All Working With Startups - Page 9

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  ArticleBudget Cuts Close Turner Tech Office, Startup Accelerator

  January 7, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner

  Late December brought another unfortunate example of corporate budget cuts bringing the curtain down on an innovation team — this one at Turner Broadcasting...
• ArticleInsights from PayPal Co-Founder Peter Thiel

  December 17, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner

  In this audio excerpt, Peter Thiel discusses how internal politics can tilt decision-making in large companies towards conventional ideas and away from what is truly disruptive.
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  On Demand WebcastFidelity VP on Tools for Innovation Teams

  December 17, 2014

  Rick Smyers of Fidelity Investments explains how you can put the right strategy, tools, and people in place to make a real impact — and details some of his team’s successful projects.
• ArticleWhy Visa Set Up a Digital Payments Innovation Lab

  November 19, 2014 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager

  As more consumers look to pay for things without a credit card or carrying cash, Visa exec Bill Gajda explains the company's thinking behind a new innovation center in San Francisco.
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  On Demand Live CallHospital Innovation Exec Talks Disruption, Events & Engagement

  November 10, 2014

  Lesley Solomon of Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston, discusses running hackathons, and how she gets busy clinicians engaged with innovation initiatives.
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  ArticleHow GM’s Silicon Valley Office Hunts for Relevant Innovations

  October 1, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner

  Managing director Frankie James talks about how her Silicon Valley-based team identifies high-potential startups and new technologies and interacts with teams at GM headquarters.
• ArticleGameStop’s Technology Institute Explores Future of Retail

  September 15, 2014 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager

  In March, the $9 billion videogame retailer created the GameStop Technology Institute to help it develop new experiences and offerings for the "empowered consumer."
• ArticleHow Heathrow Airport Clears Emerging Tech for Take-Off

  August 18, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner

  London’s Heathrow Airport handles 72 million passengers a year. Amidst the need for operational efficiency, Richard Harding explains what the innovation team has achieved.
• ArticleDisney SVP on How Accelerator Program Led to New Partnerships

  August 5, 2014

  With the Walt Disney Co. about to launch the second round of its Disney Accelerator program for startups, we caught up with Michael Abrams, Senior Vice President of Innovation.  
• ArticleGE’s Chief Marketing Officer on Opening up to Innovation

  July 30, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner

  Beth Comstock talks about how GE pursues speed and growth through partnerships: investing in startups, crowdsourcing, & inviting inventors to use patents… 
• ArticleWhy Audi of America is Hiring Robotic Repair Advisors

  July 9, 2014 | By Judy Quinn

  Audi of America is rolling out telepresence robots at 18 of its highest-volume U.S. dealerships, in an effort to accelerate repairs and improve customer satisfaction.
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  ArticleWhy Lowe’s Innovation Lab Hired Sci-Fi Writers to Guide Strategy

  July 1, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner

  Kyle Nel of Lowe’s Innovation Labs explains why the home improvement retailer created a comic book to help executives evaluate possible future scenarios.
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  ArticleHow Publisher Pearson Gets Close to Education Startups

  June 3, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner

  “Education is changing — there’s no denying that,” says Diana Stepner of Pearson plc. Here’s what the British publishing company is doing to connect with tech startups…
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  ArticleHow Vodafone unites VC, New Products & Marketing

  May 20, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner

  Fay Arjomandi talks about the "xone" initiative to help Vodafone identify and work with startups that can improve its network and customer experience...
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  ArticleGE’s Chief Marketing Officer Talks Innovation, Partnerships

  April 29, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner

  GE's marketing chief Beth Comstock discussed the company's views on crowdsourcing, the Internet of things, the lean startup movement, and more. Quick bullets inside...
• ArticleWhy Delphi Planted an Innovation Lab in Silicon Valley

  April 16, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner

  Delphi Labs director John Absmeier explains how the automotive components giant is partnering, investing, and plugging into the Silicon Valley ecosystem…
• ArticleVC the GE Way: Lessons from the Firm’s Strategy

  March 31, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner

  GE chief executive Jeff Immelt called a meeting in 2012 to rethink the company's investing strategy. The result was the creation of a new GE Ventures team...
• ArticleTen Insights from Textron’s Scorpion Jet Program

  March 19, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner

  Textron set an audacious goal: Get a new military plane from concept to the runway in under two years. Execs shared what they learned on the journey...
• ArticleLearnings from Our Hospital’s First Hackathon

  March 14, 2014

  Innovation exec Lesley Solomon explains how Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston set up its first hackathon and what the event achieved for the organization...
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  ArticleAdvice from Dell’s VC Group

  March 6, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner

  After getting out of the venture capital game a decade ago, Dell recently jumped back in with both feet. Jim Lussier explains how the tech company’s approach is different…