Category Archives for Innovation
→ Startups, This Is How Design Works
Wells Riley sets out to explain “design” to non-designer entrepreneurs — and makes a great job: It’s so much more than that. It’s a state of mind. It’s an approach to a problem. It’s how you’re going to kick your competitor’s … Continue reading
→ The Cult of Amazon Prime
Jason Calacanis describes the world that Amazon Prime is enabling: All of these malls and choices seemed fun for a while, but Prime cult members have now won their freedom. They are opting for a simpler and more efficient form … Continue reading
→ This Tech Bubble Is Different
Jeff Hammerbacher, former research scientist at Facebook and now founder of Cloudera: “The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads. That sucks.” Great piece showing why it may be time to move past … Continue reading
★ 5 Lessons of Innovation
Greg Satell on Digital Tonto spells out 5 principles of innovation. (His post has a lot of good illustrations of these principles at play, and is worth reading first.) I then spent some time thinking about what they mean and wanted to … Continue reading
→ Louis Gray on Winning Unconventionally
Louis Gray gives some examples of successes that weren’t secured by learning best practices, but rather by thinking out of the box: There’s plenty to read on best practices of doing a startup or architecting a successful social network or … Continue reading