Economic progress comes from the “rainforest recipe,” where an innovation ecosystem allows each person to play an equal and important role, said the managing director of T2 Venture Capital.
Innovation is what happens “when ideas have sex,” Greg Horowitt said. He told the audience Friday at the University of San Diego's Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate 17th annual conference that their role is to “build and manage brothels where innovation happens.”
People apply linear thinking to actions, which creates borders and boundaries that limit connectivity, said Horowitt, who contributed to the book, “The Rainforest: The secret to building the next Silicon Valley.”
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