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Nii Lokko

Innovation 360 Group

He draws upon twenty years of strategy and consulting roles at premier global corporations, including Citi, Deutsche Bank and Deloitte Consulting. Nii received an MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business, with specializations in Finance, Operations Management and Entrepreneurship & Innovation. Product Development & Deployment.

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71 Innovation Methodologies

Open Innovation EU

New Product and Development Service Process (Hauser). New Product Development Front End (Khurana). Revolutionizing Product Development (Wheelwright & Clark). New Product Development Funnel (Katz). Citizen-Drive Innovation (World Bank). Innovation & Entrepreneurship (Bessant).

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The Banks Guide to scouting Fintech

Matthew Griffin

“Four of Europe’s largest banks reveal their Fintech scouting strategies and with one exception their approach won’t come as a surprise. As an Entrepreneur you’ve worked 247 365 and seen your bank balance dwindle. Attention is your oxygen so what can you do to stack the odds of being noticed in your favour? ”. Check your Mirrors.

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Have the Banks already been Disrupted?

Matthew Griffin

Banks were once the corner stone of the community but today their industry is being disrupted and disintermediated. There were two quotes that stood out for me and they were “My children don’t see Banks as a brand any longer” and “ We’re at risk of being turned into dumb pipes”. No, I just can’t be bothered.

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Why the Future of Tesla May Depend on Knowing What Happened to Billy Durant

Steve Blank

Elon Musk, Alfred Sloan, and entrepreneurship in the automobile industry. In the spring of 1920 with company had to go to the banks and he got an $80 million loan (about a billion dollars in 2018) to finance operations. A version of this article appeared in the Harvard Business Review.

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Banks: Too large to fail, easy to Disrupt

Matthew Griffin

“Senior banking executives are focusing on the impact that individual Fintechs or types of Fintechs will have on their organisations and industry but this narrow view means they’re at risk of missing the bigger picture. Technology as a democratising force. Conclusion.

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The secrets behind building a Unicorn

Matthew Griffin

Creation is simply the first hard thing in a long line of hard things and sometimes it’s one of the least stressful stages because you aren’t working all hours of the day and night trying to make your business a success stressed out of your mind because there’s no money left in the bank to pay your family’s food bills.