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How Do I Start Your Own Business?

Strategy Driven

Usually, adding a little detail to an existing product (such as changing the colour of something) is not enough to start a business, so try more than you think you need. This gives you an overview of a particular model and helps you determine how much you need to manufacture a product or provide the service you are thinking of.

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What If.?

Mills Scofield

Conference in February, 2012 was a half day event in which questions such as “What If There Were Carfree Cities?,” ” were asked, discussed in small groups, digested over a large meal together, and then given life well beyond the close of the Conference. Our second conference this past March was a two day event.

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Four Questions to Ask Before Scaling Your Business

Strategy Driven

While it’s unclear who said it first, it’s been used regularly at business conferences to fire up audiences over the last few decades. I’m a big fan of scaling up innovative ideas and making sure they have as much impact as possible. Question 4: Is your products first experience excellent? About the Author.

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When You Can't Innovate, Copy

Harvard Business Review

In traditional investing philosophy, the most innovative firms are potentially the most profitable. So, from business books to business schools and corporate boards, everyone is talking about innovation. Yet, the focus on entrepreneurship training and startup intervention programs has centered on innovation.

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What BMW’s Corporate VC Offers That Regular Investors Can’t

Harvard Business Review

Gimmy’s task was clear but highly demanding: to reimagine the way BMW innovates. To fill the void and build such a new BMW startup unit, Gimmy partnered with an experienced innovation manager from BMW, Matthias Meyer. Gregor and BMW faced a crucial question: “How can the BMW Group, as a company, co-innovate with startups?”

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Reversing the Decline in Big Ideas

Harvard Business Review

Many venture capitalists are up in the arms because their returns are down, their funds are drying up, and there appear to be a declining number of entrepreneurs pursuing big ideas. Unfortunately, venture capitalists have mixed up their causality. Design Conferences. No 20,000 tech jobs. Design is everywhere.

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Reversing the Decline in Big Ideas

Harvard Business Review

Many venture capitalists are up in the arms because their returns are down, their funds are drying up, and there appear to be a declining number of entrepreneurs pursuing big ideas. Unfortunately, venture capitalists have mixed up their causality. Design Conferences. No 20,000 tech jobs. Design is everywhere.