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What Innovators Can Learn From the Spectacular Rise and Crash of Theranos

Innovation Excellence

Including its CEO Elizabeth Holmes Last week in a Silicon Valley courtroom, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was convicted on four counts of fraud in connection with the failed blood-testing company she founded in 2003. The Stanford dropout will … Continue reading →

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How President Lula da Silva should help the poor in Brazil this time?

Christensen Institute

When he served as Brazil’s 35th president from 2003 to 2010, the country was experiencing an economic boom. GDP almost quadrupled from $558 billion in 2003 to $2.2 For example, consider how Nubank, a Brazilian financial technology company, is creating access to banking services for millions of Brazilians. trillion in 2010.

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Lessons in Leadership from Ross Perot

Innovation Excellence

In 2003, I sold a company to Perot Systems, the large IT services firm started by Ross Perot, where I then worked for the next four years. The most important lessons of leadership came from the man behind the larger-than-life personality. Although at that time Perot was chairman and eventually became chair emeritus, his personal.

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The Hair On Fire Use Case

Innovation Excellence

When he co-founded the company in 2003, electric cars seemed like a pipe dream. Elon Musk is often hailed as a visionary, and rightly so. Tesla, not to mention his other ventures, has the mark of a business that can truly change the world. Today, however, just about every major carmaker is investing in the.

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Nine Short Innovation Lessons from Lego

Destination Innovation

Lego is now revered as one of the most innovative and successful companies in the world. But in 2003 the company was $800m in debt and on the verge of bankruptcy. It is currently rated the number one toy company in the world and the world’s most powerful brand. How Lego became the Apple of Toys – Fast Company.

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Five Unicorn Scaleup Strategies

Leapfrogging

Unicorns are privately held companies valued at $1 billion or more. I encourage you to get it and embrace these strategies, whether you’re running a startup or in a big company. based software companies started since 2003 and valued at over $1 billion by public or private market investors.

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What The Economist gets wrong about democracy and development in Latin America

Christensen Institute

Take for example, the 2003 attempted institutional reform in Afghanistan. In the first three years the company generated $25 million, directly employed 140 people, and attracted more than 25,000 Latin American (not just Argentinian) contractors. However, it is rare that the source of a problem is also the solution to the problem.

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