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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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It’s Time To Be Skeptical About The Lean Startup. Here’s Why:

Innovation Excellence

That was until Henry Chesbrough published Open Innovation in 2003 and that got hot. In 1997 Clayton Christensen published The Innovator’s Dilemma and it sparked a revolution. It seemed that for years all anyone could talk about was disruptive innovation. Then Stanford launched its d.school and design thinking was where it was at.

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Hatem Azzam, DBA

Innovation 360

In 2003, after he finished his MBA in international business, Hatem resigned to start his journey as an Entrepreneur. Entrepreneurship. Foxboro and Invensys plc ( now Schneider Electric) . Areas of expertise. Innovation Management. Innovation Coaching. Innovation Strategy. Multidisciplinary Team Management. Energy & Automation.

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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., Entrepreneurship. Shane, 2003). That brings us to entrepreneurial thinking. Krueger, 2007).

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PBTO56: The Inevitable – Technological Forces that will Shape Our Future with Kevin Kelly

Rmukesh Gupta

He is also founding editor and co-publisher of the popular Cool Tools website, which has been reviewing tools daily since 2003. He is also founding editor and co-publisher of the popular Cool Tools website, which has been reviewing tools daily since 2003.

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How China Creates the Strongest Innovation System

The BMI Lab Blog

Dr. HAN, Zheng , Chair of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Tongji University Shanghai). In 2003 BYD created an automotive subsidiary, specializing in building electric cars. Dr. HAN, Zheng , Chair of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Tongji University Shanghai). BYD became the second largest battery company in 2002.

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Heterogeneity in Experience Levels Helps Startups Succeed

Michael Roberto

An accumulation of homogenous experience may also foster the use of mental shortcuts such as overgeneralization, and decreased engagement in counterfactual thinking (imagining alternative outcomes for past events) that assist in formulating more effective market responses (Baron, 1998, Baron, 2000, Shepherd et al.,

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