The Biotechtouch Network

Social networks, global collaboration, and open innovation can be used as a cost-effective communication and problem solving environment.

We’re looking at business operations with a clear focus on customer requirements. Listening to their needs and day to day problems.

The Internet provides a lean management environment for global problem solving and a perfect platform for interaction with:

1. Local sales reps
2. The sales staff at regional headquarters
3. Engineering personnel
4. Project management co-ordination
5. Manufacturing of tailor-made solutions
6. Transportation safely on-time
7. Installation and proper documentation
8. Start-up support and training
9. Parts and sales
10. Technical support
11. Productivity and profitability enhancement services
12. Lowest cost over life-time

The roadmap from start to growth and prosperity

PICTURE: Helge V. Keitel, KK-Net, Sotkamo (22.1.2013)

I sketched an easy to use roadmap and business plan for anyone dreaming about becoming an entrepreneur, innovator or a business person.

1. innovation
2. business idea
3. start-up
4. financing
5. organization
6. facilities
7. building the bridge over the valley of death (the distance can be measured in “months” and /or “years”)
8. how to finance and execute growth
9. international operations (penetration – dedication – saturation)
10. the challenges of competition, cost efficiency, productivity and continuous innovation

This picture is a great metaphor of the early stage of any entrepreneur. Make sure you’ve someone willing to help you, to give you advice and take you over the bridge of troubled waters. The “business angel” is also visualized. There’re new dangers waiting around the corner when your business starts growing.

Howard’s Startup Game » Why is Economic Recession Good for Startups

Go to this blog to read more about Start-ups in the Recession.

Howard’s Startup Game » Why is Economic Recession Good for Startups:

Weaker Competition: Many big companies are struggling with laying off employees, cutting off secondary product/service, rebuilding management structure, asking for cash investment…..but definitely not going to release new product or better service very soon. Well, this is your chance to sneak into their market.

Lower Cost: When people get unemployed, even students from great schools and managers from big companies are considering to work for small startups with discounted salary, which rarely happened in the past. Stuff like office, server, food are also cheaper than before.

Better Plan: While VC is hold back their offers carefully in the recession, it’s more difficult to get fund with a lousy business plan, especially those without a clear revenue model or healthy cash flow. While your business plan is revised again and again but still get cold-shoulder from VCs, it’s more likely to survive in the real business environment.

Fairer Chance: Well, we all say 9 out of 10 startups are going to fail within 12 months. It’s true that small company has high risk of failure, but after Lehman Brother fell apart, Merrill Lynch got sold, and auto industry monsters kept crying for help, it’s pretty clear that no company is safe in this world, and size definitely can’t determine the fate of a company. I’m sure people will tend to have a fairer attitude towards small companies."

There is more about this on Howard's blog...

About Markus Wagner « HOT & TOP EUROPEAN WEB 2.0 STARTUPS

About Markus Wagner « HOT & TOP EUROPEAN WEB 2.0 STARTUPS: "

This blog gives an overview / list of hot European startups (web 2.0, B2C, B2B, mobile, internet) and my private opinion.

I was searching for interesting web 2.0 companies out of Europe. I was searching for those, which are well known, those which will be important in 2 years from now.

I couldn’t find a valid objective source, so I’m starting my own blog, sharing my thoughts with you.I’m European, I’m living in New York - I’m working in the web 2.0 business; always looking for the next exciting idea.

Helge: I learned about Markus Wagner through Amanda Money. She is a Facebook and Twitter friend. So, we need someone from New York to cover the European start-ups.

My team and I are investing in hot European startup’s and help them grow (i5invest web 2.0 business incubator/start-up factory). I’m an entrepreneur, most of them are. I haven’t had that much fun in work for a long time! Visit my website:

There are some great companies we already helping to grow, there are some super hot companies someone else invested in (that’s more than fair) and unfortunately there will be great companies no-one will ever know about, because the didn’t get spotted. The aim of this blog is, to not miss any of the hottest companies who have the potential to change the world (not just Europe)

Helge: The same about i5invest. I guess, Amandas blog took me to i5invest the first time.

Europe is so diverse, market knowledge is so broadly spread all over different countries, that it’s hard to track all of the exciting ideas and initiatives and I’m also relying on your input.

I’ll focus on business2consumer (B2C) and entertainment companies, those which already were discovered and those which aren’t yet.

I’d love to hear and learn from you so feel free to contact me.

New innovators needed

The Finnish high-tech scene has been dominated by Nokia for more than a decade. We've a number of interesting innovative companies but they are much smaller and less known than the mobile giant. My concern is that we would need more small start-up innovators to create something that would extend our image to fields outside the mobile gadgets world. Or maybe these could concentrate on the content generation for the mobile devices.

• Do middle-sized listed companies have the time, resources and courage to do continuous product development?
• Should we have more garage and incubator start-ups to generate new ideas, concepts, products and services?
• Where are our Web 2.0 developers?
• Where is the Finnish iPod-generation hiding?
• Wouldn't it be cool to get some new things to play with at the school
• What about multimedia? Podcasting? Webcasting?
  
• Why are we having such a low profile in these fields?

I try to comment my own questions in upcoming blogs.