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Disruption is at an all-time high
Disruption is at an all-time high. The CEOs who think outside their four walls will thrive — while the ones who don’t will disappear.
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Disruption is at an all-time high
Disruption is at an all-time high. The CEOs who think outside their four walls will thrive — while the ones who don’t will disappear.
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Whether they do it out of fear or complacency, the CEOs who continue to operate within their “four walls” — who refuse to look to external sources to help drive innovation — will increasingly find themselves out of a job. ...
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Using a conventional approach, corporations are paying more than they should to develop new products, markets, or revenue streams. Capital can be employed much more effectively using something like Branch Rickey’s farm system.
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Chicago fishing lure startup scales fast during Covid, is a hit with NBA players in the bubble
Chicago fishing lure startup scales fast during Covid, is a hit with NBA players in the bubble
A Chicago startup that sells lures and other fishing equipment has taken off during Covid-19, ...
August 26, 2020
Remember Office Banter? Audio Apps Want to Bring That Back
Remember Office Banter? Audio Apps Want to Bring That Back
Voice platforms like Chalk, Watercooler, Space and Voiceroom aim to foster the random chats that ...
August 26, 2020
The Next Era — Introducing Rapchat Gold
The Next Era — Introducing Rapchat Gold
One of our main goals at Rapchat is to enable anyone to easily record and ...
August 25, 2020
Yac gets backed by Slack to bring the intimacy of voice back when remote co-workers interact – TechCrunch
Yac gets backed by Slack to bring the intimacy of voice back when remote co-workers interact – TechCrunch
Yac, the digital voice messaging service that launched last year, has raised new money from ...
August 24, 2020
The Race Is On to Be the Peloton of Weight Lifting
The Race Is On to Be the Peloton of Weight Lifting
Three companies — Tempo, Tonal and Forme Life — are competing to supplant cheap dumbbells ...
August 13, 2020
Navigating the new frontiers of innovation
Navigating the new frontiers of innovation
BigCo leaders must learn to navigate the new frontiers of innovation. TechNexus began nearly fifteen ...
August 12, 2020
Market Fit Metric
Why Your Startup Needs a Product-Market Fit Metric
I Got 99 Problems, but Product-Market Fit Ain’t One For early-stage businesses, product-market fit is ...
August 6, 2020
Krisp snags $5M A round as demand grows for its voice-isolating algorithm – TechCrunch
Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech, which silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls, ...
August 6, 2020
Mayoral allies unveil free Wi-Fi plan
Mayoral allies unveil free Wi-Fi plan
A handful of aldermen led by Gilbert Villegas (36th) held a news conference Tuesday to ...
July 29, 2020
mobile app is getting background noise suppression because life is noisy
Discord’s mobile app is getting background noise suppression because life is noisy
By the way, there’s a goat video.
July 29, 2020
Sea Machines raises $15 million for autonomous ship navigation
Sea Machines raises $15 million for autonomous ship navigation
Sea Machines Robotics, a startup developing autonomous ship solutions, closed a $15 million round to ...
July 23, 2020
Audeze Smashes Affordability Barrier With Its LCD-1 Planar-Magnetic Headphones
Audeze Smashes Affordability Barrier With Its LCD-1 Planar-Magnetic Headphones
WIth their cutting edge planar-magnetic driver technology, the Audeze LCD-1 are a superbly open and ...
July 7, 2020
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CHICAGO, July 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Encore RV resorts and Thousand Trails campgrounds, which provides top ...
July 1, 2020
How Fitness Creators Make Money | Fitt Insider
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Fitness professionals are unbundling from gyms and studios. Increasingly, fitness creators are cutting out the ...
June 30, 2020
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LANDR Launches LANDR Pro Network, A Digital Marketplace For Music Professionals To Market And Manage Their Businesses
/PRNewswire/ — LANDR, the leading creative platform for musicians who want to create, master and ...
June 30, 2020

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