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When Big Companies Support Start-ups, Both Make More Money

Harvard Business Review

Now imagine if eBay went beyond providing a technology platform and entered the field of business incubation in a meaningful way, It’s an idea that could have a huge impact. Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android have fueled a global bonanza in app development. In 2007, I met Kirk Krappe, CEO of a small startup called Apptus.

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The Core Incompetencies of the Corporation

Harvard Business Review

It’s not that veteran CEOs discount the value of innovation; rather, they’ve inherited organizational structures and processes that are inherently toxic to break-out thinking and relentless experimentation. Imagine, if you will, a car engine so woefully inefficient that only 13% of the gas it consumes actually combusts.