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Innovative Start-Ups Founded by Women

Destination Innovation

We need more women entrepreneurs. A report by the Kaufmann Foundation found that only 3% of technology start-ups are led by women. Proximie , based in London, develops remote surgery technology using augmented reality. The founder and CEO is Nadine Hachach-Haram, an NHS surgeon who is also an entrepreneur and TED speaker.

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Why World Water Day should focus on more than just water

Christensen Institute

Progress however, towards the goal of making water available to the more than two billion people who lack access, has been painfully slow despite the fact that studies show a return of $5 to $46 for every dollar spent on clean water intervention. So, I rallied friends together, raised $10,000 and we built a well for the community.

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Where is technology taking the economy?

The Inovo Group

We are creating an intelligence that is external to humans and housed in the virtual economy. Brian Arthur, well-known economist who described the phenomenon of increasing returns and wrote the excellent 2009 book, “ The Nature of Technology ”. The post Where is technology taking the economy? Original Article ».

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How to Keep Innovating in an Economic Downturn

Innov8rs

Innov8rs | As we seem to heading towards economic downturn, leaders find themselves trying to reduce costs and foster growth at the same time. We have seen this happening during the last economic crisis, when merely 10% of companies performed better at the end of the crisis than they did before it.

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How ITONICS’ customers practice trend and technology management

ITONICS

Who wouldn’t have wanted to be the originator of the idea for Facebook or for programming the first online garage sale? ITONICS identified this gap already back in 2009 and became the digitizer in innovation management. First and foremost, we are a software provider. Innovation does not only involve expenses, it also pays.

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IDEA 2009: An Interview with Thomas Malaby

Boxes and Arrows

As IDEA 2009 draws closer, the IA Institute is conducting a series of interviews with the speakers for the conference. The rise of digital technologies poses many challenges and opportunities for ethnographic research. Can you describe how your research process was structured for this writing effort?

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Innovative Businesses Prioritize Creativity

Daniel Burrus

One problem we witness too often in society is the treatment of creativity and business innovation as mutually exclusive occurrences. One problem we witness too often in society is the treatment of creativity and business innovation as mutually exclusive occurrences. Human beings are meant to be creative.