Some people, like investor Amon Kohavi (@arnonk), might have reasons to critique Startup Chile. But the program, created by the Chilean government to encourage the creation of innovative companies, is worth checking out. Which I did in Santiago, on...
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Bathroom reading at the Australian incubator, Pollenizer
Where good ideas come from (article in French), and where they're read.Photo taken at Pollenizer, a dynamic Sydney incubator that I'll talk about again....
Read moreBrazil: In Recife, Innovation and Design for Job Creation
Located in the historic center of one of the America's oldest cities, Porto Digital is a technology park that has made the northeastern city of Recife Brazil's third IT hub, behind São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The park is the result of efforts of a...
Read moreBrazil: Ledface Answers Your Subjective Questions
Where was Einstein born? You probably don't know (I don't), but no big deal: Wikipedia, Google, Yahoo and Bing, to name a few, can give you the answer almost instantaneously. But if you want to find the best book for exploring his theory … then...
Read moreJOURNAL – Off again
It's that time again. I'm writing this in Recife, the first city I'm visiting during my first "real" world tour. By this I mean that, after Mexico, North Africa and part of the Middle East, this time I headed west out of Paris, and am coming back...
Read moreNetexplo's Global Innovation Trends
A good lesson for someone traveling the world in search of innovation is that you can also learn about it by staying in one place for a few days. This happened to me at the Netexplo Forum, held March 15-16 at UNESCO'S Paris headquarters.According to...
Read moreMarkets, Diasporas, and Social Networks: Lebanon
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Despite their country's 110,000 square kilometers and 10 million inhabitants, Cubans used to joke 30 years ago that they had the largest country in the world: our population is in Miami, our army is in Angola, and our capital is in Moscow, they'd...
Read moreInnovation: The magic and the method
When Otavio Good sees the word "salida" in a Spanish-speaking country, he thinks of "salad" instead of "exit." To avoid the embarrassment that can result from mistakes like this, the Mountain View developer created WordLens, a smartphone app that...
Read moreIn Yogurtistan, a currency valuable online and off
Cemil Turun is, without a doubt, one of the most ambitious people I've ever interviewed. He wants to create a currency that works in both the online and offline worlds. Facing my obvious journalist's skepticism, he hurries to add that his company,...
Read moreOntornet against Lebanon's snail-paced internet
Internet connections in Beirut are so bad that people can only laugh … before protesting. About a year ago, one Lebanese wrote a an acerbic post in English saying, "Oh My God, Lebanon you're number one" on the global download-speed list … if...
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