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The Startup Universe displays and explores the relationships between startup companies and their founders and investors (Venture Capitalists) since 1990. Startups are grouped into 19 categories, based on the type of products or services they deliver. Each category is represented by an unique color. Startups are positioned within the main interface on a horizontal interactive timeline, based on the year they were founded. By clicking on the left or right columns - Venture Capitalist or Founders' names - tangential stories can be explored: how many startups has a VC company funded and are there any time or startup category trends or patterns? Startups, VCs and founders can also be directly browsed by entering a name in the search field. All data comes from the CrunchBase API. The Startup Universe aims at being a comprehensive exploratory view of the past 22 years (and counting) of startup life.

Pemex amplía negocios privados con recursos públicos Grupo PMI, descubre el Libro blanco de la subsidiaria. También revela la creación de otras dos compañías “privadas” con recursos públicos. Con el esquema PMI, cada año la paraestatal maneja más de 1 billón 200 mil millones de pesos fuera del presupuesto público. El Grupo PMI se maneja al margen de la ley y no rinde cuentas a nadie, señala la Auditoría Superior de la Federación En pleno proceso de reestructuración de sus subsidiarias, Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) decide consolidar su red empresarial “privada”. La ampliación del Grupo PMI se inició a fines del sexenio de Felipe Calderón, revela el Libro blanco que la filial elaboró y entregó en diciembre pasado a la actual administración de la paraestatal, encabezada por Emilio Lozoya Austin. Aunado a esto, el Grupo PMI adquirió directamente en astilleros extranjeros, y sin licitaciones de por medio, parte de la flota naviera de la subsidiaria Pemex Refinación. “PMI ya es una empresa independiente de Pemex. Infografía: Textos relacionados:

7 Wordpress Themes for Launching your Minimum Viable Product By leveraging the web in creation of rapid prototypes for testing business model assumptions, and using customer feedback to develop them, companies will be able to advance in its’ search for a repeatable business model and reduce risk in new-product introduction. In creation of such rapid prototypes the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) idea is key. Neverthless, open source platforms such as WordPress are key enablers to the Lean Startup. Inspire, a clean-cut theme from the rockstars at Woothemes. SaaS Web App. Apz, also by Woothemes, is a simple theme aimed at iPhone application developers. Coming Soon is a dead-simple landing page theme. SaaS Web App II is based on the same ideas as the SaaS Web App above, but with some modifications. AppPress by ChimeraThemes, has crafted a promising framework. Fullside is AppPress’ brother theme, having some different design options. What I love about WordPress is its take on simplicity and modularity.

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Bomb Sight - Mapping the World War 2 London Blitz Bomb Census With Bomb Sight you can discover what it was like in London, during WW2 Luftwaffe Blitz bombing raids, exploring maps, images and memories. The Bomb Sight web map and mobile app reveals WW2 bomb census maps between 7/10/1940 and 06/06/1941, previously available only by viewing them in the Reading Room of The National Archives. How to use the Map Use the search box to find a street or postcode of interest You can move around the map by clicking on the pan controls Use the zoom controls to change the detail on the map: Click the plus (+) to see more detail and click the minus (-) to see less map detail Use the layer button in the top left to explore the different types of map information that is available Click on individual bomb icons to find out more information Click on the to have a look at the map legend (this button is not available when viewing the website on a small screen) What information is available?

The GoodData Process | GoodData A Handsome Atlas: Wildly Awesome Data Visualizations from the Nineteenth Century Project Management for Startups by Daniel Kehoe Last updated 17 April 2013 This article from the RailsApps project describes how entrepreneurs can manage development of software applications for startups and personal projects. If You Are New to Rails If you’re new to Rails, see What is Ruby on Rails? What is the RailsApps Project? This is an article from the RailsApps project. Project Management for Entrepreneurs Building a web application is a complex project; building a business is even more complicated. Defining tasks and tracking progress is the core of project management. Once you’ve defined your tasks through a product planning process, you’ll need to organize and track your tasks. To-Do List Some entrepreneurs like the discipline of the GTD (Getting Things Done) system for personal productivity and time management. Personal Task Management Here are some of the most popular personal task management tools: Team Task Management For a team-oriented task management application, take a look at: Kanban Agile Tools

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