Clearly not.  The groups that are formed through any social network take advantage of any opportunity for physical contact, to meet up and say that they are “friends.”  More and more every day you receive all types of invitations to attend events in person that allow friendship and personal interaction. Are there people who use them [...]

The truth is that every day the world around me feels more like it is slowing down.  I don’t know if I am hurrying too much or if the rest of the world is napping.  I am obviously referring to the traditional business environment.  Their method of communicating, how long it take to do anything, [...]

Today the International Forum of Digital Content (FICOD09) begins.  In a few minutes, I will be in the Palacio de Congresos attending the opening ceremony and seeing a multitude of friends from the sector. Tomorrow, as you can see in the Program, I will be the moderator for a round table.  We are going to talk [...]

Imagine an upcoming event following the 2.0 version described in my previous post.  The organizer would announce the speakers present with “a la carte” programs that they will prepare the week before based on the questions submitted by attendees through Twitter or as comments on the organizer’s blog. The speakers would not bring a presentation or, [...]

As I already told you in my previous post, in Valladolid I began a new format of presentation 2.0.  The audience chose the topics they wanted to hear about and I simply gave responses to what they requested. In this video, you can watch it now.  It is a work style that requires a speaker who [...]

The most recent American move to purchase companies in the European market has brought the number to 100.  All the investment bankers are searching for any Internet company that smells like an IPO or potential buyer or seller of its business. It goes in spurts, at the moment it is still quiet in Spain.  Too quiet, [...]

Yesterday in my presentation at the Business Global Conference in Bilbao, I used a presentation -as I already explained- from Dave Gray, founder of XPLANE.  Dave’s most important thought, for me, is the fact that innovation, more than being planned, occurs in environments that promote it. On the other hand, the constant relationship with the Internet [...]

Today, I spoke at Seedrocket about how a small company needs to be big from the beginning.  It became very interactive and I led the entrepreneurs so that they were the ones to arrive at the conclusions with only a little help from me.  We studied it from the perspective of the employees, the clients and [...]

Today I am at the Business Global Conference in Bilbao.  I am going to use a presentation by Dave Gray to tell them about innovation and its environments.  Dave, a good friend and the founder of XPLANE, is writing a book on new forms of innovation and their environments and how, through business games, you [...]

To the degree that my Facebook account is invaded, so that every connection is a pain and I have to see whether I want to accept a new dozen “friends,” the order of my Tuenti page seems to me a haven of peace.  Every day I am more convinced that Zaryn and his team know [...]

I was reading one of those economic newspapers a while ago over breakfast near my office; I don’t remember which one because I have read them all cursorily.  Yes, I know that I am from an old school and I love to read the paper while I eat breakfast despite the fact that I have [...]

There are CEOs that are not salesmen.  However, the truly good ones have something of a salesman that makes them irresistible.  Like the rattlesnake, they look you in the eyes and you know that you are in their hands.  They have practiced this with their team since it formed.  In fact, the first big sale/trap… [...]

How many Internet companies have an HR director?  Despite the fact that they are the key to knowledge for businesses, the degree of professionalization in this department in start-ups is very low.  You would say that for 10 or 15 employees you do not need them.  Big mistake. I understand that it is not possible to [...]

In my last post on programming, the word “talent” popped up.  Its definition is complex.  Does a great programmer have talent?  Is talent necessary for success with a company?  Should you look for talent in entrepreneurs? Talent is important, but, for me at least, what the English call resilience is more so.  I love the explanation [...]

If an architect sees poetry in a masterwork of one of his colleagues -obviously, almost always dead- is it possible to see it in programming?  In my previous post on whether or not there are “crack” programmers in Spain, certainly well-discussed, we talked indirectly about it. Poetry is shown in any work of art.  Is listing [...]

Can you learn how to be an entrepreneur?  You can, but whoever has the entrepreneurial gene will find it easier.  Yesterday, I was with one of those inventing types who has been inventing things and ways of earning money since he was 8 years old.  He explained how he made an agreement to replace the [...]

This is something that few sellers keep in mind.  You sell a company to make a good return on an investment that has been made with time, money and personal stress.  Whatever the main parameters are for calculating its value, you should look for additional synergy -on part of the buyer- to raise the total [...]

When speaking with financiers.  No, I am not one of them, though I have a lot to do with investments.  You realize that what they do that is so useful is to keep discussing details to the very end.  That is, when you have already bought the idea, it is important to discuss terms and [...]

Every day, the multimedia environment and the revolution announced around it fascinates me more.  This video of a wedding in Sevilla, where the bride sings to the groom, made an impact on me.  Honestly, it left me touched and with eyes moist with tears.  How many weddings like this have ever been celebrated in the [...]

I believe I have already explain a few times.  The way to get in contact with DaD is through their web page.  I read the email for La Coctelera at the most once every 15 days; I already have quite a few other emails to check daily and receiving your proposals through this medium causes [...]