George Tziralis is the Executive Director of the Openfund, a seed capital fund focusing on web & mobile software start-ups, operating from Athens, Greece. Previously, he has founded Askmarkets & Mineknowledge, conducted research on forecasting and prediction markets and also taught data mining at NTUA, while he has also served as the principal organizer of Open Coffee meetings in Athens.
Web Site: http://gtziralis.com
The core problem of a small market is, well, it’s size. I’d personally call it as one of the two major problems of the local business ecosystem, with the latter being the risk-avert mentality. Let’s keep risk phobia out of the picture for now; I’d like to dig a bit further into the market...
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With all the buzz, chatter and meta-discussions of what it takes to build a great company, aspiring entrepreneurs end up to exaggerate the ‘prerequisites’ and magnify the skills, capacities and luck needed to an extra-terrestial level, after all being more avert or frightened than excited to start-up. While there are no universal laws applicable...
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Reason, that is. Back in ancient times, the classical period arose when the authority of god was displaced by reason. Today, we are lucky to have almost gotten rid of the first, in the context of business at least. However, the very problem of authority versus reason is still there, taking various forms to...
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We live in social times, yet text triumphs over speech. You feel more connected to more friends of yours than ever before. Still, SMS, e-mail and facebook tend to fully replace your good old habits of phone calls, or even physical meet-ups, too. You don’t look out for news anymore; news now find you....
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