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3 Best Ways To Reach Startup Nirvana
3 Things You Need To Run A Successful Startup OK, so you are fed-up with your day job and are thinking about leaving to join a startup or starting your own startup.…
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Let’s Discontinue History & Geography
Do We Still Need “Memorization” Subjects, Like History and Geography? I read in Scientific American a few months ago that Australia finally started to (smartly) disrupt its educational system and is replacing…
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Stop Planning Now
Is Planning Passe? Back before I moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, there were two magazines that I read on a regular basis: Wired and Forbes ASAP. I would go to my…
Ways We Innovate: Waste Some Time
Waste Some Time For A Good Cause I was reading an excellent article in one of my new favorite magazines, The New Philosopher, on Technology. In fact, the entire issue was on…
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Think Of It As Crowdsourced Problem Solving
Use The Wisdom of Crowdsourced Solutions One of the key questions which anyone needs to answer in the innovation space is the ROI question – no matter who I talk to, no…
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Are You Betting on the Wrong ‘preneur? [VIDEO]
Are You Forgetting the Intrapreneur? In a culture that worships at the altar of entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship takes a back seat. There are support systems to mentor, guide, and finance entrepreneurs, meetups and…
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Ways We Innovate: Take The Maze Backwards
When I was young, I enjoyed doing mazes in paper books. You know the kind I’m talking about – thin or thick newsprint paper books which you can even find today in…
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It’s Never Been Done Before: Novelty
Novelty: Is The Idea New & Different? This is the second in a series of posts on patentability – read the first post – That’s A Great Idea, You Should Patent It (Or…
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Embrace Change, Don’t Fear It.
Don’t Fear, Embrace Change I was recently at a conference with the Institute for the Future, where we discussed what the world is going to be like ten years out. I really…
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Your Career In Turmoil? Do A Startup
A Startup May Be A Great Option Let me know if this sounds familiar. You, or someone like you, or friends you know, have worked for large companies for most of your…
