All articles by Scott Kirsner - Page 21

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  ArticleHow Companies Use Indiegogo to Assess Consumer Demand

  March 16, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner

  Indiegogo SVP Jerry Needel explains how companies like GE and Hasbro have been using crowdfunding as a way to gauge consumer demand for new products.
• ArticleThe Secret of Corporate Innovation Is…

  July 19, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner

  Here are seven things we see having a big impact inside large organizations, and seven things that set you up for failure.
• ArticleSandpaper: An Essential Item for the Corporate Innovator’s Toolbox

  July 20, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner

  You may want to embrace an innovation strategy that seeks to eliminate the things that aggravate employees or customers, which pay off in a shorter timeframe, with little risk.
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  ArticleGoogle VP Talks Getting Resources & Confronting the Future

  August 12, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner

  Execs are too complacent when confronting seismic industry shifts, says Ivy Ross, who leads Google’s wearable computing project. “Why…stay at a hotel, versus in an Airbnb room?”
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  ArticleHow Companies Can Think Like Hunters, Rather Than Farmers

  September 9, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner

  Author and founder Jeremy Gutsche explains the difference between the farming and hunting mindsets, and they compare to the world of innovation.
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  ArticleHow to Start and Sustain a Network of Innovation Champions

  March 22, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner

  Participants in a recent InnoLead conference call addressed six key questions about creating internal networks of innovation “champions” or “catalysts.”
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  ArticleEarly Data: Budgets, CEO Support, Metrics & Risk Tolerance

  April 6, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner

  In February, we posted an assessment of the maturity of corporate innovation programs — and how they are being accepted by the culture. Get early results here…
• ArticleHow Fintech Firm Fiserv is Refining Its Accelerator for 2017

  December 13, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner

  In 2016, five startups participated in the accelerator's first cycle. Matthew Wilcox, SVP of Marketing Strategy and Innovation, shares what is changing in round two.
• ArticleMIT’s Eric von Hippel Looks at the Rise of Consumers as Innovators

  November 22, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner

  Eric von Hippel, a professor at MIT and economist who has studied open innovation since the 1980s, explores the phenomenon of consumers as innovators.
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  ArticleGoogle and XPRIZE Execs on Enabling Big Breakthroughs

  November 23, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner

  Google X executive Hans Peter Brøndmo and XPRIZE CEO Marcus Shingles give their insights from a session held at the inaugural Harvest Summit.