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Putting an End to Conferences Dominated by White Men

Harvard Business Review

Many business conferences are notable not only for the prominent people on stage, but also for those who are missing. Women’s under-representation at such events gets a lot of attention, but people of color are also relatively rare on conference stages. Since 2012, I’ve co-hosted The Lean Startup Conference with Eric Ries.

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The 5 Requirements of a Truly Innovative Company

Harvard Business Review

What makes it useful, though, is the understanding that has developed over time as these criteria have been used to determine which ideas are truly innovative and which aren’t. differ­ent risk cate­go­ries (incremental improvements versus speculative ventures); and differ­ent time horizons.