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How Facebook misses out on Talent

Destination Innovation

In 2007 at age 22 Mark Zuckerberg profoundly stated, ‘Younger people are just smarter. Consider these examples: Steve Jobs was 52 when as CEO of Apple he launched the iPhone in 2007. They could lead the company into new markets and attract more users – including many smart senior citizens. This is reflected in ageism in hiring.

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Find inspiration behind these 3 surprising market creation stories

Christensen Institute

Despite these features Simon was a flop and only stayed on the market for six months. The modern day smartphone market truly took off in the 2000s, with the introduction of the iPhone. What the stories behind these innovation evolutions teach us is that it takes a lot more than just an invention to create a market.

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Why Government is Essential for Private Sector Innovation

Destination Innovation

Steve Jobs announced the iPhone to the world on 9 January 2007. It became a platform for secondary markets in apps, music and videos. This iconic product became a sensational success and propelled Apple to become the most valuable company on Earth.

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How Technology is Shaping Marketing in the Next Decade

Innovation Excellence

Nobody even heard of mobile marketing, content marketing or big data. If you took a reasonably competent marketer from 2007 and transported her to today, much of what she knew about her job would be irrelevant. Ten years ago, social media was in its infancy. The iPhone hadn’t even been launched yet. We’re at a.

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Summaries of the 50 Best Business Books

Destination Innovation

Would you like to have read the best 50 books on sales, marketing, leadership, innovation, entrepreneurship and self-improvement? Just imagine all the insights and lessons you would have learned and how that would have helped you in your business career. But how much time would it have taken?

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9 Way Bailey’s Irish Cream Can Help You Innovate

IdeaScale

On December 3rd, 2007, Diageo announced the sale of the billionth bottle of Baileys since it was first introduced in 1973. Lesson Five: Ideas Need to be Marketed. When Baileys finally had a potential bottle, label and name, the team took it to a bar for some market research. How else are they going to discover them?

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The New Game Or Is It? Asset Orchestration

Paul Hobcraft

They might be operating at the two ends of the current internet trading spectrum and are coming from different market maturity positions but it is the asset management that is becoming critical for delivering the profit or dragging performance. I quote “I’d say Amazon are “ asset heavy ” whereas Alibaba remains “asset light”.

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