Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

Tesla’s genius and education led him to develop the foundations for electric induction motors, wireless telegraphy, radios, neon lamps, and remote control. Being a corporate entrepreneur has a profound effect on both your reputation for innovation and your prospects for leadership opportunities. Moreover, it’s hard. “I

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Innovation Social Capital Reputation How To 80

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

The new president thought Cellairis should not only sell accessories, it should sell wireless phone service as well. People shopping for cell phone cases were natural customers for a wireless service provider. It stiffed Cellairis and the wireless providers whose services it resold. After nine months, AMP’d filed for bankruptcy.

Strategy 8

Strategy Wireless Company Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2011

The company promised back in 2009 to bring out a Wi-Fi Flip in early 2010. Cisco's leadership is very smart and Wi-Fi is part of the firm's core competence. Cisco's clever little camcorder collapse provides picture-perfect insight into a pervasive innovation pathology: Ignoring — or disrespecting — the obvious.

Wireless 11

Wireless Management Telecommunications Innovation 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

In late 2010 I visited The Mission Hospital (TMH) in Durgapur, a modest town by Indian standards (population about 1 million), nestled in India's northeast corner, near Bangladesh. Medtronic used business model innovation to enter markets formerly out of its reach. Healthy Heart's first implant occurred in September 2010.

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