Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2016

in 2011 to 2.9% For a new digital technology to deliver a disruptive innovation, a new technology must leverage two things: A new route to market. All disruptive innovators in business have capitalized on a channel of commercialization where the leading firms are not present. A new business model.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

The myth of Silicon Valley is that venture-funded entrepreneurship is a generalizable model that can be applied to every problem, when in actuality it is a model that was built to commercialize mature technologies for certain markets. No innovation strategy fits every problem , so we need to keep expanding the toolbox.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2016

The initial breakthrough came in 1987, but the first drug wasn’t approved until 2011. The Institute for Applied Cancer Science at MD Anderson (IACS) is exploring revolutionary new cures and the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI) is working to revive the US production capacity. Innovating the Innovation Process.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2012

Not surprisingly, scores of new ventures spring up every year: According to India's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, 4,853 new periodicals (including newspapers) were registered in 2011 in addition to the existing 80,000-plus. Distribution barriers are not unique to India, of course. Even in the U.S.,

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

And when they don’t feel safe, they don’t take risks – and where there is no risk taken, there is less innovation, less ‘going the extra mile,’ and therefore, very little unexpected upside. When they’re punished, you instill a fear of risk-taking in your employees, and with that you stifle creativity and innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2011

Further, the growing number of patent applications fild with China's State Intellectual Property Office suggests that the country will become the world's largest patents-holder by 2011. Most technology ventures in China are of the C2C variety, i.e., Copy-To-China. An analysis of data on patents granted by the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2012

Recently, I had the privilege of moderating a conference of global entrepreneurs and venture capitalists in Mumbai — an event called Founders Forum India. The Indian government sponsored the introduction of 3G services in 2011 with a $30 billion spectrum auction.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2012

A 2011 IBM study of over 3,000 CIOs revealed that CIO-CEO alignment is stronger than ever, with traditional companies aggressively investing in technology innovation. Know the ROI: As the pace of technology innovation increases, the savvy professional will curate and invest in the platforms that matter.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

And when they don’t feel safe, they don’t take risks – and where there is no risk taken, there is less innovation, less ‘going the extra mile,’ and therefore, very little unexpected upside. When they’re punished, you instill a fear of risk-taking in your employees, and with that you stifle creativity and innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2014

Deservedly vaunted venture capitalist Tom Perkins’ callous, arrogant and elitist recent comments should not serve as an expedient excuse to overlook an important “dirty little secret” about entrepreneurship, the acknowledged engine of economic growth: successful entrepreneurship always exacerbates local inequality , at least in the short run.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Venture capitalists have their radar out for and provide ample resources for the catalysts to scale up very quickly. In 2011 GE, the company famous for exporting great leaders, imported one when it recruited Bill Ruh from Cisco to lead GE’s push into software and analytics. Make the tough calls on people.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2013

If you ask venture capitalists in Silicon Valley how they measure the success of business entrepreneurs, they would no doubt list off metrics having to do with fast growth: funding raised, people hired, customers acquired, revenue produced. This innovation has impact. The assumption is that company growth is good. Conclusion?

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 22, 2011

Because innovation requires it. He was named one of the country’s Top 100 venture capitalists in 2009 by AlwaysOn and has led investments in many successful high-growth companies as a partner at several Bay Area VC firms. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. MISTAKE #5: Punishing ‘good failures.’

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2014

Almost every discussion of innovation today inevitably turns to the topic of “disruption.” Academics write about the power of disruptive innovation to transform one industry after another. Consultants have set up practices to focus specifically on helping companies become disruptive innovators. How has this strategy worked?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

Venture capitalists, who generally have been standoffish to the ICO phenomenon, are now becoming more interested in it for a number of reasons. Most made their money early on by buying or mining bitcoin when it was still under $10 (in the early days of 2011-2013). Insight Center. Business in the Era of Blockchain.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2013

The pressure on the company by the investing community (among others) was so severe that it eventually split into two, Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions in January of 2011. Competition Disruptive innovation Strategy'

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

They’re more productive , more profitable , more innovative , and they pay better. In 2011, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen declared that “software is eating the world.” Venture capitalist Chris Dixon has called this approach the “full-stack startup.”

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2018

Indeed, from 2011 to 2017, the GAFAM companies (Google/Alphabet, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft) acquired more than 65 leading-edge European technology companies. Will Other Nations Develop Local Champions and Innovation Hubs? Many have tried but few have succeeded in developing substantial innovation hubs.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

based venture capitalists about my plans to move my family out to Singapore to oversee Innosight’s nascent investment and incubation arm. Since I had never done venture investing before, I was trying to get advice from as many people as I could. “Yes, but Israelis and Americans are innovative by nature.

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