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The Book that Took 9 Years to Publish

Stephen Shapiro

March 2011: I submitted the final manuscript to Penguin for Best Practices are Stupid. April 2011: Almost immediately after submitting the manuscript, I conceived the concept of a “Challenge Toolkit.” The database would be supported by flashcards, videos, and an expert system. Each video described a lens from the spreadsheet.

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How the current patent system actually hurts innovation (and how patent trolls are being fought)

Idea to Value

If you want to see just crazy the situation is, watch this video by software developer Austin Meyer, in which he describes his experience trying to fight these patent infringement claims with the companies that sued him. Can you patent software?: However, software is not always something that can be patented.

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Why have a Tech Team in Kathmandu?

ITONICS

That was the starting point for my first trip to Kathmandu in 2011. How did this happen and why is Nepal a great place not only for culture, food, nature and the highest mountains on earth but for software development as-well? Today, we have a team of nearly 60 individuals in the capital of Nepal, and we are constantly growing.

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Innovation and digital transformation of the healthcare industry

hackerearth

The patients used monitoring devices at home to send medical data to the clinic, which used special software to identify patients who needed interventions. In 2011, it developed ECG on BlackBerry smartphones. However, due to the extremely sensitive nature of the data involved, there is an increased focus on data security.

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Workplace Culture: Productive People Make High-performing Teams That Produce Rapid Results

Innovation Excellence

For example, we may ask our teams to describe what they want to be known for using photographs, icons, or video clips. You would be hard-pressed to find someone who has never written down a to-do list on a scrap of paper, and the market for task management software is steadily growing. Harvard Business Review. Kahneman, D.

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