Let's start with a simple yet very common question: what's the difference between motorboats and sailboats. Yes, it's in the name, but there's more to that.
A motorboat is an ultimate Bay and ocean boat and is great transport for bays or short fishing trips into the wide-open water. Whenever you get the urge, you can hop in, turn the key, and go wherever your heart desires.
A sailboat is the perfect boat for people who want to connect to the water and weather on a primal level and understand how to navigate the world on their own power. If you want to live the ultimate boating adventure and explore the world by boat, then a sailboat is the boat you want.
As wind power is the main source of energy in a sailboat, running cost is very low, however you will have to compensate that with your hard work while on board. It takes much effort and mastery to win over nature to your side (no auto-pilot too;)). The motorboats are easier to navigate and control, however those powerful engines are very thirsty for fuel. Yes, some can burn 200 liters per 1 hour very easily. The Engine noise at cruising speed can be a factor too, however once you start hitting those waves so fast that not a single sailboat can catch up, then you forget this quickly.
Leaving the energy source aside, sailboats provide less space inside as they can only become longer, not wider. Thus, the comfort for passengers or crew is minimized and the draft of a sailboat is much deeper, requiring you to stay further from shore and avoid shallow water. While motorboats are well suited for a very comfortable journey providing opportunities to showcase your boat attire, champagne fridge and sun tanning skills.
Which experience do you prefer and why?
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Be the first to commentRecently I watched the documentary I recommend watching to all current or new c2c marketplace founders. It is called 'The Third Industrial Revolution.'
Well, the word 'revolution' sounds like something far away from our current lives, however, the author Jeremy Rifkin in simple language explains what triggered industrial revolutions in the past, and how the recent technological advancements are pushing us to a new, unprecedented, revolution.
In essence, Rifkin says that two main factors trigger a massive change in all industries: (i) the new source of energy and (ii) the new communication technologies. Revolution is triggered once (i) and (ii) merge.
The (i) discovery of coal and (ii) invention of the printing device triggered the first industrial revolution. Coal was a source of cheap energy (heat). It was the main fuel for the invented steam engine, which was put on wheels and in boats. It created the logistics never seen before in the history – massive rail and ship networks. Transportation became cheap and accessible. Printing devices allowed information to be replicated and copied cheaply on a scale – something never seen in history before.
The (i) discovery of oil and (ii) invention of the phone triggered the second industrial revolution. Oil was a new, much cheaper energy. It was the main fuel for the internal combustion engine. It was put into cars and allowed the creation of a new kind of logistics – personal, cheap, and agile. The phone allowed people on two different locations to communicate in real-time - something was never seen in history before.
I love Rifkin's view on the economy from a thermodynamics point of view. The amount of energy in the closed system is constant, and energy only changes forms. He argues that oil, gas & coal fuel the majority of our current economy. These fossil fuels are the primary sources of electricity production. Oil is the primary source of energy for logistics. The more injection of fossil fuels to the economy leads to more GDP.
Well, the oil extraction per day peaked in the '80s, and oil price peaked in 2006, which was a massive shock to the whole economy (will not elaborate in this post).
What is happening today? We see an emerging new source of energy - renewables, which Rifkin argues, at scale, will become the much cheaper and primary source energy. Emerging new communication technologies like 5G will allow unprecedented connectivity among not only humans but things (known as the Internet of Things, IoT). Cheap, clean energy merged with IoT will be the foundation for new, fully autonomous networks of logistics.
This 21st-century smart digital infrastructure is giving rise to a radical new sharing economy that is transforming the way we manage, power, and move economic life. It is where massive opportunities lie for future c2c networks.
I genuinely believe Qoorio is one of them.
Watch the film here: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bj5zaq/watch-vices-new-documentary-the-third-industrial-revolution-a-radical-new-sharing-economy
Read the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Third-Industrial-Revolution-Lateral-Transforming/dp/0230341977
NB. It is one of those rare cases when I found the movie better than the book. The book has too many political stories and other things which I account as sales pitches for Rifkin's consulting firm's services, IMO.
Rifkin itself is an impressive person. According to The "European Energy Review," "Perhaps no other author or thinker has had more influence on the EU's ambitious climate and energy policy than the famous American' visionary' Jeremy Rifkin. The Huffington Post reported from Beijing in October 2015 that "Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has not only read Jeremy Rifkin's book, The Third Industrial Revolution, but taken it to heart," he and his colleagues have incorporated ideas from this book into the core of the country's thirteenth Five-Year Plan.
According to EurActiv, "Jeremy Rifkin is an American economist and author whose best-selling Third Industrial Revolution arguably provided the blueprint for Germany's transition to a low-carbon economy, and China's strategic acceptance of climate policy."
Credit goes to Justinas Mačiulis for the film's recommendation.
Happy watching!
Watch VICE’s New Documentary, the Third Industrial Revolution
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What’s the next big thing for Qoorio?
That is the question I was discussing with one of my colleagues yesterday.
We initially started with a simple app that allows people to buy & sell their knowledge. It worked partially because only a few people were receiving requests for their knowledge from strangers.
Today we are moving to a much more sophisticated product, our current big bet. Instead of being a simple knowledge trading app, we are becoming a human to human learning network. We are adding features so people can express their thoughts and stories through the app and learn from and about each other by reading those stories. And if they want to go deeper, they can do that by arranging a 1:1 talk. I feel this is huge. Recently I tried the old version of Qoorio and then a current one - and, indeed, the current one is more alive, more human, more interesting. Very qoorious to see what will be the impact once we finish the transformation.
However, our journey will not be finished, and we will need to keep innovating and to come up with a bet on the next big thing. What is that thing?
We don’t know yet. However, we are looking at one particular element of Qoorio experience. As we are creating tools for people to express their stories through insights, we see some people already are engaged in it. However, we feel that many people struggle to create & share their insights. Why? They say they don’t know what to write or think they have nothing to say. On the other hand, every human being is an endless book, and everyone has endless things to say. How to open that book?
I can relate to people who don’t know what to write on Qoorio, and I haven’t shared anything meaningful for about a week. Is it true that I have nothing to share? We are building Qoorio, so many things are happening every day, and for sure, there should be something to share.
I have a topic ‘Building Qoorio’ on my profile. So far, it has only two insights, nonetheless, we are building it for 1.5+ years. I could use this topic and just document my thoughts every few days. Just like I am doing it now.
I also noticed one person has created a topic ‘My startup journey’ and has shared his thoughts on his journey. That was lovely. My colleague said that he will create a topic ‘Boating’ and will document his journey from never boating to having a boat license and boating many times. I would read that with pleasure.
Does authentic storytelling, documenting & sharing your thoughts, journey, events can be an answer to the question of what to share on Qoorio? I don’t know yet, qoorious to learn what do you think about it?
Justas JanauskasCEO @ Qoorio
Videos are coming soon. And web is planned after we figure out product on mobile.
Agne Nainyte on Crash course on LEANDigital Transformation | Process Excellence | Women Empowerment2 months ago
Government institutions are rarely mentioned among best practice examples of successful transformations. But this one beats them all!
In the early 90’s New York was known as a dangerous city full of drug traffickers, murderers and various crimes. The police staff were underpaid and overall staff engagement was low.
The story’s hero William Bratton was appointed as a police commissioner in 1994 and in less than two years he turned the city into one of the safest big cities in USA!
What did Mr. Bratton do to achieve such results?
📌Let leaders face operational challenges by themselves instead on solely showing the numbers. In LEAN we would call it go to gemba.
📌Limited resources to achieve ambitious plans is a well known reality. Instead of staying in a "Pity island", Bratton reallocated his resources in a smarter way. Instead of equal distribution, he placed the officers in places with the most impact.
📌In order to touch PEOPLE with a new transformation strategy, Bratton identified kingpins and put them on a spot light during bi-weekly meetings.
📌Politics! They happen everywhere and you cannot avoid it, but you can learn how to manage it. Early on identify your supporters and "devils" and prepare well articulated arguments.
https://hbr.org/2003/04/tipping-point-leadership
Tipping Point Leadership
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Karolis Rimkus on Digital Marketing strategyCEO @ Caption, a Social Media Marketing Agency2 months ago
Spending budgets to gain followers on Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn is A WASTE OF MONEY!
These are the common replies from marketing managers we hear, when we ask "why?"
🗣️ My boss wants it.
In these cases, we equip our clients with arguments and support them in convincing their teams.
🗣️ We need to beat competitors.
Define "to beat". I'm sure you want leads, better top of mind, NPS or whatever metrics that correlate with business results.
🗣️ More followers - more organic reach, right?
Almost. See, if a follower costs you 0.5€ and 1000 impressions (CPM) also costs the same, you can reach the same person a 1000 times. Impossible even with the best organic reach.
>>> There are always exceptions. <<<
No. of followers is a plausible KPI:
📌 When you're a wholesaler.
Your clients may think "their competitors seem to have a more popular brand, so we'll have an easier time selling their products"
📌 When you are planning to sell the account as an asset to the business itself.
Your buyer might find vanity metrics important.
In most cases, new followers should be a side effect of your other KPIs, rather than the main one. Please forward this to whoever on your team thinks otherwise and let's save marketing 😄
Gabija GrušaitėAuthor of Stasys Šaltoka, Co-Founder of Qoorio & Vieta
So true! After reading Forbes story on alleged Kylie Jenner scam, I was thinking that monetizing followers has always been an unsustainable business model long term.
Agne Nainyte on Strategy deployment with Hoshin KanriDigital Transformation | Process Excellence | Women Empowerment3 months ago
Who doesn't dream about working in a market place where competition is irrelevant?
Blue Ocean strategy model developed by W. Chan Kim & Renee Mauborgne focus exactly on this topic. Creating "blue oceans" which are uncontested markets where new customer demands are satisfied instead of focusing to beat the competition, called "red ocean".
So how can business leaders create those attractive "blue oceans"? In the book you can find the four actions framework which tells you what to do:
1. REDUCE. Which factors should be reduced well below the industry's standard?
2. CREATE. Which factors should be created that the industry has never offered?
3. RAISE. Which factors should be raised well above the industry's standard?
4. ELIMINATE. Which of the factors that the industry takes for granted should be eliminated?
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Justė Jonutytė on Art marketContemporary Art Market Expert; Founder @TemaProjects & @OurTravelAffair3 months ago
While I am no fan of virtual exhibition and museum tours as the experience of seeing works live still largely beats that of virtual viewing, video art is one of the few exceptions.
That's why I was so excited to hear that Julia Stoschek collection, one of the world’s most comprehensive private collections of time-based art, has just announced its plans to put online over 860 works by 282 artists for free and without any restrictions.
Happy watching and please share your highlights with me!
Julia Stoschek presents her media art collection online - Announcements - e-flux
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