One Statement Tells You Whether A Business Is Truly Groundbreaking
To create something entirely new--something that the world has not seen before--requires contrarian thinking.Peter Thiel, a co-founder of Paypal who's now one of the world's best-known venture capital...
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27 Books Every Entrepreneur Should Read
We get tons of books here at War Room, on management, leadership, career advice, and entrepreneurship. So we've pulled together the essential reading list for entrepreneurs — from our own reading, and...
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20 Startups That Mary Meeker Thinks Could Change Everything We Do
Technology is rapidly changing everything we do.Mary Meeker, a former Wall Street analyst who's now a prominent Silicon Valley investor, highlighted a number of innovative companies in her recent...
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Pepsi's Chief Design Officer On How To Invest In Innovation
The fast-paced business world is focused on results and returns, but truly innovative companies have a culture focused on long-term gains where innovation can thrive. Mauro Porcini, the chief design...
View ArticlePeople Get the '90% Of Everything Is Crap' Law All Wrong
That is how Sturgeon’s Law is often phrased. To see what it means, let’s back up a bit and start by finding the flaw in this argument: most innovation consultants are lousy, so innovation consulting is...
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Intense Secrecy Isn't The Best Strategy For Corporations
Ever since GE built the first industrial lab in 1900, research and development has been a highly secretive affair. Security protocols have been regarded almost as important as scientific ones....
View ArticleA 15 Year-Old Girl From Canada Has Built A Flashlight Powered By The Heat Of...
There's almost no real reason to own a flashlight now that all smartphones have bright flashes that work as flashlights.However!If, for some reason, you do want a dedicated flashlight in your life, a...
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12 Innovators Who Are Changing Hollywood
Hollywood is changing, and not a moment too soon. With traditional entertainment platforms in upheaval and digital models facing down old-style distribution, TheWrap went on the hunt for the people who...
View ArticleSuper Quick Summaries Of 5 Psychology Books You Should Read
Google Reader is being shut down on July 1st. Sign up for my mailing list to make sure you don't miss anything. Join here.“What are the best psychology books to read?”Everyone asks me that. But then...
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Mehdi Yazdanpanah Has the Coolest Small Business In America
Of all the small business owners nominated for a big national award, by far our favorite was Kentucky's Mehdi Yazdanpanah and his company Nauga Needles.Nauga Needles makes "nano-needles"— incredibly...
View ArticleHow Lego Clawed Its Way Out Of Near Bankruptcy
Few toys have caught the imagination of children everywhere more than LEGOs -- the multi-colored plastic blocks that can snap together to construct houses, castles, space ships or fantastical imaginary...
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PORN: The Hidden Engine That Drives Innovation In Tech
Even though Google Glass just banned porn, the adult industry still looks to adapt and drive new technology.Whether its interactive motion-controlled porn, sexual avatars, biofeedback or 3D video, the...
View ArticleInnovation Isn't Just About Brainstorming New Ideas
In its early years, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, now known as 3M, was a dismal failure. After years of mining losses and red ink, company founders and investors came to a crossroads....
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One Story That Explains How Successful People Think
I love to give the following puzzle to new team members at our companies, Likeable Mediaand Likeable Local:Using four straight lines and never taking your finger off of your screen, connect all nine...
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From VHS To Google Glass, Porn Drives The Tech Market
In wartime, technology is driven by our shared weakness for violence. In 1939, the RAF was still sending biplanes into battle.By 1945 we had jets. Spitfires and stealth bombers are beautiful things...
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12 Weird Things That Tech Companies Do To Make Their Employees More Creative
The tech industry is fast-paced and always looking for that Next Big Thing.So tech companies have come up with a lot of great tricks to boost their employee's creativity.From having Lady Gaga talk to...
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14 Of The Most Essential Lessons You Learn In Business School
While startups might question the relevance of the MBA, it's hard to argue with the salary bump you get after graduating from a top school, or the fact that nearly 40% of Fortune 100 CEOs have the...
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Avoiding An Innovation Deficit Or Debt Is The Only Way To Keep First-Mover...
First movers don’t necessarily have the best track records. They are unsuccessful about half the time, while fast followers endure a failure rate of just 8 percent. Those are jarring statistics. So why...
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INSTANT MBA: 3 Things Leaders Get Wrong About Innovation
Today's advice comes from Jeff DeGraff, business professor at the University of Michigan, via LinkedIn: "Chances are, innovation doesn’t work where you work — or only works some of the time, mostly in...
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The 7 Greatest Australian Sporting Innovations
While we like to think of Australia as the ‘clever country’, it’s not unusual for sport to dominate our national psyche. Yet the two aren’t as mutually exclusive as some may think. Australia has a long...
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