Thu.Jul 07, 2016

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The New Face of Startup/Corporate Innovation

Imaginatik

On July 20th, Imaginatik and MassChallenge will release our joint research study on the State of Corporate-Startup Collaboration for 2016. Far from yet another online survey, this study is a big deal – and here’s why. Our research shows, quite clearly, that corporations have begun to think and act like startups. Sounds like an oxymoron, except it’s true.

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Why Disruptive Innovations are Resisted

Innovation Excellence

A new study goes back through history to examine why disruptive innovations have been resisted, and what lessons we can learn.

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Financial Post: Reverse Engineering a Startup

Venture2

The Financial Post (Canada) published an article on McCain Foods and their partnership with Fiddlehead, a technology startup in the food-tech space. Michael Docherty of Venture2 was quoted extensively in the article about both the importance of corporate/startup co-creation and its challenges ( read here ). The post Financial Post: Reverse Engineering a Startup appeared first on Venture2 Inc.

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Banking for a better future

100%Open

In 2015, after two years of intensive public consultation and an historic accord with 193 countries, the United Nations (UN) set the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This ambitious agenda aims to tackle 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across social, environmental and economic dimensions. Following this, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon put a call out to the private sector to get behind the momentum set by world leaders and help to achieve these goals.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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Topics Are Overrated!

It's Saul Connected

Go Off-Topic To Find New Ideas And Opportunities. Ever notice that we seem to learn more from conversations and experiences that careen off-topic? Topics are overrated! Admit it. In every conversation, it’s always the throwaway or tangential comment that sends whatever neurotransmitter through whatever synapse, goading our brains into action. It doesn’t matter if it’s a discussion in a corporate conference room, cocktail party chatter, or banter at the family dinner table.

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Recommended For Your Summer Reading “The Founder’s Mentality”

Adam Hartung

Summer is here, and everyone needs a business book or two to read. I’m offering some thoughts on “The Founder’s Mentality” by 2 very senior partners and strategy practice heads at Bain & Company – Chris Zook and James Allen. Bain is one of the top 3 management consulting firms in the world, with 8,000 consultants in 55 offices, and has been ranked as one of the best places to work in America by Glass Ceiling.