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Do You Have a Balanced Reading (and Learning) Diet?

Kevin Eikenberry

by Kevin Eikenberry on October 8, 2010 in Achievement , Learning The idea for this post comes with a tip of the hat to a high school friend, Jerry Gray, reconnected with first online. Tagged as: reading { 6 comments… read them below or add one } Carletta October 8, 2010 at 9:35 am Excellent! It was implied but not stated.

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How the Geography of Startups and Innovation Is Changing

Harvard Business Review

We’re used to thinking of high-tech innovation and startups as generated and clustered predominantly in fertile U.S. These major transformations pose significant implications for entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, workers, and managers, as well as policymakers for nations and cities across the globe. The Great Expansion.

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Three Year-End Innovation Takeaways from Asia

Harvard Business Review

Our soon ending year, 2010, has been fascinating. I've also had the chance to experience the world of venture capital investing through the small fund that our team in Singapore manages on behalf of the Singapore government. I argued a few months ago that the innovation axis was shifting from the West to the East.

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Views on a New Opportunity (Note: VCs please avoid reading this.

Rajesh Setty

On a lighter note, Venture Capitalists, please avoid reading this excerpt Excerpts from the first chapter… When I first discovered that my nickname among some members of staff at Virgin was “Dr. © 2005 - 2010 Rajesh Setty Podcast Powered by podPress (v8.8)

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What BMW’s Corporate VC Offers That Regular Investors Can’t

Harvard Business Review

Gimmy’s task was clear but highly demanding: to reimagine the way BMW innovates. At the time, BMW had no dedicated, company-spanning unit to leverage the creative power of startups. To fill the void and build such a new BMW startup unit, Gimmy partnered with an experienced innovation manager from BMW, Matthias Meyer.

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Think Global, Not Emerging Markets, Century

Harvard Business Review

In 2010, China overtook Japan to become the world's second largest R&D spender (in purchasing power parity terms) after the U.S. Last year, at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in China, we spoke with one of the country's most celebrated scientists, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists.

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What Inclusive Urban Development Can Look Like

Harvard Business Review

metros that increased their productivity, average wages, and standard of living from 2010 to 2015, only 11 metros achieved inclusive economic outcomes. This type of approach has allowed the market to attract a diverse community that continues to inspire creativity and innovation. A recent Brookings analysis found that of the 30 U.S.