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Feedback To Female Entrepreneurs Often Has Gender Bias Baked In

The Horizons Tracker

As a result, they and their ideas may be discounted by the platform because they’re not the intended target market. These products also had lower rates of venture funding and fewer users. If you want a platform that is more diverse, then you need the larger ecosystem to be more diverse.” Gender gap.

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Four Innovation Trends to Watch in 2013

Harvard Business Review

Digital media continue to be springboards for global innovation and enterprise. So here are four innovation ideas — themes, really — sure to gain significantly greater mind- and market-share over the coming year. Half the stocks in the market are now yielding more than fixed income. innovative alternatives.

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Research: How Cloud Computing Changed Venture Capital

Harvard Business Review

So an innovation that changes the cost of experiments changes the landscape for venture funding. In recent research, we examined a particular innovation that had a broad impact on some types of startups but little to no effect on others. This continues today.

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How a Startup Accelerator at Boston Children’s Hospital Helps Doctors Launch Companies

Harvard Business Review

Physicians, nurses, and others who work on the front lines of patient care are an important potential source for innovations that could improve patients’ health and reduce the cost of care. Boston Children’s Hospital designed an innovation accelerator to overcome these hurdles. Insight Center. Sponsored by Optum.

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The Danger of Turning Cynical About Silicon Valley

Harvard Business Review

An increasing number of critiques have been mounted in publications as diverse as The New Republic , The Weekly Standard , and Wired (to name only a few) based on charges of sexism, conspicuous consumption, inequality, and an attitude toward government and social problems ranging from naivete to disdain. economy and on employment.

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How Singapore Became an Entrepreneurial Hub

Harvard Business Review

Like Silicon Valley, Singapore has strong research institutions and limited enforcement of noncompete clauses, a condition that academics now suggest can be a major driver of innovation. Like Israel, Singapore is small, with limited natural resources, which means economic growth requires innovative macroeconomic approaches.