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10 Key Buildings in the Brooklyn Innovation Community

This is going to be BIG.

Back in 2006, when I started working on putting together some community groups for entrepreneurs and tech people, I looked for a better name to reference this collection of people. This outer borough community is fueled by the creativity of an even wider assortment of innovators--and what I find most interesting is where they do what they do.

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Three reasons startups fuel any innovation ecosystem

UBI Global

A guest post by Tala Al Ansari, Director of District 2020‘s Innovation Ecosystem and supporting partner to the Triumph of Innovation impact study and report. The post Three reasons startups fuel any innovation ecosystem appeared first on UBI Global | Innovation Intelligence Company and Community.

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In 15 Years From Now Half of US Universities May Be in Bankruptcy. My Surprise Discussion with @ClayChristensen

Both Sides of the Table

I have written about Deflationary Economics (one of my most read posts ever) & The Innovator’s Dilemma before. I reinforced this view by referring to a very interesting article I had read by Andy Grove (co-founder & former CEO of Intel) on car batteries, china manufacturing and the problem of US outsourcing. Freemium.

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The Audacious Plan to Make Electricity as Easy as WiFi

Both Sides of the Table

Many of their innovations that allowed this to work when nobody else had solved wireless transfer at a distance (several meters) included: A transmitter compact enough to be practical to hang in restaurants, coffee shops, your car, your home, etc.

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The Glue that Makes a Community Stick

This is going to be BIG.

We used Dumbo as a reference and talked about how the critical mass of Two Trees buildings created a neighborhood with multiple destinations. I''ve always believed that investors make great community glue because they have a huge incentive for their local communities to thrive as places of innovation. Venture Capital & Technology'

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Do You Have the Right Answers to these Intellectual Property Questions?

Venture Well

In honor of World Intellectual Property Day, we put together a quick-reference guide on the role IP rights play in innovation and entrepreneurship. The post Do You Have the Right Answers to these Intellectual Property Questions? appeared first on VentureWell.

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A Founder's Guide: Essential Management Advice for Startups

Tomasz Tunguz

One-on-Ones and Feedback Structure your 1:1s : Use a four-part format covering performance, relationships, leadership, and innovation. Team Building Anatomy of a Reference Check : Then get out of their way. Communication complexity increases exponentially with team size, creating natural breaking points in management structures 3.

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