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How President Lula da Silva should help the poor in Brazil this time?

Christensen Institute

trillion high in 2011, Brazil’s GDP in 2021 shrunk to $1.6 For example, consider how Nubank, a Brazilian financial technology company, is creating access to banking services for millions of Brazilians. Another Brazilian technology company, eduK is solving the country’s unemployment problem using a pull strategy.

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Why Software Won’t Eat The World

Innovation Excellence

In 2011, technology pioneer Marc Andreessen declared that software is eating the world. Unlike back east, where businesses depended on stodgy banks for finance, on the west coast venture capitalists, many of whom were former engineers themselves, would decide which technology companies got funded.

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When Disruption Becomes Destructive: How Can Financial Services Companies Close the Innovation Gap?

Qmarkets

caption id="attachment_40714" align="alignright" width="438"] The speed of change in the banking industry has CEOs more concerned than in any other industry. The combined valuation of the top 50 banks worldwide make up almost one-third of this number: a whopping $4.3 banks are among the 10 least-loved brands by the millennials.

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Spotting Innovation Opportunities

ITONICS

Disruptive technologies or innovations boost new business models that change the game of existing industries like the space industry (SpaceX), the music industry (Spotify), the film industry (Netflix) or the banking sector (FinTechs), just to name a few. There is no instruction or construction toolkit for disruption.

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Great to Good Innovation

IdeaSpies

Books such as Consumptionomics (2011) by Chandran Nair and Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think (2012) by Peter H. 21st Century is about all of us, using the breakneck speed connectivity that technology provides, to do GOOD things together for a better future. Diamandis provide further evidence of this prosperity.

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Great to Good Innovation

IdeaSpies

Books such as Consumptionomics (2011) by Chandran Nair and Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think (2012) by Peter H. 21st Century is about all of us, using the breakneck speed connectivity that technology provides, to do GOOD things together for a better future. Diamandis provide further evidence of this prosperity.

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Great to Good

IdeaSpies

Books such as Consumptionomics (2011) by Chandran Nair and Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think (2012) by Peter H. 21st Century is about all of us, using the breakneck speed connectivity that technology provides, to do GOOD things together for a better future. Diamandis provide further evidence of this prosperity.