Alpha Geeks lead innovation

Tim O’Reilly, founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media, argues in this article that it is alpha geeks not venture capital backed start-ups that lead key tchnology innovations.  And they do it not for money but for the fascination of it.

‘Forget Silicon Valley.  Traditional wisdom is that it represents the model for American innovation: a [...]

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What the Government can do to boost innovation.

In this article in Businessweek Sami Mahroum says that ‘during economic downturns, innovation is the single most important condition for transforming the crisis into an opportunity’.  He argues for active government intervention to boost innovation.  ‘In the short term, governments need to provide support to small companies to help them manage the crisis and continue to [...]

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