tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-109852532024-03-13T11:07:43.383-07:00Comments for the futureSantiago Omiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00394915697034994167noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10985253.post-36777912286502859792016-10-15T12:00:00.000-07:002016-11-02T15:54:08.025-07:00Audible for Latin AmericaNEED<br />
I have been trying to understand why there are not that many audiobooks in Spanish. If you go to www.audible.com you will find very poor collection of Spanish audiobooks. Even most of the bestsellers are not produced in Spanish.<br />
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DESCRIPTION<br />
Create an www.audible.com for Latin America (in Spanish and Portuguese). Keep in mind that this probably means having a recording studio to create quality Spanish audiobooks of the bestsellers.<br />
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POTENTIAL<br />
"Audiobooks are the fastest growing segment in publishing and everyone within the industry is very bullish about the future of the format. There are a number of new start-ups that are making waves and retailers are beginning to release that audiobooks are worth investing in. The global audiobook industry is currently evaluated at 2.8 billion dollars and this is primarily due to the sheer amount of new titles that were produced in 2015. 43,000 new audiobooks were released this year, which is a slight increase from the 36,000 that came out in 2014 and a far cry from the 20,000 that were issued in 2013." by <a href="http://goodereader.com/blog/interviews/global-audiobook-trends-and-statistics-for-2016" target="_blank">Michael Kozlowski</a>Santiago Omiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00394915697034994167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10985253.post-18768180778174500642016-07-15T12:00:00.000-07:002016-11-02T16:24:26.084-07:00One location: Three restaurantsNEED<br />
Most restaurants owners suffer from developing a concept that can be success at breakfast, lunch and dinner.<br />
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DESCRIPTION<br />
A system that can help three different restaurant owners to have the same location. One for breakfast, one for lunch and one for dinner. It will have to be something that is flexible enough to accommodate the differences of each business but at the same time allow for some scalability of the operation.<br />
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POTENTIAL<br />
<a href="http://www.restaurant.org/News-Research/Research/Facts-at-a-Glance" target="_blank">$782.7 billion</a> in restaurant industry sales in the US.<br />
<br />Santiago Omiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00394915697034994167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10985253.post-57266784981367720552016-04-15T12:00:00.000-07:002016-11-02T16:34:32.546-07:00Kickstarter for concertsNEED<br />
Not all cities have the luck of having a great concert promoter or organizers that bring the right artist to your location. You hope that the promoter or organizer is good at his/her job but you actually never know. Even the best promoters and organizers have "bad" events where they don´t make any money or even lose money.<br />
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DESCRIPTION<br />
A crowdfunding/sourcing platform that puts together promoter/organizers, fans and artists. The same way kickstarters works but for concerts or other events.<br />
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POTENTIAL<br />
Live Nation Entertainment generated <a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/193710/concert-revenue-of-live-nation-entertainment-since-2008/" target="_blank">US$4.73 billion</a> in 2014.Santiago Omiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00394915697034994167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10985253.post-42633265364221177752016-01-15T12:00:00.000-08:002016-11-02T16:42:45.613-07:00New incubation modelNEED<br />
I have been thinking about the incubation and acceleration model and I think there could be a way to improve the process. Imagine if you could crowdsource different parts of the startup creation process. For example you have a crowdsource platform that measures what are the different needs of the participants. Then you have other users that provide ideas on how to solve those needs. Then you have a founder bank that get assign to ideas that they feel passionate about.<br />
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DESCRIPTION<br />
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<li>Platform that has link popular needs to business ideas</li>
<li>Founding team (one biz one tech) gets approve</li>
<li>Selects idea from bank that is passionate about</li>
<li>Gets financing $100-200K for a year.</li>
<li>Need to make it work (specific metrics, KPIs for traction) in a year </li>
<li>If it doesn't achieve that it gets zero. If achieves the team gets 50% </li>
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POTENTIAL<br />
Just in crunchbase there are 55K investors and the top 50 investors have already made 30K investments.</div>
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Santiago Omiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00394915697034994167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10985253.post-19897981220151251792015-10-15T12:00:00.000-07:002016-11-02T16:47:54.197-07:00Fast Fashion AppNEED<br />
Most women when they have an event or special occasion will stand in front of their closets and say: "I don't have anything to wear"<br />
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DESCRIPTION<br />
An app that knows your taste for fast fashion that can be access a couple of hours before an event where you want to wear something new. The app shows you a couple of trendy options. You select and buy. The item will arrive to your house in less than an hour. Maybe the way the app get the suggestions for the user is though crowd sourcing from close friends<br />
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POTENTIAL<br />
Womenswear represents a US$662 billion global market.Santiago Omiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00394915697034994167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10985253.post-68801613253968333592015-07-15T12:00:00.000-07:002016-11-02T17:20:26.647-07:00One character for all video gamesNEED:<br />
Can you imagine if you could export your character to all games?<br />
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DESCRIPTION<br />
Ok, this is pretty far fetched but sounds also like a cool idea.<br /><br />POTENTIAL<br />
Not sure.<br />
<br />Santiago Omiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00394915697034994167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10985253.post-61217687593496999952015-04-15T12:00:00.000-07:002016-11-02T17:17:49.341-07:00Crowdsourcing GamesNEED<br />
Currently we have kickstarter and other to crowdfund games but what about crowdsource games?Probably there is no a specific need for this idea. It would just be cool.<br />
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DESCRIPTION<br />
A platform that would incentive collaboration for specific tasks in the creation of a game. This is probably similar to the music collaboration idea where you have to have a mastermind that can create a vision to guide the development of the entire process. I see how we have had opensource software in different areas, so this is not so crazy. The business model probably will have to be charitable contribution.<br />
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POTENTIAL<br />
[Updated] Total revenues for the gaming industry in the U.S. hit <a href="http://fortune.com/2016/02/16/video-game-industry-revenues-2015/" target="_blank">$23.5 billion</a> in 2015.Santiago Omiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00394915697034994167noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10985253.post-13917740909470915952015-01-15T18:37:00.000-08:002016-11-02T17:11:06.093-07:00Facebook for Game CharactersNEED<br />
If you are a gamer you know how you would love to have a social network for your characters. A place where characters from different games could interact.<br />
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DESCRIPTION<br />
Create a platform where gamers can meet having metrics that they can match from real life. If you saw <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wreck-It_Ralph" target="_blank">Wreck-It Ralph</a>, you may remember that there was a place where characters from different games could interact. The idea would be similar.<br />
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POTENTIAL<br />
Probably difficult to achieve because of intellectual property but hey! I can dream too.Santiago Omiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00394915697034994167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10985253.post-84461893900910585642014-10-15T12:00:00.000-07:002016-11-02T17:06:18.341-07:00Movie Addicts AppNEED<br />
I love movies. I always think that the renting of movies should be much cheaper. But how?<br />
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DESCRIPTION<br />
Imagine if we could create some type of volume discount for movies being rented through an app that can organize the different fans/users. Something similar to the Groupon system. Each rental will be set to specific times (similar to a cinema process). For example, it is Thursday night, you access the app and there are 5 movies showing that day at 9pm. If, for example, 10 buyers purchase that same movie rental then each pays $1 dollar.<br />
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POTENTIAL<br />
[Updated] "The global film industry shows healthy projections for the coming years, as the global box office revenue is forecast to increase from about 38 billion U.S. dollars in 2016 to nearly 50 billion U.S. dollar in 2020. The U.S. is the third largest film market in the world in terms of tickets sold per year, only behind China and India. More than 1.2 billion movie tickets were sold in the U.S. in 2015. There are about 5,800 cinema sites in the U.S. as of 2015. About 14 percent of Americans go to the movies about once a month, seven percent go see movies in the movie theater twice or three times a month, whereas 37 percent go a few times a year. This is a considerable share taking into account 53 percent of American adults prefer watching movies at home" by <a href="https://www.statista.com/topics/964/film/" target="_blank">Statista</a><br />
<br />Santiago Omiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00394915697034994167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10985253.post-29462728722519364962014-07-15T12:00:00.000-07:002016-11-02T16:58:37.131-07:00Helping Restaurant´s Inventory Through CrowdsourcingNEED<br />
Most restaurant owners suffer from managing inventory. This is how "day´s special" was invented. Nevertheless imagine if there was a better way of solving the issue of inventory in restaurants.<br />
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DESCRIPTION<br />
Platform that connects restaurants with users. Allowing users to get discounts on plates that help restaurant managers with their inventory. It sounds very similar to Groupon, I know, but it is very different for the restaurant. It is not attracting user to the restaurant, it is attracting users to a specific meal.<br />
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POTENTIAL<br />
Global restaurant industry sales more than $2B in 2014 [Updated]Santiago Omiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00394915697034994167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10985253.post-30421409764675822402014-04-15T12:00:00.000-07:002016-11-02T16:52:40.927-07:00Insurance Incident AppNEED<br />
If you have ever been in an accident you know what a hassle is to deal with all the insurance process.<br />
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DESCRIPTION<br />
An app that can streamline the insurance claim process from the starting point of the crash or incident to the end.<br />
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POTENTIAL<br />
More than 2M car crashes a year in the United State.Santiago Omiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00394915697034994167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10985253.post-90139415065978898202014-01-15T12:00:00.000-08:002016-11-02T16:18:21.691-07:00Parenting Platform<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">NEED:</span><br />
<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I have been thinking lately that I would love to read books on parenting from the perspective of the parent and the son/daughter. Obviously this will require for the son/daughter to be of certain age to be able to bring a clear perspective. I am starting to think that even though each child is different there should be a book that could serve as a guide to how to motivate our children depending on personalities. I know that no child is equal and everybody have different personality. Nevertheless I feel that someone could try to summarize them in 2, 5, 10 personalities and write a book about how to motivate kids with similar personalities.<br /><br />DESCRIPTION<br />This is probably a crowdsource platform. A platform that can guide parents in this difficult path of parenting. The platform basically uses the information from thousands of learning lessons from parent-child pairs. </span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Difficult to assess but how many parents are they in the world?</span>Santiago Omiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00394915697034994167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10985253.post-17895651820671074032013-12-15T12:00:00.000-08:002016-11-02T16:18:40.811-07:00Sharing Music LiveNEED<br />
The idea of listening music at the same time through a smartphone without being in the same place. Like doing FaceTime but instead with music. <br />
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DESCRIPTION<br />
It will probably be an app on your phone that can synchronize what everyone is listening in a specific channel. It is like becoming your own radio station.<br />
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POTENTIAL<br />
"Spotify launched just over a year ago in the United States (July 14, 2011) and during that time has garnered more than three million U.S. users, with roughly 20% of them paying subscribers." by <a href="http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/07/spotify-releases-us-figures-sees-more-than-13-billion-streams-.html" target="_blank">Hisham Dahud </a>Santiago Omiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00394915697034994167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10985253.post-33037655771309778652013-11-15T12:00:00.000-08:002016-11-02T16:12:26.020-07:00LinkedU for University Alumni<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">NEED:</span><br />
Am I the only one that is tired of the alumni pages in our universities sites? Why can´t I have this information on my smartphone?<br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">An app the connects to all universities and gives access to the alumni data base on the credentials from the users (aka you have to be an alum of the specific university) in an easy and secure way. Think Linkedin but with your alumni network. </span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">POTENTIAL</span><br />
<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hm! difficult to assess but I need it. Hehe.</span>Santiago Omiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00394915697034994167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10985253.post-36998937645873080062013-10-15T12:00:00.000-07:002016-11-02T16:08:26.739-07:00Music LaunchpadNEED<br />
In general most songs are not communicating the right message. We are wasting a mass communication channel. Imagine if we could have a platform that could help artist co-create songs with its users or fans. Similar to the ideas behind crowd sourcing but with the artist being the mastermind behind the creation.<br />
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DESCRIPTION<br />
It will need to be a platform similar to a kickstarter but for artistic creation where the users will have to release all rights to the artist that is managing the process. I imagine having different groups of users trying to push certain messages through music.<br />
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POTENTIAL<br />
In 2012 the global music market represented US$16B in retail sales.<br />
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<br />Santiago Omiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00394915697034994167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10985253.post-23016041063701094342013-09-15T12:00:00.000-07:002016-11-02T15:48:53.603-07:00Audiobook to Text AppNEED<br />
Everytime I am listening to a good audiobook I have a great need to be able to save parts of the text in a format that I can revisit easily.<br />
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DESCRIPTION<br />
An app that can connects to the audiobook apps (e.g. Audible) and can get transform part of the audio clip to text format.<br /><br />POTENTIAL<br />
Probably little. [Updated] "Audiobooks are the fastest growing segment in publishing and everyone within the industry is very bullish about the future of the format. There are a number of new start-ups that are making waves and retailers are beginning to release that audiobooks are worth investing in. The global audiobook industry is currently evaluated at 2.8 billion dollars and this is primarily due to the sheer amount of new titles that were produced in 2015. 43,000 new audiobooks were released this year, which is a slight increase from the 36,000 that came out in 2014 and a far cry from the 20,000 that were issued in 2013." by <a href="http://goodereader.com/blog/interviews/global-audiobook-trends-and-statistics-for-2016" target="_blank">Michael Kozlowski </a>Santiago Omiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00394915697034994167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10985253.post-82667916084914203382013-08-15T12:00:00.000-07:002016-11-02T15:40:21.554-07:00Men Shirts in VolumeNEED<br />
Everyone has a guy friend that loves to purchase two or three shirts of the exact same type and color. Others will like so much certain shoes that will buy two pairs and store one until the first pair gets ruined.<br />
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DESCRIPTION<br />
A clothing company that targets men that purchase in bulk. So if a customer purchases one shirt it costs exactly as in other places but if he purchases more than one it gets volume discounts. Shirts that count for the volume discount have to be of the same type maybe even of the same color. As I think about this it may not even need to be a clothing company but an aggregator that purchases in bulk to different brands.<br />
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POTENTIAL<br />
Menswear Will Contribute <a href="http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150330005113/en/Menswear-Contribute-US40-Billion-Sales-Global-Apparel" target="_blank">US$40 Billion</a> Sales in the Global Apparel Market by 2019 [Updated]Santiago Omiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00394915697034994167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10985253.post-52199347729013446352013-07-15T12:00:00.001-07:002016-11-02T15:40:00.635-07:00TV Streaming Device[UPDATE: Chromecast was release days after this post. Probably this is exactly what I meant with my post]<br /><br />NEED<br />I keep wondering when are we getting a small device that can help me project things from my phone to the TV. It could get connected to some input plug in my TV. Probably the HDMI or even the VGA. I would love to be able to stream videos or even movies from my laptop too. I know I have AppleTV and other but I want something more simple that I can take on my trips.<br />
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DESCRIPTION<br />Small device that hopefully does not need any electrical connection (i.e. it has a small battery included like the remote control of the AppleTV) and that serves as a bridge between computers/laptops/phones and TVs.<br /><br />POTENTIAL<br />
Apple TV sales surpass <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/28/4374480/apple-tv-sales-13-million-to-date" target="_blank">13 million</a>, 'about half' sold this yearSantiago Omiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00394915697034994167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10985253.post-13082850449244772132013-06-15T12:00:00.000-07:002016-11-02T15:40:45.664-07:00Sports Video Content AggregatorNEED<br />
I have always had some difficult time finding quality videos of the highlights of the key soccer matches around the world. The best solution is to search on youtube. I am sure there are several hundred thousand (or even million) fans that would love to have a site that aggregates quality sports video clips.<br />
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DESCRIPTION<br />
Probably something like VIMEO but for sports. It should be multi-platform with key features like easy to search. Revenue would come from advertising and a freemium model. Probably start with one sport in specific that is relatively global: Soccer (aka Football).<br />
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POTENTIAL<br />
2014 FIFA World Cup™ reached <a href="http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2015/m=12/news=2014-fifa-world-cuptm-reached-3-2-billion-viewers-one-billion-watched--2745519.html" target="_blank">3.2 billion viewers</a>, one billion watched final. [Updated]<br />
<br />Santiago Omiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00394915697034994167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10985253.post-88075414163897014272013-05-26T08:26:00.000-07:002013-08-27T08:27:26.033-07:00ZipCar Systems to Open Your Home<h2>
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Ok, if you have not seen my previous post, please check it out before reading this one because this idea is just a "sub-idea" to my previous post: <a href="http://www.marceloburbano.com/2013/08/zipcar-system-for-individuals.html">http://www.marceloburbano.com/2013/08/zipcar-system-for-individuals.html</a></div>
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The need is similar to my previous post. I am tired of looking for my keys to open my home. Can we put the opening system in my wallet or anything that I am wearing (e.g. my watch)? Given that I only really know about the ZipCar system to open car doors I am going to follow my instinct that the first global/massive way to open home doors would look like a cardkey.</div>
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Bla, bla, bla... you know how it is going to look like if you read my previous post. The only piece that is different is the third party installer. In this case I am thinking of two types: the security companies that install the alarms in every developing country (and some developed countries now that inequality is rising) or the companies that offer security doors (those doors that are not your regular "Joe Door" but made of steal and very very difficult to open if you do not have the key).</div>
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Again... bla, bla, bla... if this worked for cars... hmm let me think, is there more homes that cars?... yeap! ok so you see my point on "potential".</div>
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Santiago Omiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00394915697034994167noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10985253.post-45890102789999535292013-04-21T08:16:00.000-07:002013-08-27T08:17:42.912-07:00ZipCar System for Individuals<h2>
Need</h2>
Why do we keep using keys to enter cars? Isn´t there a better way? Wait! How long have ZipCar existed? Why haven´t we adopted ZipCar way of opening cars? Imagine having 2,3,4 cards to open the same car. In a family of 3+ this is a constant battle. In countries that have a lot of traffic and laws to limit the cars on the road (e.g. Mexico, Colombia, Chile, etc.), people have the additional problem that need to switch cars every other day, this is a very tedious task when you only have one key for each car.<br />
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Description</h2>
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Get the ZipCar system of opening car doors. Create an "Initiating Kit" that local repair/garage shop can install pretty easily with some instructions. Probably consider signing up some local repair/garage shop at the beginning to guarantee the quality of the installation. </div>
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Potential</h2>
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Charge for the "Initiating Kit", for extra cards and configuration. I am thinking we can probably charge US$20 per "Initiating Kit" without the installation and US$5 per new keycard. Only in Bogota, Colombia, we have a million cars on the road. Assuming you can expand to 100 cities like Bogota in the world this is a US$2.5B market. At some point, we can make this system pretty competitive and good so we can sell it to car manufacturers directly.</div>
Santiago Omiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00394915697034994167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10985253.post-51269297271158096072013-03-02T20:59:00.000-08:002013-04-11T05:00:51.830-07:00UrGift Demo Day VideoI wanted to share with you the video of the presentation of UrGift at Wayra´s Demo Day (in Spanish):<br />
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UrGift.in es una aplicación móvil en la industria de "social gifting", que le permite a los usuarios compartir su Wish List, para que los amigos puedan escoger y enviar regalos deseados y útiles, de una forma muy sencilla y desde su Iphone. Los usuarios pueden regalar de formar individual o invitar a otros amigos a contribuir para un regalo de grupo. Inicialmente UrGift.In compartirá el Amazon Wish List pero en el futuro UrGift.In se conectará con otros online retailers y otros servicios de wish list. UrGift.In es una de las startups aceleradas por Wayra Colombia para la clase de 2012. También fue ganadora del INNPulsa_MassChallenge Pitch Competition en MassChallenge en Boston en Octubre de 2012, la aceleradora de negocios mas grande del mundo.</div>
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Santiago Omiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00394915697034994167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10985253.post-67426888584276710162013-02-02T20:34:00.000-08:002013-04-10T20:54:33.879-07:00The Crunchbase for Colombia Startups and Entrepreneurial Ecosystem<h2>
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I have been talking with <a href="http://twitter.com/VickyRicaurte" target="_blank">@vickyricaurte</a>, <a href="http://www.innpulsacolombia.com/" target="_blank">InnPulsa</a>, <a href="http://www.mintic.gov.co/" target="_blank">MinTic</a> and <a href="http://www.wayra.org/" target="_blank">Wayra Colombia</a> about the critical need of understanding our tech-based entrepreneurial ecosystem in Colombia. We do not have a clear map of the entire system. We do not know:</div>
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<li>Which are the STARTUPS in this space in Colombia</li>
<li>What are the ACCELERATOR programs that could potentially support these startups</li>
<li>Who are the INVESTORS interested in this space</li>
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Basically we need a platform that is crowdsourced similar to a <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/" target="_blank">C</a><i><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/" target="_blank">runchBase</a> (CrunchBase is the free database of technology companies, people, and investors that anyone can edit.). </i>Of course we need a platform in Spanish with certain traction at the beginning. </div>
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I was hoping someone reading this blog will love to start this project with Vicky and I. We promise it won´t take too much time. It is probably something that we can start in our spare time. If you are interested please write a comment below.</div>
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Hmm... this one is probably for the good of humanity, unless we can build something like <a href="http://techcrunch.com/" target="_blank">TechCrunch</a> around it. We can use TechCrunch as a proxy adjusting for the fact that TechCrunch´s market is the US and our platform´s market would be Colombia. <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703882404575519831320838198.html" target="_blank">AOL purchased TechCrunch for US$30M</a> and Colombia´s GDP is around 2% of the USA´s GDP, then our platform if it has a successful blog attached to it can be worth US$600K (Wow!). In conclusion, this one is probably for the good of Colombia. Uhh! maybe we can get some seed money from the government (¿?)...</div>
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Santiago Omiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00394915697034994167noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10985253.post-8868968914015625962013-01-26T10:02:00.000-08:002013-01-26T10:02:12.286-08:00Unified Seed Accelerator Application form<h2>
Finally a Consolidated Form</h2>
<a href="http://accelerato.rs/">Accelerato.rs</a> has created a Unified Seed Accelerator Application form that is accepted in several startup accelerators including <a href="http://www.techstars.com/" target="_blank">TechStars</a>. Check it out.<br />
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Hopefully <a href="http://wayra.org/">Wayra.org</a> will join this Unified Seed Accelerator Application form.<br />
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<br />Santiago Omiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00394915697034994167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10985253.post-52337532391105187872012-12-15T19:00:00.000-08:002013-04-08T19:36:08.813-07:00UrGift.In is a reality! <h2>
An Update for UrGift.In (<a href="http://www.urgift.in/">www.UrGift.In</a>)</h2>
Since its foundation -soon after my first post, <a href="https://twitter.com/vickyricaurte" target="_blank">@vickyricaurte</a> and I (<a href="http://twitter.com/marceloburbano" target="_blank">@marceloburbano</a>) have dedicated part of our lives to our Start-up. In May, we won a spot on the 2012 Wayra class. <a href="http://www.wayra.org/" target="_blank">Wayra</a> is an accelerator created by Telefonica.<br />
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In December 2012, We launched our <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/urgiftin/id567887897?mt=8" target="_blank">iOS app</a> and closed our seed-capital round. 2013 is going to be our year. Wish us luck! <a href="https://twitter.com/urgiftin" target="_blank">@urgiftin</a>Santiago Omiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00394915697034994167noreply@blogger.com1