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Why the Real World Will Matter More in 2014

Harvard Business Review

Kleiner Perkins analyst Mary Meeker showed in her influential 2013 D11 address that “wearable computing is coming on strong, faster than the typical 10 year cycle” of tech trends. He observes: “this is the inception of an industrial revolution.”. The second trend is the historic growth in “ wearables. HISTORIC GROWTH IN WEARABLES.

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GE's Eco-Innovation Platform

Harvard Business Review

Comstock was telling me about the company's growing innovation platform, the GE Ecomagination Challenge which inspires collaboration between GE and entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs need GE: Crossing the "Valley of death". GE needs entrepreneurs: Challenging assumptions. Entrepreneurs are put on this Earth to challenge assumptions.