article thumbnail

“Island of Bryan” Couple Offers Their Top DIY Tips for New Homeowners

Business and Tech

In 2004, he took the step of founding his own construction company, and that decision became part of both our lives. Designing and renovating a property on an island in a country that you are not familiar with came with many challenges and obstacles. What got you interested in property renovation?

Tips 130
article thumbnail

When Information Design is a Matter of Life or Death

Boxes and Arrows

Subsequently, leaflets are heavily regulated in the way they need to be designed, written, and produced. Adding to the design challenge is the fact that the guidelines for how medicine information leaflets are designed changes from country to country, and the guidelines are often vague. Possible Design Improvements.

Design 111
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Innovation adoption in the technology lifecycle for Energy Translation

Paul Hobcraft

There is a real need to find innovative solutions that focus on the end-user sectors of transport, industry, and buildings. The technological and digital innovative solution needs to focus on the overall system design and the operation needs. Lastly, innovation needs to achieve an affordably decarbonize industrial transition.

article thumbnail

i3: A market-creating initiative for African healthcare innovators

Christensen Institute

i3 is a pan-African initiative designed to accelerate the commercialization of 60 promising early & growth-stage healthcare companies. By 2004, revenues had reached $614 million. The market Ibrahim, and a few other innovators, created triggered the growth of a vast and far-reaching mobile telecommunications industry in Africa.

article thumbnail

What do Blue Lobsters Have to do With Innovation? Everything!

Mills-Scofield

Blue Lobster at the South Bristol Coop , 2004. They think they’re innovative because they make something in green instead of just red, but they stick with their industries, markets, customers, and (usually dying) business models. What’s with blue lobsters? Well, a blue lobster is rare, about 1 in 2 million , and very beautiful.

article thumbnail

Business Model Innovation Basics Series - Part 1: What is a Business Model?

The BMI Lab Blog

2005) that the ´failure to adequately define the market is a key factor associated with venture failure´, we identify the definition of the target customer as one central dimension in designing a new business model. Industrial & Corporate Change, 11(3), 529-555. Drawing on the argument from Morris et al. Christensen C. McDonald, R.

article thumbnail

What do Blue Lobsters Have to do With Innovation? Everything!

Mills-Scofield

Blue Lobster at the South Bristol Coop , 2004. They think they’re innovative because they make something in green instead of just red, but they stick with their industries, markets, customers, and (usually dying) business models. What’s with blue lobsters? Well, a blue lobster is rare, about 1 in 2 million , and very beautiful.