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E-Residency offers access to a borderless digital nation

12/22/2017

 
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How to start a company in the digital nation
The Republic of Estonia offers e-residency and a possibility to start your own location independent company.  The number of individuals, from 142 countries,  that have applied for e-residency is approaching 28.000 and there are more than 4000 companies registered.
"E-Residents can establish and manage an EU-based company 100% online."

"We’re planning to launch estcoin — and that’s only the start"

Kaspar Korjus, Managing Director at e-Residency, blogs about the work with launching estcoin. "We’re working to make e-Residency the best option globally for entrepreneurs launching a trusted ICO, while proceeding with three variants of our own ‘estcoin’ under consideration." says Kaspar Korjus.
ICOs are being evaluated as an alternative to shares when bringing investors onboard. "Instead of giving up shares, many startups are now raising finance by issuing their own blockchain-based crypto coins to investors around the world." Kaspar Korjus continues.


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SMEs in Europe - How are they performing?

12/17/2017

 
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The Annual Report on SMEs in Europe was launched in November 2017 - showing the performance of SMEs in Europe and their importance for the economy.
This edition has a focus on Self employment and shows that there are 31 million self-employed individuals in EU-28 states and that is about 14% of total employment.

Newly founded firms, created by self-employed, have survival rates typically between 30-60 % aer the first five years. These figures are not fundamentally different from other newly founded businesses. Also, their mortality rate does not accelerate over time.
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Read more and download executive summary or the full report

AR - Augmented Reality - Entering into Business Models

12/4/2017

 
Is it still Science Fiction or is AR really entering into the market now? Most of us have seen bits and pieces of VR, AI, AR and other relatively new tech tools and trends without connecting it to the real world around us. But - as it goes from now and forward  - we will see more of useful tools and apps entering into our daily lives. It doesn´t matter if we are students, retired, employees or entrepreneurs - we have to start to adopt to the AR - reality.
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AccuVein - StartUp
Augmented Reality (AR) has by many been considered as a "tech and toy" part of new technology and few have been able to see the business opportunities that are waiting us just around the corner. But now - it is more or less exploding - at least among new businesses and start ups.

AR in Health

AR as a part of training and education is just one very interesting domain. As AR also are a part of e-Health - of course the health industry will see some very innovative ways of doing things - not in the future - but just about now. Check this...

AR in Marketing

The Blippar app itself allows users to let the things around them “tell you about themselves” from your cup of coffee to the local landmarks to the bird outside your window.
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Check the Blippar web

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AR in Fire Fighting

While thermal imaging cameras have long enabled fire fighters the ability to see in zero visibility, new technologies are greatly expanding their capabilities.  By coupling augmented reality with principles from the field of visual neuroscience, Qwake Technologies has developed the C-THRU system to help firefighters get in an out of the fire 5 x faster.
 SOURCE -Nanalyze - Read article here


Some links for AR - Inspiration

We have collected some links we want to share with you as inspiration - for your business or for mentoring startups
  • Ten industries using augmented reality and virtual reality
  • Augmented Reality Check: Innovative Ways Businesses are Embracing AR
  • The reality of AR/VR business models
  • Augmented Reality Companies in 2017
  • Exploring Augmented Reality for Business and Consumers
  • AR in training of Entrepreneurs - follow the project

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