Three surprising resource implications from the rise of electric vehicles
The impact of EV on Earth’s resources is seldom misplaced. And in some cases, the common wisdom is almost entirely wrong.
Jun 26
New Energy Outlook 2018
In its New Energy Outlook 2018 report, Bloomberg expects that energy generation moves from two-thirds fossil fuels in 2017 to two-thirds renewable by 2050. PV, wind and batteries will be the technologies to transform the sector.
The Lie That Perfectionists Tell Themselves
We should start thinking about productivity as the amount of impact that the work we produce.
Is That Customer Worth Your Time?
To improve sales performance, business developers should spend their time with customers with most potential, by increasing the number of interactions and by introducing new categories that would expand the scope of the offering.
The B2B Elements of Value
To extract more value from B2B offers, know well your stakeholders and their expectations.
Guide to IoT solution development
IoT Analytics published a report on how companies should build Internet of Things (IoT) solutions.
Based on analysis from several projects, the report advises a structured framework of five phases and useful examples of analyzed projects.
Circular economy
In a circular economy, products and the materials they contain are highly valued. This contrasts with the traditional, linear economic model, which is based on a 'take-make-consume-throw away' pattern. In practice, a circular economy minimizes waste through reusing, repairing, refurbishing and recycling existing materials and products.
Internet of things state of union
A great report has just been published by venture capital company Wing about the global panorama of Internet of Things startup companies and adoption by their target consumers.
The report is based on the analysis of 2,000+ deals, the context around the creation and exit activities, and interviews to IoT pioneers.
Innovation Circle | Vision on transformed energy and internet of things
Interview for Círculo da Inovação sharing my challenge on the future of distributed and transformed energy, and my vision on how Portugal could create value in the economy by building an ecosystem to develop integrated Internet of Things solutions.
How to create value from solar energy
In a recent article on solar energy, McKinsey put together an overview of solar power worldwide installations as well a fine tutorial on some of the key success factors behind large scale deployment.
The same article also suggests an obvious business model based on two different entities, a developer company strong on cash for operations and a holding company with strong debt and stable yield.
Pedro Antao Alves 