Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

Whether you have invented an amazing new technology or product, you could still fail. In contrast, Musk cares about customer needs as well but only at a high level; he picks what he perceives as big important needs that haven’t been met because of technology constraints and is more of a “technology first” innovator.

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Innovation Social Capital Reputation How To 83

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Between 2006 and 2008, more than $1 billion venture-capital dollars were channeled into startups focused on solar, wind and biofuel technologies. In the last year, however, early-stage investments in clean energy production technologies have fallen substantially (see the table at the end of this piece for more detail).

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Energy Finance IPO Biotechnology 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2016

Although US firms had pioneered and dominated the technology for two decades, they were now getting pummeled by cheaper Japanese imports. To understand the nature of the problem, let’s look at how penicillin was brought to market. By the mid-1980’s, the American semiconductor industry seemed like it was doomed.

Technology 8

Technology Venture Capitalist Supply Chain Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2012

It's an age of unprecedented, staggering technological change. but the emerging markets boom has generally been more about catching up than exploiting cutting-edge technology.). Even beyond the technological challenges, there are lots of other obstacles to change. Or something like that.

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Stephenson Innovation Biotechnology eBook 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Despite the East Coast roots of technology entrepreneurship and venture capital (VC), by the 1990s Silicon Valley had gained a major advantage over the Cambridge-Boston area. The same underlying technologies (e.g., Silicon Valley dominates these platform technologies. stood at 22.6%, more than twice New England’s 9.9%

Biotechnology 8

Biotechnology Drucker Software Entrepreneur 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

While the world is seeking renewable energy alternatives to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, the world is still heavily reliant on oil, natural gas, and electricity generated using these fuels. This increased the need for care items for the elderly and there are plenty of gaps in the market for the healthcare sector. Technology.

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Health Care Biotechnology Energy Insurance 67

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2012

This means they're buying drugs that could be similar to others already on or coming soon to the market. No company should confuse the strategy of buying into a big market with buying innovation that will bring tomorrow's growth. The technology world has some harrowing examples that no innovation-based industry should ever forget.

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