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Five Unicorn Scaleup Strategies

Leapfrogging

He’s the author of numerous books and an expert on how lean principles can be used to drive innovation. based software companies started since 2003 and valued at over $1 billion by public or private market investors. Competition aside, both face opposing physical forces that must be overcome to win.

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Open Innovation: Convincing the Decision Makers

eZassi

This is understandable, especially since the term “open innovation” only became a part of the corporate lexicon around 2003. This is especially true during lean times. In our experience, many companies are resistant to innovation because they have a fear of the unknown. Fear of effectively executing an open innovation platform.

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11 Paradoxes of Entrepreneurial Thinking: why entrepreneurship can hardly be taught

Open Innovation EU

As opposed to entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial thinking is not necessarily bound to entrepreneurs (to be); it is an essential skill for ‘strengthening human capital, employability and competitiveness’ (Bacigalupo et al., Shane, 2003). 2006) and are more likely to be created by making new and unique combinations (S. Crown Business.