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Overwhelmed, underwhelmed at the Web Summit, Lisbon

Paul Hobcraft

I am taking the opportunity to review the Web Summit, held in Lisbon last week of 5th (evening) to 8th November 2018. The Web Summit, originally Dublin Web Summit, is a technology conference held annually since 2009. The company was founded by Paddy Cosgrave, David Kelly, and Daire Hickey. Overhype is an understatement.

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The future of Digital Banking: it’s time to disrupt!

The BMI Lab Blog

Banking is ripe for disruption. As one of the main foundations of our economic systems, the banking system is a highly regulated environment. Every step a bank takes is always under close scrutiny since (fundamental) changes could have deep consequences on the overall economy. Nevertheless, banking is changing.

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The Emerging Impact Entrepreneur

Innovators Alliance

The business paradigm is shifting with an increased focus on ‘impact’ entrepreneurship. In this new paradigm, businesses need to be upfront about their impacts due to expectations of consumers, regulators, shareholders and employees. Impact entrepreneurship – why now? Have you noticed?

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8 External Innovation Sources You should know

ITONICS

Meanwhile, universities are including entrepreneurship as part of the academic curriculum to boost innovative thinking among students. As of 2017, more than 200 colleges and universities have started dedicated innovation or entrepreneurship centers as members of the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers.

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8 External Sources of Innovation

ITONICS

Meanwhile, universities are including entrepreneurship as part of the academic curriculum to boost innovative thinking among students. As of 2017, more than 200 colleges and universities have started dedicated innovation or entrepreneurship centers as members of the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers.

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

Steve Blank

A version of this article appeared in the Harvard Business Review. 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. is closing rapidly. One wonders if $2.6

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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. When Accor and Hilton were reviewing the market do you think they investigated the rental market?