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Accelerators Need To Do More To Foster Connections

The Horizons Tracker

Incubators and accelerators have become highly pervasive around the world, as countries seek to cultivate the kind of innovations that drive economic growth. The research examined 56,000 patents granted between 1969 and 2012 from American universities with incubator programs. Making connections.

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How Do I Start Your Own Business?

Strategy Driven

Part 4 Get Finance. Choose The Source of Finance. You have to arrange for finance at this stage. You can also take finance from venture capitalist or angel investor. Instead of signing a lease in an upscale neighbourhood, prefer renting in a cheaper area or use a business incubator. Buy Equipment. About the Author.

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Looking For Leadership

N2Growth Blog

They are the ones innovating and breaking-down barriers. If the cream isn't allowed to rise to the top it will go somewhere else…real leaders don't incubate well. They are the ones who have earned the trust, loyalty and respect of their co-workers. They are the ones people turn to when things get tough. I Think Not.

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How to Hand Off an Innovation Project from One Team to Another

Harvard Business Review

That fear drives their companies to invest millions into coming up with breakthrough innovations. If innovation projects are going to succeed, they’ll need to survive a handoff from an innovation team to an execution team. These labels also nicely describe the phases of innovation: Explore, Scale, and Optimize.

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Innovating the Toyota, and YouTube, Way

Harvard Business Review

As global innovators, however, they share a remarkable core value and best practice: they invest in the innovative capabilities of their suppliers. USA Today ran an excellent — if over-flattering — profile of YouTube's splashy but serious effort to provide a high-tech incubator for content and channel creators.

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Entrepreneurs Take On Manufacturing

Harvard Business Review

Much has been made of this software-powered “hardware renaissance,” particularly as it has spawned a vibrant local “maker movement” and hardware hobbyist community. First, Kickstarter and other crowd-funding sources have opened up new options for initial finance.

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How GE Stays Young

Harvard Business Review

You need to think like a portfolio manager, allocating resources both to innovate in your core and for the future. Knowing that today’s operations will almost always win the lion’s share of resources, you need to consciously create a protected class of innovative ideas to invest in, even if money is tight.