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3 lessons on creating a successful enterprise: Managers in growth markets should take note.

Christensen Institute

While on my way back on a trip from Sierra Leone working with the team at Water4 , which provides affordable access to safe and clean water for thousands of Sierra Leoneans and across Africa, I had the opportunity to re-read The Innovator’s Solution authored by Michael Raynor and the late Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen.

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What does Life Expectancy have to do with Business Longevity? Everything.

Daniel Burrus

Ken is a psychologist, a gerontologist, the CEO of Age Wave, and bestselling author of 19 books on age-related issues, including his most recent memoir Radical Curiosity: One Man’s Search for Cosmic Magic and a Purposeful Life. Dr. Dychtwald identifies a few Soft Trend questions that Anticipatory entrepreneurs should be asking.

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“Decouple” the Value Chain to Drive Digital Disruption

Leapfrogging

Decoupling helps entrepreneurs to hone in on one activity in the customer value chain that is currently being poorly delivered by the leading companies in the market. no need to visit a store to sample beauty products). Losing a customer activity in the value chain can create a domino effect. manage pill intake). manage pill intake).

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An American Innovator in London – Harry Selfridge

Destination Innovation

He left school at 14 to work in a bank and later joined Marshall Field’s, a large department store in Chicago. In 1904 he opened his own department store which he later sold for a profit. Selfridge found the standards of customer service and display of goods in London’s stores to be well behind what he had experienced in Chicago.

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Retail Innovation: A Collision Conference Interview with Doug Stephens

Innovation Excellence

Doug Stephens, best-selling author and founder of Retail Prophet , joined a panel at Collision From Home to discuss Rebuilding the Retail Sector. If you happen to be a retailer who has been too dependent on physical stores for the distribution of your product and your top line revenue, COVID-19 has discovered you.

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Innovation & Strategy Conference: Driving Home Disruption

Yet2

One model uses upcycled denim, the other creates fiber from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles – the plastic water bottle you find at any convenience store. 2009, stating: “the vast majority of real-life entrepreneurs around the world aren’t innovators. This post was co-authored by Paula Quintana and Kim Ayers. .

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Finally a Mixed Reality Tool That Has the Potential to Bring MR in Mainstream Use

Rmukesh Gupta

Some of them could be: Customer Service: Augmented reality customer service engagement at different retail stores. This experience can give the consumers a reason to visit the store rather than buy everything online. I see enormous potential for this technology if this is developed and opened up to entrepreneurs to play with.

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