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Customer, Culture, and Learning: Takeaways from the Lean Startup Conference

Moves the Needle

Anyone who has ever attended Lean Startup Conference (previously known as Lean Startup Week) in the past knows that this annual event regularly features invigorating speakers that divulge the newest insights and innovations in modern management for a wide array of industries and company types. Click to Tweet.

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Mastering the Game: Corporate Executives and the Art of Startup Investment

Leapfrogging

CVC units often focus on securing a competitive advantage by investing in startups with innovative technologies or business models that align with the corporation’s strategic goals. Market Potential : An analysis of the startup’s target market size, growth rate, and competitive landscape.

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Overwhelmed, underwhelmed at the Web Summit, Lisbon

Paul Hobcraft

The Web Summit, originally Dublin Web Summit, is a technology conference held annually since 2009. The topic of the conference is centered on internet technology and I went looking for multiple innovation angles and left actually disappointed. It is certainly not the “the best technology conference on the planet”.

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Driving Success: Harnessing the Power of the Startup Ecosystem

Leapfrogging

This ecosystem encompasses a wide array of participants including entrepreneurs, investors, service providers, educational institutions, research organizations, and government entities. Networking Events : Attending industry networking events, conferences, and trade shows to meet emerging startup leaders.

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Obama Receives Recognition for Open Innovation Achievements

IdeaConnection

This public and well-deserved recognition took place at the recent World Open Innovation Conference in Barcelona, Spain. In this case, President Obama was lauded for his championing of open innovation through various government initiatives and programs.

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Innovation Circle in Madrid – How Ready Are You To Innovate?

Innovation 360

You will walk away with an holistic view of your organization preconditions, a common language for innovation grounded in research (no buzzwords) and new perspectives through facilitated round table discussions with peers covering strategy, process, culture, governance, metrics and organizing for innovation.

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Creative destruction: innovation for sustainability transition

Norbert Bol

During the United Nations conference on climate change in Paris earlier this month, nearly 200 countries agreed to limit global warming to 1,5C above pre-industrial levels and getting to net zero emissions between 2050 and 2100. The agreement on these goals are a great result of difficult negotiations. Norbert Bol. Literature.