I’ve said this before: after working for more than a year for a very dynamic company that’s in a, likewise, very dynamic industry, I’ve come to realize that I’m learning so much more now that I’m in the field and that the stuff that I’m learning here, critical stuff, are things that my Master of … Continue reading Entrepreneurship education is like a pair of glasses
DISCLAIMER: I’ve no direct connections with Inquirer.net or the Philippine Daily Inquirer and these opinions are based on nothing more than an outsider’s point of view. Feel free to read on while taking it with a grain of salt. Would be good if you could comment on it too. Interesting news about how Inquirer.net is … Continue reading new media + old business model = ???
So it’s been more than a year since I finished my postgrad and it’s almost a year since I started working as product manager for my current employer. What has changed since then? A lot. First off, I want to start by describing what my job is all about since I’ve found that a number … Continue reading Thoughts on Entrepreneurship – A Year Later
Great insights from one of the guys behind meebo.com. Folks are fond of saying that VCs have so much money they need to invest that they’re just giving money away. This really isn’t what’s going on. It’s true that VCs have pretty sizable amounts of cash to invest in promising startups, but the result is … Continue reading When to Raise VC
Note: Starting today, I will recommend the use of “Entrepreneurship” in place of “Technopreneurship” for a number of reasons. First is that I’ve come to realize that they are one and the same. Second is that there is a tendency for some individuals, especially the techie types (that includes me), to focus too much on the technology side and forget about the entrepreneurial aspects when the word “technopreneurship” is used.
First off, I need to acknowledge that an elective course on entrepreneurship (currently labeled technopreneurship) has been designed and integrated within computer science and I.T.(?) programs across a number of universities in Davao City. I’d like to clarify that this post is not intended as a criticism of those courses: I haven’t seen the design of those courses. Rather, I’d like to offer this post as a contribution as well as a means to start a discussion with the relevant individuals responsible for implementing this course. I’ll start by discussing some ideas that have been floating in my head since early last year. Continue reading “Designing the Entrepreneurship Course”
Over the past few months I have learned and collected a list of principles that make technopreneurship unique from entrepreneurship. Here is that list: Nothing to see here. I have learned that there are no special principles that make technopreneurship unique from entrepreneurship: Both regard innovation critical in remaining competitive in the marketplace, both regard … Continue reading Unique Principles of Technopreneurship
A dissatisfied customer who doesn’t complain won’t be a customer for long. Think about it. What is the underlying reason behind customer complaints? Is it because the customer just wants to lash at you one last time before she goes to the competition? I doubt if that’s even true 1/3 of the time. If the … Continue reading On Customer Complaints
This is part 3 of my first look in technology roadmapping. Part 1 and 2 are here and here respectively.
As mentioned earlier, technology roadmapping is not limited to a single product. Phaal et al. (2004) identified eight different types of roadmaps which may be used for different purposes. These eight types will not be discussed here and only a subset will be briefly described. Continue reading “Uses and Caveats of Technology Roadmapping”
For a brief introduction on technology roadmapping, see my earlier post.
While understanding the basic parts of a roadmap is important, it is just as critical to understand the process that produces such a roadmap. To elaborate on the technology roadmapping process, we refer to Bray and Garcia (1997) who depict the activity as being comprised of three phases: Preliminary Activity, Development of the Technology Roadmap, and Follow-up Activity. Continue reading “The Technology Roadmapping Process”
Technology roadmapping is an organisational process designed to align business objectives with available or yet-to-be available technologies. Bray and Garcia (1997) describe it as “a way to identify, evaluate and select technology alternatives that can be used to satisfy the need [of the market].” It is also a tool that should be used in the context of an organisation’s strategic planning process. Strategic planning involves asking (and answering) the following four questions: “where are we now?”, “where do we want to go?”, “how do we get there?” and “how do we know we are getting?”. Technology roadmapping is used in conjunction with other tools to help answer the question of how the firm will get to where it wants to go. Groenveld (1997) and Phaal et al. (2004) provide schematic diagrams of a technology roadmap which have been adapted and depicted below. Continue reading “A First Look at Technology Roadmapping”
Technopreneurship Notes 