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50 Ways to Leave your Lover: Keep Failing Til the Last Thing You Try Is Successful

Mills Scofield

Special guest blog post by Don Esch, President of Bettcher Industries of his story at BW-Center For Innovation & Growth 's Innovation Summit. The Change: Was It Innovation, Serendipity or Providence? So into the “Scoping” stage we go and the learning begins. Million; not big, but interesting.

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Frugal Innovation: Lessons from Carlos Ghosn, CEO, Renault-Nissan

Harvard Business Review

Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and CEO of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, famously coined the term "frugal engineering" in 2006. He was impressed by Indian engineers' ability to innovate cost-effectively and quickly under severe resource constraints. Yet engineers and scientists love challenges.

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The Real Problem with the Tesla Model S

Harvard Business Review

It has been ranked as car of the year by a number of automotive outlets, and one friend of mine who lives in San Francisco has gloated noisily about his chance to drive it. The company has responded aggressively to criticism in the past, suing the BBC show "Top Gear" in 2011 over a 2008 review of the car; the case was tossed out of court.

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New York City's Culture Will Shape the Next Tech Sector

Harvard Business Review

Universities like Stanford, Caltech, and UC Berkeley continue to churn out the next generation of founders and engineers. But our company makes software that is used across dozens of industry verticals — automotive, health care, hospitality, and the public sector — each with their own specific needs and goals.

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It's Time for Tenure to Lose Tenure

Harvard Business Review

The country's bragging rights in science and engineering are especially in doubt. colleges are losing ground in two key of measures of research quality: the percentage of the world's science and engineering articles published, and article citations. For example, a 2011 UCLA study of 6,768 U.S.

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GM and Ford Highlight Facebook's Challenges, Opportunities

Harvard Business Review

GM lost the ability to demonstrate leadership in a time where the advertising and automotive industries are flailing. We've found Facebook ads to be very effective when strategically combined with engagement, great content and innovative ways of storytelling, rather than treating them as a straight media buy.".

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GM and Ford Highlight Facebook's Challenges, Opportunities

Harvard Business Review

GM lost the ability to demonstrate leadership in a time where the advertising and automotive industries are flailing. We've found Facebook ads to be very effective when strategically combined with engagement, great content and innovative ways of storytelling, rather than treating them as a straight media buy.".