I had a short chat yesterday and got a question: how effectuation is connected to experiential learning. It was a question from a researcher that you might see it is a bit academical. However, it is helpful when applying to practical cases. Definition of experiential learning A quick definition of experiential learning is a learning style that … Read more
Effectuation is a logic of thinking, discovered through scientific research, used by expert entrepreneurs to build successful ventures. Saras Sarasvathy, a professor at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, made a research with a group of entrepreneurs. The participants had over 15 years of experience, had founded multiple ventures including both successes and … Read more
Earlier of this week, Apple released its first automatic security update for Mac users to patch the vulnerability in OSX connected to the network time protocol (NTP). A cloud survey report from KPMG (2014) shows that executives feel implementing the cloud has helped them improve business performance (73%) and improve levels of service automation (72%). … Read more
Short answer: keeps doing it your way. ☺ Now, it is time for a longer advice. Few days ago, I wrote a blog entry, saying innovation does not need to be something big. Just start with something small around you. Moreover, since it is familiar to others too, the chance that others can do the same … Read more
When an entrepreneur starts a new firm, she or he always focuses on the core product. It is nothing wrong. She or he should do that. The same situation with established businesses, they need to keep the core products and services running well. However, not many people pay attention to add-ons. It is a flavor … Read more
In a survey conducted in February 2012 by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, about 60% of US email users ages 18 to 64 said they had used email the day before. Daily email use is even higher among mobile phone users. Email technology provider Return Path found 88% of mobile phone users checked … Read more
I had a chat with a friend, Ebbe, few days ago. He told me a story about what his team did in Shanghai. The goal was pushing coffee revenue for a company there. How did they do? At that time, online game was very popular in Shanghai and attracted many young people playing. Ebbe and … Read more
We have just got a new client coming on board, utilizing our hosted antispam clusters. When I started talking with them, they faced to big trouble with their email system. Lot of spam was coming in, with virus of course. That made their staff annoyed and could not focus on daily work. The manager tried to … Read more
Yahoo changed their DMARC policy They have added “p=reject” DMARC record into yahoo.com domain. Basically, all messages sending from an email with yahoo.com, but not from Yahoo’s servers, will be bounced. While this policy can help Yahoo reducing amount of phishing emails from yahoo.com domain, it might bring trouble to website owners when they are … Read more