Open Data for Startups Manifesto - Dr. Manu Carricano, Associate Professor, EADA Business School

Open Data for StartupsManifesto

Dr. Manu Carricano – feb. 2016

Who owns (y)our Data?

© Dr. Manu Carricano @mcarricano

Data Infrastructure

Open Data 101


1. Open data is data that’s available to everyone to access, use and share.


2. But open data should be easy to access.



3. Open data isn’t the same as big data, but big data can be open data too


4. Oh, and it’s also not the same as ‘shared data’


5. Open data is good for business & democracy


Power = Information Asymmetry



Open Data breaks the imbalance of

Power due to information asymmetry


Seizing the opportunity of open data



Is Spain a good spot for open data?




What startups can do with open data?



Some examples of incubated startups



And here in Barcelona?



So, ready to make an impact?


Funding and support for EU startups and SMEs• Call open until August 2016 for Open Data centered ideas• Submissions reviewed by external experts every 2 months

• Grants up to €100K per project• Projects of 6 months

Next cut-off date:

February 29th

€5.5M

Visit opendataincubator.euFollow @ODincubator

Thank you


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Open Data for Startups Manifesto - Dr. Manu Carricano, Associate Professor, EADA Business School