Sat.Feb 27, 2016

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The Founder of IKEA is the Master of Frugal Innovation

Destination Innovation

Ingvar Feodor Kamprad was born in 1926 on a small farm in the Swedish province of Småland. He had an austere upbringing and the lessons he learnt in thrift stayed with him throughout his life. At the age of six the boy started a business selling matches to neighbours. He bought the matches in bulk and sold them in small inexpensive packs. He went on to sell seeds, pens, pencils and even fish in this way.

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Don't Miss Your Chance to Shape the Future of Medicine

Outside Innovation

To me, the most exciting initiative that's been triggered by President Obama’s focus on Precision Medicine is the Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI) Cohort program. Its goal is to recruit a cohort of 1 million people in the U.S., all of whom agree to share their health data, including their medical histories, their health records, and their genetic data, with researchers and clinicians.

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PBTO30: Digital Marketing strategies for Startups with Anshul Sushil – Founder & CEO: Boring Brands

Rmukesh Gupta

In today’s podcast episode, we host Anshul Sushil who is a co-founder of a Gurgaon based startup marketing company called Boring Brands. In this free wheeling conversation, Anshul talks about: His journey and experiences in the startup world. He also shares how Boring Brands came into being. Hottest startup in the market. Challenges that startup face in today’s market.

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Don't Miss Your Chance to Shape the Future of Medicine

Outside Innovation

To me, the most exciting initiative that's been triggered by President Obama’s focus on Precision Medicine is the Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI) Cohort program. Its goal is to recruit a cohort of 1 million people in the U.S., all of whom agree to share their health data, including their medical histories, their health records, and their genetic data, with researchers and clinicians.

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Turn Payments Into Personalization: Unlock the Value of Transaction Data

Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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If You Want to Create Breakthrough Products, Get Meaningful Feedback Early in the Game

Idea Champions

Most Fortune 500 companies have some kind of corporate strategy in place for ratcheting up their innovation efforts. Consultants are hired. CEOs give pep talks. And internal initiatives are launched. To the casual observer, it all looks good, but few of these initiatives ever amount to anything In fact, research indicates that 70 percent of all change initiatives fail.