral is very much aligned with our business incubation goals.
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