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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.
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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Fred Hoch featured in Forbes article, “4 Unexpected Ways That Partnering With A Corporation Could Help Your Startup”
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exponential corporate growth
The answer to exponential corporate growth
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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MOLTEN to Unveil at Cannes First Delivery-as-a-Service Solution for Film, TV Content
MOLTEN to Unveil at Cannes First Delivery-as-a-Service Solution for Film, TV Content
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (PRWEB) June 22, 2020 MOLTEN, a cloud infrastructure platform that streamlines digital media ...
Chicago is No Silicon Valley — and Why That’s a Good Thing
Chicago is No Silicon Valley — and Why That’s a Good Thing
Note: This post originally appeared in Midwest Startups Walking up the creaky, unfinished steps next ...
Playbook, a fitness platform that puts creators first, raises $9.3 million – TechCrunch
Playbook, a creator platform focused on fitness, raises $3 million in seed – TechCrunch
Playbook, aiming to be the Patreon of fitness content, announced the close of a $3 ...
huge jump in popularity,’ fueled by technology
Extreme social distancing: Why camping is poised for a ‘huge jump in popularity,’ fueled by technology
After months confined in their homes, many people who would normally hop on an airplane ...
The New Playbook for Growth in the Age of Digital Transformation
The New Playbook for Growth in the Age of Digital Transformation
The Shifting Growth Landscape Idea In Brief: Permanent shifts in the economy in the era ...
Productivity Suite | Reuters News Agency
Productivity Suite | Reuters News Agency
Reuters Connect will offer ‘end-to-end’ creation, production and editing services from a range of partners, ...
‘A complete audio solution’: Shure reveals new Microflex loudspeaker – Installation
The new MicroflexTM MXN5-C Networked Loudspeaker from Shure provides high-quality speech reproduction for AV conferencing ...
Ocient raises $15 million more for ‘exabyte-scale’ database tech
Ocient raises $15 million more for ‘exabyte-scale’ database tech
Ocient, a startup developing a database platform that can handle exabyte-sized files, has raised $15 ...
An Inside Look at the Technology That Will Help LSU Football Return to Peak Physical Condition
An Inside Look at the Technology That Will Help LSU Football Return to Peak Physical Condition
How “velocity based training” helped LSU stay fresh during national championship run and the company ...
Music Business
LANDR launches Creator tool, enabling ‘almost infinite’ number of sounds for producers – Music Business Worldwide
Firm says that combination of Creator tool with LANDR Selector creates “no feasible limit” for ...
Mixhalo looks to reinvent post-COVID pandemic live music concerts
Mixhalo looks to reinvent post-COVID pandemic live music concerts
Music fans look forward to summer as a time to go see their favorite performers ...
Correlate Foot Traffic and Socio-economic Data in the Post-Pandemic World
Gravy Analytics Partners with Nitrogen.ai so Data Scientists Can Speedily Correlate Foot Traffic and Socio-economic Data in the Post-Pandemic World
/PRNewswire/ — As economies begin to re-open post-COVID-19, data will be essential to understanding changed ...
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Lowe’s launches virtual tool for home visits to boost pros’ business—and its own
The home improvement retailer is trying to attract more business from homebuilders and other professional ...
Telemedicine for Home Repairs?
Telemedicine for Home Repairs?
The coronavirus has made homeowners wary of inviting workers into their homes, but some contractors ...
Intelligent Sensing Products with Longer-Lasting Batteries
Aspinity and Infineon Partner to Accelerate Development of Intelligent Sensing Products with Longer-Lasting Batteries
PITTSBURGH — May 14, 2020 – Aspinity, a pioneer in power-efficient analog edge processing, today announced ...