Hi SM
I am glad you liked the article :)
I will only comment the early adopters thing as is it quiet late and
because I think it is the most important in helping startups and projects
in Mauritius ;)
My idea is that we could have the blogosphere ( Ish, Logan, Yashvin and so
on) but also the community (MSCC, MIU BBM) reviewing the app and services
that the new incubators are going to bring. This could represent up to 500
- 1000 users according to my estimation.
Then pushing them to SMEs and companies in Mauritius, this will help those
new comers to build their user base and enhance the products using customer
feedback. I am quiet sure that if we approach people like accenture,
microsoft and other groups in Mauritius and tell them "guys use that for
free and tell us what you think it will help us " they will be ready to
help.
Doing so I think a new product or services could easily reach 1000 to 5000
users or more very quickly !
Once a product is ready to release we push it to the press (not only one
shot article but real campaign) for the public to know and start to uses
those services/products.
I don't know what you guys are thinking but I am sure that if we work
together we can make it happen.
Good night,
*VINCENT POLLET *| *CO-FOUNDER*
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http://www.ict.io/> *
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On 6 January 2016 at 18:34, S Moonesamy <sm+mu_at_elandsys.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Vincent Pollet wrote an article about "Au fait, c’est quoi une startup?"
> Dr Naiken commented that there are many definitions of the word [1]. A
> news article published in L'Express on 4 January mentioned that it is a
> buzzword. The following was in the (non-local) news [2]: "social-media
> firm pays slightly less than US$100 million for developer whose application
> is in beta testing". Would the employee working at a local start-up get
> rich if that happens?
>
> An interesting term in the article written by Vincent is "early adopters"
> [3]. "A common problem for many individuals is how to speed up the rate of
> diffusion of an innovation" [4]. Nowadays, it is easier if the internet
> can be used to do that. Are there people in Mauritius who are early
> adopters?
>
> I agree with Vincent on: "Que les médias se font l’écho sur le marché
> local et fassent connaitre les projets au grand public". There is rarely
> any interesting news article about tech; I am ignoring the ribbon-cutting
> events.
>
> Regards,
> S. Moonesamy
>
> 1.
> http://lists.elandnews.com/archive/mauritius/internet-users/2016/01/4722.html
> 2.
> http://www.wsj.com/articles/twitter-acquires-live-video-streaming-startup-periscope-1425938498
> 3.
> http://books.simonandschuster.com/Diffusion-of-Innovations-5th-Edition/Everett-M-Rogers/9780743222099
> 4. Credits to Everett M. Rogers
>
>
Received on Wed Jan 06 2016 - 20:45:49 PST