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What is ‘True Creativity’? (part 2 of 5)

Idea to Value

Projects that would fundamentally change the company, and take them into the future. In reality, many of these projects were nothing more than incremental improvements. They were safe bets, designed to take costs out of the business based on projects which had successfully worked for other companies already.

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Five Crowdsourced Ideas that Came From Unlikely Places

IdeaScale

For World Cerebral Palsy Day in 2013, he asked for a wheelchair that either had an extended range or could run indefinitely. million project taking several years was instead quickly approved and in the sky in months on a much lower budget. These five, in particular, might surprise you and offer guidance for your crowdsourcing strategy.

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16 New Things I’m Thankful For (2013 Edition)

CorporateIntel

8) Good Men Project is at record traffic levels and building a tremendous community. 14) I am working on my next writing project with one of the most talented editor/publishers a fellow could ever hope to welcome into his life. And the project after that. She is so good at what she does, it is humbling. And the one after that.

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Tony Hsieh – The Remarkable Cultural Innovator at Zappos

Destination Innovation

In 2013 it became a holacracy without job titles, where employees could self-organize. He organized a major re-development and revitalization project for the dilapidated downtown area of Las Vegas. In 2013 he pledged $350m for the project. At that point, Amazon acquired Zappos.com for $1.2

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New Study: 2018 State of Embedded Analytics Report

Why do some embedded analytics projects succeed while others fail? We surveyed 500+ application teams embedding analytics to find out which analytics features actually move the needle. Read the 6th annual State of Embedded Analytics Report to discover new best practices. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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65% of Venture Capital-backed deals fail to return investment, and only 4% make substantial returns

Idea to Value

The chart above shows the financial outcomes for 21,640 different financing deals between 2004 and 2013 (note that these were the total number of deals, not individual companies). However, new data from Correlation Ventures shows just how risky investing in new companies can be. And this scares a lot of managers.

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Startups Platform Grow at Bosch: 3 Paths to Transition an Idea into an Innovation Project

Innovation Excellence

He co-developed the concept of the Bosch Start-up Platform, Grow, that he heads as founding CEO since 2013. Peter Guse joined Bosch’s Research and Advance Engineering Sector as Innovation Manager in 2009. Grow platform Gmbh, as the internal incubator, is the platform for start-ups, and an open space for entrepreneurs inside of Bosch.

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