Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2014

Beyond the media splash it caused, though, the event was viewed as a breakthrough on many fronts. In January 2014 IBM announced they were spending $1 billion to launch the Watson Group , including a $100 million venture fund to support start-ups and businesses that are building Watson-powered apps using the “ Watson Developers Cloud.”

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2016

I call this the Six+Six Model for entrepreneurship ecosystem development. All too often, entrepreneurship is equated with technology startups. In fact, in developing countries no tech and low tech startups actually usually create more jobs than high tech startups (think Starbucks or IKEA vs Google or Apple). While the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2013

She developed compelling content to educate customers, prospects, advocates, and influencers on the new law. Brent Remai, CMO at FireEye , was hired into a small, venture- funded company with several years of moderate results. In 2012, they were ranked as the 4th fastest-growing tech company by Technology Fast 500.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2014

Vox Media, a venture-funded publishing start-up, recently lured Ezra Klein away from the Washington Post. Beyond that, there is mobile, e-commerce affiliate programs, social media, big data, and the fact that it is easier to experiment with and develop new content on digital platforms than it ever was in the physical world.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2012

By dedicating a small amount of space on every page viewed and allowing companies to display ads, the social networking giant has developed a multi-billion dollar advertising business. They believe that the API improves user experience and makes product development both quicker and simpler. display advertisements online.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

This meant that the company was leaving out huge innovation potential — thousands of startups with billions of funding — that could help BMW innovate anything from core vehicle technology (batteries, sensors, artificial intelligence software) to manufacturing innovations (internet of things, cybersecurity, robotics).

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2013

We hear a lot about technology and globalization these days, especially how they are hollowing out the American middle class. But there has been an immense positive impact from the globalization of entrepreneurship, making Silicon Valley’s formula of technology-based start-ups an international instrument for economic development.

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