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The Power of the Outsider Mindset

Destination Innovation

The Kauffman Organization reports that more than 40% of Fortune 500 companies were founded by immigrants or their children, over 50% of American billion-dollar “unicorn” startups have at least one immigrant founder, and immigrants are nearly twice as likely as the native-born to start a new company.

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What Large Companies Can Learn From Failure

Innovation Leader

Ari Ginsberg, professor of entrepreneurship and management at NYU, discusses gazelles, elephants, and why it’s important to build a company culture that talks about successes — and failures.

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Reinventing the Entrepreneurship Game

ImagineNation

In my November blog I described how important it is to unleash the power of innovative entrepreneurship in our digital & connected world. So here is the next instalment of my ongoing personal entrepreneurship story. Taking collective action. From the second ten years 1998-2008. Being accountable & holding others to account.

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Podcast S4E71: Dan Toma – Innovation Accounting and Key Performance Metrics

Idea to Value

We go through how companies should measure innovation performance, and which Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) actually make sense for these types of projects. Topics covered in today’s episode: 00:01:30 – Dan’s history in entrepreneurship. Dan is the founder of Outcome and the co-author of the Corporate Startup.

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Building a Culture of Innovation

Fehmida Kapadia

The right geographical, cultural, and economic environments can create an ecosystem that facilitates innovation and creativity. Based on his research and my experience, I will discuss the four pillars that can be used to create these environments of innovation and creativity to build a culture of innovation.

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Episode 17 – Part 2: How to Manage Change and Create Resilient Organizations Through Innovation

IM Insights

.” The paper’s primary focus is to understand the culture and processes that enable successful corporate venturing, a critical strategy for organizations looking to thrive in a rapidly changing business landscape. Corporate entrepreneurship is a broad term encompassing initiatives to generate returns for the company.

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Why Entrepreneurs Start Companies Rather Than Join Them

Steve Blank

If you asked me why I gravitated to startups rather than work in a large company I would have answered at various times: “I want to be my own boss.” “I It never crossed my mind that I gravitated to startups because I thought more of my abilities than the value a large company would put on them. I love risk.” “I Better Pay.

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