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The Time is Now to Become an Entrepreneur

Mills Scofield

We are now a team of 30 ‘ student venture capitalists ’ from all universities in Montreal, Toronto and Halifax. And, it’s resulting in innovation and economic growth. Aron Solomon Culture Founders Project Innovation Leadership Millennials Startup Student Startups entrepreneur' How does it work?

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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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How to Revive a Tired Network

Harvard Business Review

Make you more innovative. It’s the channel through which you sell your initiatives to the people you depend on for cooperation and support. The sidebar “The Innovator’s Network Dilemma” presents convincing data that bears out this observation. Get in touch with a venture capitalist.

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President Obama Can Make Start-Up America Succeed

Harvard Business Review

Bravo venture capitalists. Ventures should compete and cooperate with ventures, regardless of their nationalities. Encourage financial entrepreneurship and innovation. We don't innovate in entrepreneurial finance enough in the U.S.: Bravo President. Bravo White House. Bravo corporate America.

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Crowdfunding’s Big-Bang Moment

Harvard Business Review

In a recent HBR article, Paul Nunes and I introduced the term Big Bang Disruption to signify innovations that, thanks to rapidly advancing technology, come out of the box both better and cheaper than alternative solutions already in the marketplace. We call this the victory of “innovation by combine” over traditional “innovation by design.”.