How can a first-time entrepreneur raise money from VCs/angel investors if she doesn’t fit the pattern of most startup entrepreneurs? How can a first-time entrepreneur raise money from angel investors…
We all have secrets. Mine is that I had never held a PlayStation controller until six months ago when I was visiting a friend. He was playing Until Dawn, an…
I have taught many classes and sessions on content marketing. So much so, that I find the concept to be more complex than it needs to be, especially if you…
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In Team of Teams, General Stanley McChrystal credits his focus on transforming military culture as key to turning the tide in Iraq. He writes that “the role of the leader…
When people talk about innovation, many of the conversations gravitate towards the creation or invention of new products or markets. Fewer conversations focus on how innovation occurs in the context…
At this point, it’s apparent to just about every CIO that existing data silos must crumble. There’s no way for an organization to tap the full potential of digital…
BCG: Most Innovative Companies 2014 Evaluating breakthrough innovation cultures and organizations, BCG concludes in their annual 2014 study: By definition, breakthrough innovation is the introduction of new ideas that…
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Migrating systems to the public cloud requires many steps. One of them should be performance monitoring. Here are five ways IT pros can make sure their company is getting…
A project in Missouri will test whether highways can become a new source of power. Until now, capturing solar energy generally has meant placing panels on roofs or, at the…
By Nathaniel Broughton, partner at Plus2 Capital. It’s a somber thought, but what would happen to your small business if your partner died tomorrow? We all hope things like that…
Criticism — even the kind that truly is constructive — is never really all that easy to hear. As humans, we know we aren’t perfect. However, that thought alone typically…
Is the world more distracting? Sometimes it seems that way. With our digital devices buzzing, world events demanding our attention, and more things to entertain us than ever before, it…
In 1989, consultant Sidney Yoshida presented a study known as the “Iceberg of Ignorance,” showing just how blind executives are to their own organizations. Yoshida’s work revealed that at Japanese…
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In the past year or so corporate innovation leaders have clearly taken an “ecosystem” perspective to their innovation activities. What this ultimately means is that they view all of…
Google is widely considered, by both the general public and business experts, to be one of the most innovative companies in the world. So how does Google promote a…
IoT in retail helps BJ’s deploy new customer service BJ’s Wholesale Club deployed Zipit Wireless’ Enterprise Critical Messaging Solution to improve order processing and fulfillment efficiency across all its 213…
The past five years have been good to the auto industry. Following a cyclical downturn and a series of bankruptcies and harsh restructurings in the wake of the 2008–09 financial…