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04 Nov 09

Is the U.S. Killing Its Innovation Machine? - Harvard Business Review

  • Government-funded basic and applied research at U.S. universities has given rise to multi-billion-dollar industry after multi-billion-dollar industry. It has been one of the pillars of the U.S. high tech sector. But at least in information technology, the model has been seriously weakened by changes that the administration of George W. Bush instituted at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which in the prior 30 years had bankrolled some of the most important advances in IT. Specifically, DARPA under Bush drastically reduced the role of universities in IT research projects it funded and shifted both power and money to companies. If the old DARPA model is not restored, the U.S. lead in IT — especially in software — could be lost
  • many factors gave the U.S. a competitive advantage in the commercialization of emerging technologies. They included: An unrivaled university system A relatively free domestic market that honed the competitive skills of its companies A robust venture capital and IPO market that fueled and then rewarded winners Clusters.
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21 Jul 09

Unboxed - Crowdsourcing Works, When It’s Focused - NYTimes.com

In the new model, innovation is often portrayed as a numbers game. The more heads, the better — all weighing in, commenting, offering ideas. Collective knowledge prevails, as if a force of egalitarian inevitability.

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  • In the new model, innovation is often portrayed as a numbers game. The more heads, the better — all weighing in, commenting, offering ideas. Collective knowledge prevails, as if a force of egalitarian inevitability.
09 Jun 09

Thinking and Communicating with Pictures - Dan Roam

Dan Roam is an expert in helping people think and communicate with pictures. His theory is that anyone with a pen and a piece of paper (for example, a napkin) can explain even the most complex business ideas as well as communicate better with customers, vendors, and employees.

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  • if we reverse the process and create pictures in the same way--breaking down any problem and its corresponding picture into distinct "who," "what," "how much," "where," and "when" elements, we can convey the "how" and "why" to anyone in a way they will understand
  • By taking the time to look at a problem, really see what's going on, imagine what might not be visible, and then show our discovery to someone else, we will see more clearly what's going on, and won't be fooled by the first "obvious" explanation
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01 Jun 09

The Challenges of Investing in Science-Based Innovation — HBS Working Knowledge

  • "Even as markets have tightened, it's the companies with highly differentiated products that will be able to not only weather this storm, but come out the other side"
  • "Bank of America is interested in accessing innovative digital technologies that will help it redefine how banking is done," Sato says. "The bank sees this as an opportunity to fuel its continued competitive presence in a marketplace where the rules of banking are changing profoundly."
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Max Levchin Is Bored With Silicon Valley Startups

  • there are too many copy-cats constrained by Web 2.0 conventions: status updating, comments, friend lists, fans, gradient icons, and feeds.
  • Geisha Tokyo Entertainment makes something called Dennoh Figure ARis or Cyber Figure Alice. Max described it as an "augmented reality doll." It's a Web cam that's built into a doll. You hook it to your computer and software adds animation to the video.
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