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6 Innovation Secrets We Learned in London

UBI Global

How Innovation Will Survive and Thrive Last week’s GCV Symposium was a fantastic event that brought the venture capital ecosystem together. Founder and CEO James Mawson and his team created an exciting event full of impactful collaborations, new technology, and insights on uncovering startups. This article shares 6 innovation secrets we learned in London.

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Design Thinking: Refresh Your Business Model and Insert Creativity into Your Routine

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

The YSEALI Network’s #TechTuesday Design Thinking webchat provides powerful insights about the advantages that “design thinking” can bring to any undertaking. U.S. Department of State Program Officer Sam Gordon interviewed Adriel Luis, a curator at the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, capturing his passion for this innovative method for solving problems.

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The Amazon Shadow Economy

Revolution

The news that Blackstone purchased nearly $18B of warehouse real estate reflects a trend that I think is just now coming into full view: the Amazon shadow economy. Over the last several years, it’s become clear that Amazon’s capabilities and demand are starting to outpace even Amazon itself. When two-day shipping was rolling out to Prime subscribers, only products housed in Amazon-owned warehouses were eligible for Prime’s free two-day benefit, allowing Amazon to drive greater usage of its profi

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Digital marketing strategy: drive leads or build brand?

NZ Entrepreneur

Digital marketing success can be highly subjective. In my opinion, companies are either far too focused on the end sale or the conversion campaign, or they’re on the other end of the spectrum and are only worried about the brand and feel-good creative. So should your digital strategy be focused on driving leads or building your brand? Answer: Your digital marketing must look after both the short term and the long term.

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Digitalization: 5 Tech Updates That Will Help You Survive The Recession & Thrive

Lack of digitalization decreases business competitiveness. To thrive, embracing modern solutions becomes essential. The approach to digitalization often aligns with a company's business model. This shift not only boosts productivity but also automates processes and improves security. The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.

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Delegation Sharing Oklahoma’s Good News Bioscience Story at BIO International Convention

Innovation 2 Enterprise

By Kevan Goff-Parker. Copyright © 2019, The Oklahoman. PHILADELPHIA — More than 40 Oklahoma bioscience and industry experts from a wide array of fields are busy telling global industry leaders about the state’s successes in the bioscience sector during the BIO International Conference held Tuesday through Thursday at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia.

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From Heartbreak Comes Purpose

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Written for EO by Adam Dailey (pictured above, right), an EO San Diego member and CEO of Funly Events. On the morning of Monday, 4 March 2019, I was easing myself into the week. I practiced my morning routine with intention. I waited to turn on my phone, holding off the inevitable flow of business-related messages. When I did turn on my phone, however, the flurry of emails and texts that came through weren’t about business.

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Board Dynamics - Fixing Interpersonal Problems With the Nuclear Approach

The Seraf Compass

The need for an expression like “hacking the board” reflects the fact that for startups, dealing with a board is about making the best of a situation the founder did not create and cannot fully control. So far we’ve discussed hacks for advising CEOs on planning and running a board meeting, a checklist of expectations of board conduct, handling difficult personas, recognizing the sources of interpersonal conflict and how to fix them gently.

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How to Create a Killer Competition Slide (Hint: Don’t Use a Magic Quadrant!)

Dream It

50% of the time, founders walk into a pitch meeting with Dreamit and show a competition slide that looks something like this: That's called a "Magic Quadrant." If you present your competition slide as a Magic Quadrant, you'll do your company a major disservice. Why? Because when an investor sees a Magic Quadrant, they'll think: Can your company actually only differentiate its product on two axes?

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Getting Out Of Town

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

The Gotham Gal and I are going on vacation for a couple weeks. I will turn on my out of office responder and stop responding to most emails. I plan to continue to write here daily but the timing of the posts will change. They will probably happen much earlier in the day on US time. I am hoping for a bit of distance and reflection from the world of tech and startups and maybe that will result in some good writing.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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[DreaMed in BioSpace] T1D Exchange and DreaMed Diabetes Formalize Partnership to Optimize Insulin Treatment Plans in Clinics

OurCrowd

T1D Exchange today announced a partnership with DreaMed Diabetes to provide six clinics in its Quality Improvement Collaborative (QIC) with access to DreaMed Advisor Pro, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based decision support technology. Read more here. The post [DreaMed in BioSpace] T1D Exchange and DreaMed Diabetes Formalize Partnership to Optimize Insulin Treatment Plans in Clinics appeared first on OurCrowd.

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Simone Giertz on Her Robots and Returning to Work After Brain Surgery

Y Combinator

Simone Giertz describes herself as a maker/robotics enthusiast/non-engineer. She’s also known as the Queen of Shitty Robots. She runs a YouTube channel about those robots and is a cohost on Tested with Adam Savage from MythBusters. You can find her on YouTube and on Twitter @SimoneGiertz. She also has a Patreon. Topics. 00:00 – Intro. 1:10 – “Whatever feeds the ego kills the soul.” 3:50 – Maintaining passion for your work. 6:45 – Building a sustainable busines

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[yulife in Verdict] yulife’s approach to life insurance will be a success with SMEs

OurCrowd

yulife recently raised £10m ($12.7m) in funding for its group life insurance product that targets the SME space. Read more here. The post [yulife in Verdict] yulife’s approach to life insurance will be a success with SMEs appeared first on OurCrowd.

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[Celeno in Yahoo Finance] Comtrend Selects Celeno’s CL8000 Chip Family to Deliver Elastic Wi-Fi 6 Home Gateways and Mesh Nodes to Service Providers

OurCrowd

Celeno, a leading provider of smart, managed Wi-Fi solutions, announced today that Comtrend, a leading global provider of advanced networking solutions, has selected the CL8000 product family chips for their new Wi-Fi 6 home gateways and mesh node solution. Read more here. The post [Celeno in Yahoo Finance] Comtrend Selects Celeno’s CL8000 Chip Family to Deliver Elastic Wi-Fi 6 Home Gateways and Mesh Nodes to Service Providers appeared first on OurCrowd.

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PE Mastery: CAPTARGET's Playbook for Quality Lead Flow

CAPTARGET presents a masterclass in M&A deal sourcing. Learn to cast a wide net, embracing seller self-identification. Consistency is the linchpin: keep the origination process steady for a reliable flow of opportunities. Diversify your tactics, employing various tools and vendors. Tech matters! Understand DNS settings, domain authority, and brand presence for optimal outreach.