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There’s no single path to entrepreneurial success

Innovation 2 Enterprise

4,371,752 is just one of the more than thirty-three patents issued to Tulsa born and raised inventor and entrepreneur Gordon Matthews (1936 – 2002). The military is an important partner with private industry — in developing human talent and in providing opportunities for service people to enter technical fields. It’s a reminder.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. That happened a lot in 2002 and again in 2008. I see opportunities for disruption all around me and am meeting amazingly talented entrepreneurs. You feel it, too.

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The Book that Reveals 10 Steps to Solving Any Complex Problem

Entrepreneurs' Organization

When asked how they developed this groundbreaking formula, they say, “We didn’t create the formula out of whole cloth; we stood on the shoulders of both obscure and mainstream luminaries like Warren McCulloch, W. Now, how do leaders ensure the plans developed via the formula get put into action? Why did you write this book?

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

The Past (1985-2002). Yes, social networks of 2010 have much better usability, have better developed 3rd-party platforms and many more people are connected. Next began the era of “spam-based&# networks of which Plaxo (founded in 2002) was the king. What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks?

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A Samurai, a Knight, and a Yankee

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Usually, Japan and the EU are happy to have a weak Yen or Euro vs. the rest of the developed world. Let’s listen to former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke in a 2002 speech he gave before the National Economic Club. As shown above, as the developed world has urbanised, the birth rate has fallen well below the replacement rate.

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The Innovator's Solution for SaaS Startups - The Flywheel SaaS Company

Tomasz Tunguz

In the Innovator’s Dilemma for SaaS Startups , I outlined the path of many software companies, which disrupt incumbents by first serving the small-to-medium business and then move up-market by transitioning to serve larger enterprises with outbound sales teams. This is the “traditional” way of disrupting.

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