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We Don’t Need More Mousetraps!

Tim Kastelle

Since startups are an important part of any innovation ecosystem, last year the federal government provided money to start the world’s first MouseTech Accelerator, called The Cheese. This is what is built into the lean startup approach , which is a good method for breaking out of the linear model problems.

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Dr. Soo Beng Khoh

Innovation 360 Group

Collaboration enabler and faciliator between Industry, Academia and Government. Internet-of-Things (IoT). Process Innovation (Certified Design for Six Sigma Black-Belt, Lean). Change Management. Design Thinking (Stanford d.School Thinker). Product Innovation (Design & Development, DTM).

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Soo Beng Khoh , PhD

Innovation 360

Collaboration enabler and faciliator between Industry, Academia and Government. Internet-of-Things (IoT). Process Innovation (Certified Design for Six Sigma Black-Belt, Lean). Change Management. Design Thinking (Stanford d.School Thinker). Product Innovation (Design & Development, DTM).

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We Don’t Need More Mousetraps!

Tim Kastelle

Since startups are an important part of any innovation ecosystem, last year the federal government provided money to start the world’s first MouseTech Accelerator, called The Cheese. On demo day, there were two outstanding teams that got funded.

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job – Disruption and Activist Investors

Steve Blank

In his Harvard Business Review article summing up his tenure, Immelt recalls that the two things that influenced him most were Marc Andreessen’s 2011 Wall Street Journal article “ Why Software Is Eating the World, ” and Eric Ries’s book The Lean Startup. Things will not stay the same at GE.”. Innovation at GE was on a roll.

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The Billion Dollar Breakthrough You Missed

Gregg Fraley

Do this experiment: Make a list of the new digital technologies (AI, Social Media, Internet of Things, Robotics). Deliberate combinations, aka concept blends, can be done by individuals, companies, non-profits, or governments. Then, make a list next to it of your existing products and IP portfolio.

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Industry 4.0: what it is and what are its current impacts

mjvinnovation

is also called the “fourth industrial revolution” – the process initiated by England in 1760 was followed by major modernization movements: the “lean revolution” that occurred around 1970, the intensive globalization process in the 1990s and, more recently, the extreme automation started in the 2000s. Industry 4.0