Open Innovation
As described by Henry Chesbrough, a professor and executive director at the Center for Open Innovation at the University of California, Berkeley “Open innovation is a paradigm that assumes that firms...
View ArticleTop 50 VC Backed Companies
Wall Street Journal just published its annual list of the top 50 U.S. VC backed Companies. Key criteria for ranking include fundraising success, recent growth in the company’s value and the track...
View ArticleR&D Spending versus Rate of Innovation
According to Booz & Company’s annual Innovation report there are three approaches to innovation: Need seekers (think Apple): These are companies that actively and directly engage current and...
View ArticlePredictive analytics
These days we can constantly see reports of where Predictive analytics is applied. Anywhere from election: http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/07/tech/web/obama-campaign-tech-team/index.html to VC...
View ArticleInnovation Challenges of established companies
It is no secret that established companies have major challenges with Innovation. Based on analysis of 750 companies Marla Capozzi and Ari Kellen from McKinsey provide some guidance. Game-changing...
View ArticleThe Dilemmas of Innovation
Brief Summary of the book: “The Innovator’s Dilemma” • First: Market progress is separate from technology progress. Customers do not always know what they need. • Second: Innovation requires resource...
View ArticleInnovation never ends ..
Here is one of my favorite quote: “Everything that can be invented has been invented.. - Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, US Patent Office, 1899 Ok, lets validate it by looking at this simple...
View ArticleTech Private M&A Activity Report for 2012
CB Insights just released its M&A activity Report for 2012 The report breaks down the 2,277 private tech companies that were acquired globally in 2012, and examining corresponding trends....
View ArticleInnovation In Spotlight
BCG (Boston Consulting Group) just published its latest innovation report. According to BCG innovation is the ability to create value from new ideas, whether those ideas are new to the world or new to...
View ArticleThe Secret to Accelerated Innovation
Every thought of how to Accelerated Innovation? One answer is Constraints! Constraints help innovation through one simple truth: constraints create conflict. In a Pixar Studios’ experiment for...
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