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The benefits of visualizing data are well recognized; mapping points of activity and collaborating on projects are likewise useful. Being more agile, involving local development and being open for contributions are some of the benefits.

In consideration of this, and considering also creating a useful reference for investors, who provide access to management and capital for local entrepreneurs, Startupi and WikiMapps have joined forces to create a collaborative map of Brazilian startups. Read more…

Marcelo Cazado (Bookess, Floripa Angels) sent in a cool link to an article in English called “Startup Advice in Exactly Three Words,” posted by Dharmesh Shah in the blog OnStartups.

The list of advice for startups in just three words has been gathered from suggestions mostly submitted through Twitter. I translated some (see Portuguese version of Startupi), and invite Portuguese readers to send your own ideas to #dicaparastartupem3palavras (must leave space for the tweet)! Read more…

Social, environmental and economic leaders are meeting in Copenhagen to discuss how to make human development more sustainable for the planet.  That is, there are failings and missteps humanity has made with respect to environmentally sound, socially just and economically viable activities.

Despite this, most of humanity carries on in their cities, having at any moment - both collectively and individually - attitudes that have positive and negative effects in these areas. How can we arrive at a better notion of how we are really doing? Well, there’s a collaborative mashup  being adopted by some citizens and organizations. It allows each person to map what they are doing to make the world a better place. Read more…

Dreaming, struggling, chasing after hope. Inspiration, planning, management… getting results and realizing your goals is bound up in putting your strategies into practice - real life stories are full of examples that show how necessary all these things are.

Tim Ferriss teaches that one can build a “muse” business and have a four-hour work week; in reality it takes all these factors together to create a huge opportunity for success. That’s what happened to Ben Huh. Read more…

There was a time when we had to depend on the mass media for coverage of events we couldn’t attend. Today the coverage is interactive and collaborative: participants comment live on the internet (Olivia Mitchell has published an interesting ebook about the use of backchannels like Twitter).

Some events, like Intercon, offer platforms to map, encourage and add value to content that the public shares, even calling on the public to write articles for an official collaborative book about the event. Others, like TEDxSP also have real-time coverage via Twitter. Read more…

Digital innovation that encourages public participation involves companies of all sizes, professionals,  even government bodies.

Communicating, working and administrating all have to do, increasingly, with sharing information.

Listen to these audio interviews, made by me at Inovatec, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, with professionals who open doors for innovation.

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