The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 9, 2023

While Winston Churchill was famously supposed to have remarked that we should never waste a crisis, the reality is that during recessions, firms often tighten their belts and reduce the amount they invest in innovation. “We examine innovation following the Great Depression using data on a century’s worth of U.S.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 5, 2022

The deluge of easy money into the sector has prompted many would-be entrepreneurs to take their eye off the ball, and whereas Peter Drucker famously said that the only real purpose of a business is to create a customer, the current entrepreneurial landscape allows founders to get rich without worrying too much about that.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 27, 2021

One might imagine that such intrinsic motivation is even more prevalent among social entrepreneurs, who by their very definition are focused primarily on improving various social, environmental, or cultural issues. ” Missionary entrepreneurs. ” Missionary entrepreneurs. .” ” Missionary entrepreneurs.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 2, 2022

The entrepreneurial learning curve is often an extremely steep one, with entrepreneurs picking up the tools of the trade at a rapid pace as they try to grow their businesses. The delayed product launches don’t appear to suggest that learning is happening in many startups today. Pivoting successfully. Slack timekeeping.

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Leading Blog

JULY 25, 2019

W E LIVE IN the age of the entrepreneur. Their greatest fear is no longer their closest competitor, but the startups which, although they live in metaphorical garages and have hardly taken off, have an innovation power that established organizations can only dream of possessing. The Three Tracks of Innovation.

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 16, 2013

The best way to discover them is to ask those who have overcome the odds to tell their stories, and that’s what the Oregon Entrepreneur’s Network (OEN) did last week here in Portland, inviting 15 Oregon entrepreneurs to speak at their first OEN Summit.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 20, 2018

It was a fitting tribute to the man who personified invention and innovation. They covered a range of devices and technologies. So, let’s take a moment and consider four things about innovation that you can learn from Thomas Edison. Innovation Is A Team Sport. It’s hard to argue with the record. Try, Try Again.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

Posted on January 21st, 2011 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? While entrepreneurs are clearly talented innovators and visionaries, most first time entrepreneurs don’t have prior experience as a CEO.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 27, 2021

Technology is incredibly important for all of our businesses. No matter what kind of company you run, there’s probably some kind of technology that helps you manage customers, advertise your products and shorten the amount of time you spend on administrative tasks. Sadly, technology can get extremely expensive over time.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Eisenmann introduces the Diamond-and-Square framework to help aspiring entrepreneurs know whether they have actually identified an attractive opportunity and determine what types of resources are required to successfully capitalize on it. Premature scaling of marketing and product development efforts is a widespread cause of startup failure.

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CEO Insider

JULY 20, 2020

Dan Goman is an American entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of OWNZONES Entertainment Technologies, a software company targeted towards providing the post-production and OTT industries with ground-breaking innovations, from digital supply chain solutions to unique, customizable video apps.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Read the informative and inspirational, The Entrepreneur’s Faces , to follow the intriguing stories of 10 real entrepreneurs from around the world as they reveal their personal entrepreneurial journeys – overcoming pain and setbacks, all the while demonstrating tremendous vision, imagine and drive. The Visionary : Strategic, prophetic.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 25, 2023

When we think of innovation, we often do so through the lens of “creative destruction” The phrase, which was memorably coined by economist Joseph Schumpeter, suggests that innovation typically happens when an incumbent is gazumped by a new upstart. ” What is non-disruptive innovation? INSEAD’s W.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 25, 2021

Read the informative and inspirational, The Entrepreneur’s Faces , to follow the intriguing stories of 10 real entrepreneurs from around the world as they reveal their personal entrepreneurial journeys – overcoming pain and setbacks, all the while demonstrating tremendous vision, imagine and drive. The Visionary : Strategic, prophetic.

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Entrepreneur Self-aware Storytelling Early Adopters 65

Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Entrepreneurs, c orporate executives and managers know from experience that the best teams sport a rare mixture of friction, freedom and alignment. We’ve met so many entrepreneurs that we can usually identify someone’s type in a few minutes. The Evangelist: Even the best of products and services need a story to catch fire.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 23, 2023

Knowing what to do While extensive research has examined the process of developing and commercializing new products, one crucial aspect of technology commercialization has received comparatively little attention: what form should the innovation take when sold in the market?

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 19, 2022

It’s nearly a decade since Northwestern’s Robert Gordon pondered whether sclerotic innovation was causing the death of economic growth as we had come to know it. An explanation comes in the form of a paper from Northwestern’s Mark Buchanan, in which he highlights what is known as recombinative innovation.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Read the informative and inspirational, The Entrepreneur’s Faces , to follow the intriguing stories of 10 real entrepreneurs from around the world as they reveal their personal entrepreneurial journeys – overcoming pain and setbacks, all the while demonstrating tremendous vision, imagine and drive. The Visionary : Strategic, prophetic.

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Entrepreneur Self-aware Storytelling Early Adopters 65

Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

Innovation Capital. Whether you have invented an amazing new technology or product, you could still fail. And one of the most overlooked reasons for entrepreneurial failure is innovation capital. He offers a unique perspective on innovation and winning in the marketplace. The Components of Innovation Capital.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 12, 2021

And yet, at the end of the day, they know what truly matters—their people skills and ability to innovate. Apple’s versatility – a brainchild of Jobs and his creative flair –is what set it apart in a world of fast-growing technology firms. Successful leaders are always prepared for unforeseen challenges and can fix them.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The pace of innovation in business is rapid. These are just two examples of how technology is driving the evolution of business. These applications effectively support remote working and ensure that businesses can achieve high levels of productivity without needing to rely on centralized physical premises.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 1, 2023

Professional development has emerged as a vital tool for business owners and engineers alike to enhance their skills, drive innovation, and achieve long-term success. The Power of Lifelong Learning The landscape of business and engineering is constantly evolving, driven by technological advancements and market demands.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 18, 2023

Are you an entrepreneur, start-up head, or business owner looking for an edge in 2023? From offering unique customized services to continuously innovating, these actionable tactics will assist entrepreneurs in staying ahead of the competition. Given the rapid advancements in technology, a plethora of options awaits you.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 26, 2021

Every entrepreneur and business manager is constantly working to improve the efficiency of their business. Many entrepreneurs hold their business close to their heart, and they prefer to have a direct hand in everything involved with it. It only requires that you incorporate such technology to increase the efficiency of your workforce.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 3, 2019

He writes, “Jeff Bezos and Amazon have a remarkably consistent way to approaching and meeting challenges, operating their business and technology, and thinking about new ideas, markets, and growth.” The most impactful and underappreciated aspect of innovation is challenging common and long-held assumptions about how things work.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 17, 2016

Entrepreneurs of the Third Wave will spend a great deal of time focused on things other than tech as they work to connecting the Internet to everything else. The entrepreneurs of this era are going to challenge the biggest industries in the world, and those that most affect our daily lives. Leading on the Third Wave of the Internet.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 23, 2021

An entrepreneur will start at a high note with many positive expectations of what impact their business can make. From the products, they will sell to the kind of profits they will reap. Perhaps, one reason why most startups don’t succeed is due to a lack of product stability. Technology. Doesn’t this sound amazing?

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Skip Prichard

JANUARY 21, 2021

The uplifting stories of ten unique entrepreneurs form an actionable template for personal and professional growth. Jonathan Littman collaborated with IDEO on the bestsellers The Art of Innovation and The Ten Faces of Innovation. Susanna Camp is a journalist specializing in emerging technology. ” -Littman, Camp.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 27, 2023

However, the duration needed for entrepreneurs to launch their ventures can vary, depending on how swiftly they shape their ideas, secure financing, develop prototypes, and undertake other essential steps. In rapidly changing environments, swift entrepreneurs can capitalize on fleeting opportunities.

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 4, 2021

In his book Thursday is the New Friday: How to Work Fewer Hours, Make More Money, and Spend Time Doing What You Want , Joe Sanok outlines how we arrived at this point in history, what we each can do internally to thrive, and how slowing down is actually the key to growing productivity and creativity. So will the team check emails after work?

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 31, 2021

In the startup world, experimentation is often seen as a given as entrepreneurs test their assumptions and rapidly pivot based upon the learning those experiments generate. But usually, entrepreneurs have a belief about something that [their] startup should do, and they pursue it and they follow through.”. Quantitative decision-making.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 14, 2021

Learning how the most innovative leaders step back and see the big picture, assess the underlying issue, and then approach the solutions in a systemic, realistic way helped me see things in an entirely new way. Unorthodox thinking is required throughout the innovation process.”. But this proved to be a false conclusion.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 28, 2022

Famous research from Stanford’s Nicholas Bloom illustrates the difficulties we face in keeping the wheels of innovation turning. Bloom illustrates that while we’re spending more on research and innovation than ever before, we’re getting diminishing returns for that investment. Engines of creation. in 1985 to 5.3%

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Entrepreneurship Every entrepreneur needs a firm business foundation to succeed, and a business degree can be the perfect way to get it. With a thorough understanding of the business landscape, MBA graduates have what it takes to become successful entrepreneurs and start their own ventures. The possibilities are endless!

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CEO Insider

MARCH 14, 2023

I was a young entrepreneur with big dreams and even bigger ambitions, and—despite the economic challenges—I saw an immense opportunity in cloud technology as a transformative innovation. I founded Clio in 2008, just as the global economy was reeling from the Great Recession.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 2, 2022

They want to be entrepreneurs , but many have no idea how to go about it or what it even means to be an entrepreneur. This cohort is constantly plugged into social media and technology, making it difficult for them to focus on anything else. They are also very innovative and come up with new ideas. Bottom Line.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 3, 2020

The other side offers raging competition as the internet opens up the market to international players through innovation and technology that is hard to keep up with. Many traditional businesses are succumbing to entities dominating web presence by implementing the latest technology. Cloud Technology.

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