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Innovate, Adapt, Overcome: How to Beat a Recession with Idea Management & Continuous Improvement

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job losses skyrocketed during the peak recession years 2008-2010 Given the devastating impact of the 2007-08 financial crisis, it’s little wonder that companies worldwide are sensitive to omens of a new “great recession”. to see where disruptive innovation efforts could best be concentrated. portfolio scouting campaigns , etc. –

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How to Run the Ultimate Corporate Hackathon

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This Microsoft-spawned company started as a thought at the 2010 TechCrunch Disrupt hackathon. Another TechCrunch Disrupt hackathon production, the company was acquired by Google in 2014. GroupMe is a mobile messaging app with over 12 million users, sending out roughly 600 million messages monthly.

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How to Run the Ultimate Corporate Hackathon

Qmarkets

This Microsoft-spawned company started as a thought at the 2010 TechCrunch Disrupt hackathon. Another TechCrunch Disrupt hackathon production, the company was acquired by Google in 2014. GroupMe is a mobile messaging app with over 12 million users, sending out roughly 600 million messages monthly.

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Innovation Ecosystem: Bridging the Gap Between Digital and Offline Innovation

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GroupMe, a group messaging app, began as a hackathon project at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in 2010. Some major companies were in fact born from these hackathons. In 2011 it was acquired for $85 million by Skype. Likewise the software company Nitobi began as a project at the iPhoneDevCamp in 2008.

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Innovation Ecosystem: Bridging the Gap Between Digital and Offline Innovation

Qmarkets

GroupMe, a group messaging app, began as a hackathon project at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in 2010. Some major companies were in fact born from these hackathons. In 2011 it was acquired for $85 million by Skype. Likewise the software company Nitobi began as a project at the iPhoneDevCamp in 2008.

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3 Vital Idea Crowdsourcing Best Practices from the 2021 Suez Canal Obstruction

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From the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010 to the Covid-19 solutions marketplace in Israel last year, crowdsourcing has been proven as an effective way to gather solutions and solve problems. Fortunately, large businesses have found a much more efficient way to manage a large number of ideas in the form of idea management software.

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Three Vital Idea Crowdsourcing Best Practices from the 2021 Suez Canal Obstruction

Qmarkets

From the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010 to the Covid-19 solutions marketplace in Israel last year, crowdsourcing has been proven as an effective way to gather solutions and solve problems. Fortunately, large businesses have found a much more efficient way to manage a large number of ideas in the form of idea management software.