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The Freedom To Innovate

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

In my testimony, I explained to the DFS staff that the difference between the US and China is that the US respects the freedom to innovate: REMINDER: ANYTHING THAT CHINA BANS, INVEST IN! We hired a law firm, answered the subpoena, and that ultimately landed me in public testimony in front of the DFS staff.

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Innovation Indicators

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

To that end, they launched a valuable resource last month called Innovation Indicators. Innovation Indicators is a dashboard that shows the latest data on the impact of the tech sector on the NY economy. They play a number of important roles and one of them is to educate and inform about the impact of the tech sector in NY.

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Investing in a More Inclusive Innovation Economy

Revolution

As COVID kept us off the road, we launched a Rise of the Rest Equity Tour in partnership with Morgan Stanley’s Multicultural Innovation Lab, Opportunity Hub, and 100 Black Angels & Allies. We hope Black History Month and the months, years, and decades that follow prove to be more equitable for entrepreneurs everywhere.

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Rapid Innovation

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

When people ask me why I prefer to invest in software-based innovation vs other important areas like biotech, hardware, energy, etc, I always point to the speed at which software can be built, released, and iterated on. Society needs innovation in areas outside of software. Society needs innovation in areas outside of software.

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Building Healthy Innovation Ecosystems for Your Projects

Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic

Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. What do I measure to know I'm making progress?

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how can we make innovation more inclusive?

Venture Well

Underrepresented innovators share their insights and experiences on how to make innovation more inclusive, ensuring underrepresented students consider entrepreneurship as a career path. The post how can we make innovation more inclusive? appeared first on VentureWell.

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How to foster serendipitous innovation in hybrid and remote teams

Entrepreneurs' Organization

I told Saul that this is a common issue among organizations, and one that can only be addressed by adopting best practices for innovation in the return to the office and the future of work. To put it mildly, it’s hard to innovate when a large part of your workforce quits, and the rest are demoralized due to high turnover rates.