Some indications will tell us that Europe missed the [tag-tec]venture-capital[/tag-tec] train. Particularly because investors and those that propose business plan take a long time to put their heads out of the window. Let’s see!
What bothers me most though is the fact that the lagging-behind is really annoying. Let’s hope I’m wrong. Sometime those that are late at a party get the most out of it.
FYI: Europe’s innovation barometer 2006 (PDF)

Venture Blog: “According to figures out this week from Dow Jones VentureOne and Ernst & Young, Web 2.0 investment fell in the US to $357m in the first six months of the year. This compares to a doubling of investment in Europe to $51.5m over the same period.”

[tags]business[/tags] [tags]innovation[/tags]

Wonderful summary of todays [tag-ice]globalizing[/tag-ice] cultures and the needs for businesses and societies to find answers to the new challenges. I particularly like the aspects of the feminine (in design) that contrast the semantics/connotation of the (masculine) term innovation.

CEOs Must Be Designers, Not Just Hire Them. Think Steve Jobs And iPhone.: “[tag-ice]Innovation[/tag-ice] is no longer just about new technology per se.

Today I finished my first interim executive position – at factline Webservices GmbH. It lasted 9 months. I was something like a COO with particular interest in pimping up an established web-based software in terms of Web 2.0 (easyPublishing, RSS, tagging and similar stuff). It was a great time and I’ll surely miss the people and my daily trip to the office.

I’m doing a lot of research on the [tag-ice]online storage[/tag-ice] market recently. There is a lot going on here. Still no real reliable provider yet – I mean really reliable. What struck was this statement by one of the very successful consumer storage-providers. Box.net‘s Aaron states.

If these were our costs for an average free account, we, or anyone who offered it, would be in business for no more than two months.