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0511 | Larry Downes: Full Transcript

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One of the things I think is most interesting is there’s a lot of old models of innovation and of strategy that I won’t say they don’t necessarily apply anymore, but they apply to very, very, almost static markets. DAVID: Yeah. I should say we were talking off the air about- Thanks for ruining Everett Rogers’ curve for me.

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Entrepreneurs Take On Manufacturing

Harvard Business Review

But in my research, and in conversations with hardware entrepreneurs throughout the country, I have noticed several developments that have put manufacturing start-up activity on a faster, more commercial track. Other contractors have also begun to engage, seeing real market value.

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Building a Software Start-Up Inside GE

Harvard Business Review

Key selection criteria included experience in innovative software and service (versus product) development, and an ability to manage a start-up in a very large, complex company. Bill and his team set out to develop a system that could bring all GE machines onto one efficient cloud -connected platform. Bill Ruh was selected in 2011.

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What Happened When Linkin Park Asked Harvard for Help with Its Business Model

Harvard Business Review

Jessica Sklar, then the band’s intern and now Machine Shop’s Chief Strategy Officer, evolved the online discussions into in-person meet-ups and events at concerts, developing what came to be known as the “Linkin Park Underground.” of course). I met the band at this inflection point. Photo by Lorenzo Errico.

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How Israeli Startups Can Scale

Harvard Business Review

Only a handful of so-called unicorns — companies that have achieved a valuation of over $1 billion in the last 10 years — come from Israel, and only one Israeli firm, Teva, ranks in the world’s 500 largest companies by market capitalization. billion in 2013. But is all of that changing? We think so.

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How Singapore Became an Entrepreneurial Hub

Harvard Business Review

based venture capitalists about my plans to move my family out to Singapore to oversee Innosight’s nascent investment and incubation arm. But the conditions seemed to be ripe for one to develop. That company was a pioneer in the audio component market, having entered the MP3 market before Apple.

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Turkey and the Economics of Coups

Harvard Business Review

My research finds that a coup overthrowing democratically elected leaders — even in weak democracies — is highly discouraging for a country’s economic development. To understand the effect of military coups on economic development, I distinguished between coups occurring in democracies and those occurring in autocracies.