Here we highlight selected innovation related articles from around the world on a daily basis. These articles related to innovation and funding for innovative companies, and best practices for innovation based economic development.
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Created: 21 September 2017
Salesforce will invest $50 million into the growing world of AI-based startups, the company told Reuters earlier today. Salesforce Ventures Executive Vice President John Somorjai said that the ...
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Created: 21 September 2017
Is your new co-worker antisocial or asocial? Is your spouse jealous or envious? Not sure? Don’t worry -- most of us get confused by these similar words.
A recent article published in the journal ...
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Created: 21 September 2017
Nine years ago, Elena M. Stegemann, chief operating officer of McCreadie Group, Inc. – a healthcare software company that’s grown 20 percent year over year for the last three years in a ...
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Created: 20 September 2017
There’s a shortage of women, non-binary people and men of color in the venture capital world. That’s why Pipeline Angels, an angel investing bootcamp for underrepresented people in tech, has ...
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Created: 20 September 2017
Steve Schiff has the soothing voice and gentle manner of someone who has spent a large part of his career dealing with children, and frequently, children in pain. As a pediatric neurosurgeon, he has ...
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Created: 21 September 2017
Writers, designers and other creative types working in the Troy Innovation Garage on 4th Street are among the rising number of gig workers nationally.
The $1.3 million development project opened ...
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Created: 21 September 2017
The 2018 FLC Awards is now open for nominations. One of the most coveted honors in the technology transfer field, the FLC awards have been presented to over 200 federal laboratories since their ...
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Created: 21 September 2017
As a fundraising platform, crowdfunding is still fairly new. Yet, it's helped launch million-dollar businesses nearly as often as traditional investment channels since it’s inception.
Crowdfunding ...
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Created: 21 September 2017
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson went camping. They pitched their tent under the stars. During the night Holmes wakes Watson and says. “Watson, look up at the stars and tell me what you ...
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Created: 21 September 2017
Hanoi (VNA) – Former Finnish Prime Minister Esko Aho delivered a presentation in Hanoi on September 18 about Finland’s experience in economic development based on innovation.
As part of the ...
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Created: 21 September 2017
Last month, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) formed a committee to examine angel networks in the country.
The market regulator shot off notices to over a dozen such networks in the ...
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Created: 21 September 2017
I was thinking a lot this week about what it takes for healthcare companies to adopt new innovations, particularly those that fundamentally change what has come before. The topic was top of mind ...
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Created: 21 September 2017
The Federal Small Business Innovation Research program –SBIR--was created by Congress to provide start-up funding for small businesses with less than 500 employees. More than $2 billion is ...
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Created: 21 September 2017
Innovation in theory and innovation in practice are radically different. Here are some simple tools to get your company’s innovation pipeline through the obstacles it will encounter.
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Created: 20 September 2017
Amazon’s search for a second national headquarters site is being likened to the Powerball lottery for economic development organizations. They’re all lining up to take a chance at the $5 billion ...
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Created: 20 September 2017
Wireless company, Sprint, is preparing for their second startup accelerator with a focus on agricultural technology, and technology that can bolster the economy across middle America.
It’s the 5th ...
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Created: 20 September 2017
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I often get asked, “Do I have what it takes to be an entrepreneur?” Truthfully, if you’re asking that question, it may not be the right fit for you.
Being an entrepreneur requires you to have ...
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Created: 20 September 2017
Although most signs point to continued growth in the U.S., an overwhelming economic pessimism seems to have taken hold in many parts of the country. Not a day goes by that I don’t read about the ...
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Created: 20 September 2017
The Singapore government has announced new plans to drive the commercialisation of deep tech projects developed by startups and research agencies, as well as help polytechnic students and alumni ...
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Created: 20 September 2017
Siemens and the Hong Kong Science Park have entered into an agreement to create Hong Kong’s first smart city digital hub. The hub will be powered by MindSphere, the cloud-based IoT operating ...
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Created: 20 September 2017
Exercise is on the rise among Americans, particularly among millennials, according to a new report from Gallup and Sharecare, a health and wellness company. They found that 53.4% of Americans ...
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Created: 20 September 2017
Crunchbase, an online start-up database, indicates that single-founder companies do at least as well as, if not better than, two-founder companies. In fact, amongst start-ups which have managed an ...
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Created: 20 September 2017
Decisiveness is often cited as a desirable trait in leaders. Definitions of decisive include “having the power to decide; conclusive” and “characterized by decision and firmness; resolute.” ...
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Created: 19 September 2017
St. Louis already has one pre-eminent research university — and it’s not the one located on Grand Boulevard.
Ken Olliff wants that to change.
“St. Louis needs two great research ...
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Created: 19 September 2017
When we’re put in the awkward position of having to turn someone down—for a job, an invitation, or a relationship, for example—we at least want to let them down easily. Now, research suggests ...
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Created: 19 September 2017
Carnegie Mellon University serves as an “economic engine”, providing nearly $2.7 billion in annual economic impact for the local, regional, and state economy in Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia’s ...
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Created: 19 September 2017
Finland’s startup scene has stirred in recent years, with growing amount of capital and interest flowing into sectors like mobile, energy and gaming. Just last week, Rovio announced its ...
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Created: 19 September 2017
Joining the ranks of Chicago, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh and many others, the city of Madison, Wisconsin, has built a tool to help residents visualize the data that makes municipal government ...
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Created: 19 September 2017
In the conference room of a spacious loft office near 30th Street Station, Usman “Oz” Azam and Michael Christiano huddle for a meeting. They’re CEO and chief business officer, respectively, of ...
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Created: 19 September 2017
In 2010, as the dust from the financial crisis settled, three women working in disparate parts of the economy noticed that startups in “hard science” (think biology or chemistry rather than ...
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Created: 19 September 2017
If you read the headlines you may well think cryptocurrencies are a either a radically new way of paying that is our savior from ossified, corrupt governments or on the other side that they are ...
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Created: 19 September 2017
Embracing the sting of failure may not sound enjoyable — but new research shows it's the best way to learn from mistakes.
A study in the Journal of Behavioral Decision Making found that people who ...
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Created: 19 September 2017
As someone who has taken the plunge into entrepreneurship more than once, I am always drawn to Thomas Edison’s statement, “Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.”
Running ...
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Created: 19 September 2017
Every so often a promising entrepreneur seems to freeze in the oncoming headlights and gets run over by his competition. Why is it that his idea which seemed so fundable only months ago fails to ...
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Created: 19 September 2017
Calum Forsyth is a man on a mission. One that some cynics might place in the impossible category. That endeavour is to create Scotland’s next billion-dollar business – or “unicorn”. However, ...
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Created: 16 September 2017
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto wants to create a cash stream from the city, corporations and nonprofits that would pump money into growing high-tech industries and startup mom-and-pop businesses in ...
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Created: 16 September 2017
Four mind-sets and eight leadership practices distinguish successful leaders of ultralarge projects.
Today, the very largest and most complex projects command budgets exceeding $5 billion and ...
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Created: 16 September 2017
Every generation seems to be lionized by the press with the observation that the values of the new group are not that of their parents, thank goodness. They don’t have the serious hunger for ...
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Created: 18 September 2017
Diversity has long been a goal of businesses, universities, and communities. In addition to providing basic fairness to those who might otherwise be shut out, a diversity of experiences and points ...
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