Think Like a Venture Capitalist

The most innovative companies have an approach to trials that is like the philosophy of a venture capitalist.  The VC is a prime example of an arsonist and fire fighter.  He will invest in a portfolio of different start-up companies, fully knowing that most will fail.  A few might break even and one or two [...]

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Innovation Master Class – Sept 15th

I am running a one day Master Class on Innovation for Competitive Advantage for the BQF on Sept 15th in central London.  It is guaranteed to give you great techniques for generating innovative ideas.  More details here:

Paul Sloane

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Next Meeting of the BQF Innovation Unit – Nov 3

Date: 3 November 2009

Theme:

Delivering innovation in a highly commercial and competitive environment

Venue: Kindly hosted by GSK, Weybridge, Surrey

 

Time: 0930 – 13.15 followed by a sandwich lunch Includes: Site Tour. Weybridge is a site where all parties (ideation, new product research and development, scale-up and commercial functions) involved [...]

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An Interview with Eric Schmidt, Google CEO

There is an interesting interview with Google’s CEO, Eric Schmidt, in the McKinsey Quarterly.

Here are a couple of snippets:

The Quarterly: Could you tell us about how Google innovates?

Eric Schmidt: Innovation always has been driven by a person or a small team that has the luxury of thinking of a new idea and [...]

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