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The demise of the smartphone is inevitable, and necessary

The demise of the smartphone is inevitable, and necessary

 A shorter, edited & curated version of this article, published by CNBC.com on the 20th of May, 2015, is available here. Big thanks to Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC strategic content editor, whose edits (and a notorious headline) made this article one of the top stories at CNBC.com and a social media hit the day of publishing (ranked among top 5 CNBC stories driving engagement) The War is Over Smartphones…

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The $Billion StartUp-Unicorn Trend Is Going Global

The $Billion StartUp-Unicorn Trend Is Going Global

CNBC's edited version of this article is here. Published 5th of May, covering for eMerge Americas event in Miami 2015.

Go somewhere wild and remote – a forest, a desert, moorland or prairie. Take nothing that with you: Wear no scent but your own. Let your thoughts be your own. Stand and listen, let the atmosphere permeate you. Forget the trivial concerns of human existence and feel what…

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The Hitchhiker Guide to A.I

The Hitchhiker Guide to A.I.

Warning: this is a long article, almost 1500 words long. A lighter, friendly edited version was published by CNBC on Friday, 27th of March, 2015. You can find it here.

‘If there is Artificial Intelligence then we won’t need to think’ said my recently-turned-ten daughter, on our way driving her to a piano lesson.

She left me speechless while I was trying, in vain, to remove from my mind a…

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How Artificial Intelligence can boost Corporate Innovation

Originally posted on Cogitatum :

Recently the 10 year old daughter of my friend Ed asked him if Artificial Intelligence means we can stop thinking. We both were perplex and were not able to give an answer to this curious question. This extremely smart question cannot be simply answered by yes or no.  It triggered my thinking and own curiousity after we just had mentioned the word…

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Entrepreneurs & the Founder's Trap

Entrepreneurs & the Founder's Trap: fighting the monsters of the Id

This article was published by CNBC on the Leadership Insights section, 18th of Feb, it can be found here.  This post is the original unabridged version submitted to editors at CNBC. Special thanks to Anthony Volastro, CNBC editor, for making a curated, digestible and truly appealing version for a broader audience. dedicated to Alberto Buendia, all time friend, partner, wingman, and hacker…

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US Hispanics ahead of the curve in tech adoption

a CNBC article.

This article was featured by CNBC in their US online business edition. It’s the result of a collaboration with the Young Presidents’ Organization — Chief Executive Network.

Special thanks to Robert Grossman for facilitating my work with CNBC editors. The original CNBC article can be found here.

A bigger, better consumer market than millennials

Ed Fernandez, start-up investor and…

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Families Run as Corporations The truth behind family governance. The Management (Dad), responsible for short term results, reports to the Board (Mom) who looks after Shareholder’s (Kids’) interests.

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A napkin guide to seat selection in planes

Quick guide to win the seat selection battle next time you fly.

It´s a war out there to get the best seats in a plane when you check online.

Here is a quick, napkin guide, to optimize your picks based on a probabilistic approach.

The case is built on a 10 seats per row, 2 corridors, long distance flight and check in for a typical family of 4, but the underlying principles apply elsewhere.

Rationa…

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The Startup Pitch Process: Lessons learnt (the hard way) Got featured at YPO Young President's Organization Ignite Magazine this month, blogging the article, for the record and future reference: …

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2013 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an…

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Metanoia (n.) the journey of changing one's mind, self or way of life

A conversation over the weekend with Peter Simons, co-founder of Performant, a management…

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Smartphone adoption, not even half way

Diffusion of technologies follow a bell curve, going from early adopters, on to majority, late…

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WebCongress US: Why Superman wears his underwear outside his pants? - Tech trends & patterns

Actually this is a presentation about technology trends, patterns and mobility but, given the audience at WebCongress held in Miami James L. Knight center I had to look for a catchy title.

Head on to slide 32 for a wonderful graph on Smartphone adoption…

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The 20 mile march

This is an updated (and corrected) version of a post from January last year. Found it incredibly…

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Thomson Reuters' Top 100 innovators A-Z list by patent metrics http://top100innovators.com/ with the B... BlackBerry

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Start up pitch - Engineering Leadership Program at IE Business School

Fascinating times in the tech world.

I have learned (the hard way) how the start up pitch process works these days, and what are the key messages to convey to investors to grab their attention (and their funding) for your project.

In essence:

1. Focus on…

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Comfort Zone Scale: Nerds vs Party animals. #toomuchtimeonplanes

Comfort Zone Scale: [P]ersonal vs [W]ork P1=Nerd P5=Party animal. W1=employee W5=entrepreneur http://t.co/n5wLDN5nRZ— ed fernandez (@efernandez) September 17, 2013

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