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“Lean Startup, or Business Model Design, or Design Thinking?” is the Wrong Question

Leanstack

Every company needs to simultaneously optimize their existing business model (sustain) and search for the next evolution of the business model (disrupt). And companies that continuously outlearn their competition win. March 9, 2012 - Running Lean Meta-Process - Lean Canvas Continuous Innovation Framework 2.0?—?June

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11 Paradoxes of Entrepreneurial Thinking: why entrepreneurship can hardly be taught

Open Innovation EU

As opposed to entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial thinking is not necessarily bound to entrepreneurs (to be); it is an essential skill for ‘strengthening human capital, employability and competitiveness’ (Bacigalupo et al., Entrepreneurship. These two extremes – and everything in between – have been topic of discussion ever since.

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Our 7 Podcast Recommendations about Innovation and Entrepreneurial Spirit

The BMI Lab Blog

Alongside the series of episodes with entrepreneurs and innovation leaders, we recommend the first-ever ETL Research bonus episode which looks at one of the first empirical studies about lean startup , an approach that BMI Lab follows since day 1. If you want to find out more about our lean startup approach, check out our Launchpad.

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Why invest in innovation consulting?

mjvinnovation

In the book Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Peter Drucker defines innovation as “the specific instrument of entrepreneurship […] that endows resources with a new capacity to create wealth” Scott Berkun, from Carnegie Mellon University, believes that “innovation is a significant positive change.”

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5 Excuses of companies that don't innovate (and how to overcome them)

Moves the Needle

There’s a pervasive myth that suggests that all big companies need to get better at disruptive or breakthrough innovation. What they need in order to be more competitive may or may not require technical innovation. A culture of entrepreneurship snowballs. Do we care whether the $90 million came from disruptive innovation?

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Experimenting 100 innovative solutions over 20 countries in Africa

Innovation Excellence

Ross , Innovation teacher at Carnegie Mellon University , about corporate open innovation in Africa, initially published in Disrupt Africa. Experimenting 100 innovative solutions over 20 countries in Africa twice a year: that’s the process we describe in this compelling interview with David L.

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5 Excuses of Companies that Don’t Innovate (And How to Overcome Them)

Moves the Needle

There’s a pervasive myth that suggests that all big companies need to get better at disruptive or breakthrough innovation. What they need in order to be more competitive may or may not require technical innovation. A culture of entrepreneurship snowballs. Do we care whether the $90 million came from disruptive innovation?

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