Paul Hobcraft

MAY 7, 2017

I have two established businesses, one started in 2000 and one in 2008. I thought I’d outline the six here in this post as the sum of the parts that contributes to the whole. They are distinct in what they provide as services. It covers many of the adjacency’s on innovation. Guide4innovating.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 18, 2019

The “travel-tech” sector has attracted over $19B+ since 2008. The greatest growth and competitive advantage – for startups and corporate innovators alike – will come from leveraging technology to: Create new products and services Enhance the end-to-end traveler experience Streamline operations Innovate business models.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 18, 2020

In the short term, the dramatic economic downturn has given rise to seeing air pollution levels drop during the “lockdown” months, but as was seen after the 2008 /9 financial crisis when the economy came “roaring back,” so did the carbon emissions. Those that become “first movers” can gain significant competitive positions.

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Qmarkets

JANUARY 21, 2020

However, by developing an innovation strategy that anticipates a downturn, you can help your enterprise weather the storm and even uncover lucrative ways to gain a competitive edge. It’s estimated that a loss of more than $2 trillion in world-wide economic growth occurred between the second quarter of 2008 and the first quarter of 2009.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 23, 2023

It’s a series of much smaller innovations that make sure that a product consistently evolves over time and becomes more competitive in the market. In a competitive landscape, even small improvements to existing features can have a substantial impact on a product or service’s standing in the market.

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Innov8rs

MARCH 6, 2023

Competitive Advantage In all circumstances, leaders will and should have strategic priorities on top of their minds. Usually, you need innovation for that, which means that you either adapt to current challenges or lag behind the competition. Why shouldn’t you just give up on innovation when times are tough?

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Tullio Siragusa

JUNE 24, 2019

In the game of golf, the only competition you face is yourself.”. The economic crash we had in 2008 was a testament of what happens when we consume more than we produce, when we take more than we give. I want to help others not make the same mistake and miss out on growth opportunities. It’s built into the taker operating system.

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Strategos

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Discontinuities are significant, fundamental changes that have the potential to change industry dynamics, redefine the rules of competition. When we come out of recession, the market and competitive landscape will have changed, customers needs will have evolved, and you will need new competencies. Update the discontinuities.

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Open Innovation EU

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Design Competitions. Focus stage: Maturity Published: 2008 more…. Focus stage: Seed Published: 2012 more…. Crowdsourcing (Whitla). Focus stage: Growth Published: 2009 more…. Crowdsourcing Process (Geiger). Focus stage: Early-stage Published: 2011 more…. Focus stage: Early-stage Published: 2012 more…. Co-Creation (Prahalad).

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Innovation Excellence

MAY 13, 2020

That’s certainly how it felt to me in November, 2008, when I was leading a media company in Kyiv. Our goal was to do more than just survive, but to position ourselves to be more competitive in the future. The quote has since become emblematic of how a crisis takes shape.

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CMOE

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

For example, a 2008 international study by CPP Global (the publisher of the Myers-Briggs Assessment) defined conflict as “any workplace disagreement that disrupts the flow of work.” But notice that healthy, positive conflict can include: Competition that motivates people to work harder toward goals. Verbal abuse. Harassment.

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Betterific

AUGUST 24, 2016

We’re really excited to announce our newest innovation competition centered around hacking civic engagement. In a first for Betterific, we are also partnering with TopCoder to develop the best ideas that are submitted through the competition. It was founded in 2008 by Peter Diamandis and Ray Kurzweil.

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Boxes and Arrows

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Stackoverflow arrived on the scene in 2008 and solved the hostile environment brilliantly by applying gamification methods to encourage constructive participation on their platform. Instead of using leaderboards and other competitive techniques, we gave influencers an interface where they can find each other and talk to each other.

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eZassi

MAY 27, 2022

They also look to outside ideas in competitions like the P&G Ventures Innovation Challenge, sharing the stage of ideation with promising startups. Following the competition and battling over market share is not a viable strategy. CPG brands that learn from the past can possibly find competitive leverage in the future.

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hackerearth

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

billion for Apple in 2017 and over $110 billion since 2008. An innovative business model has the potential to radically disrupt a market and give your business the competitive edge. It is important to master business model innovation for a business to succeed and retain its competitive edge. generated $8.5

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Innovation 360 Group

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Ultimately, the market evolved to support a declining price based on competitive price pressures, and that is good for everyone. Much like our discussion above regarding competitors, companies who take advantage of the “network” of customers can sometimes harvest significant competitive advantage. Penker (2008-2011).

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Open Innovation EU

MAY 17, 2017

As opposed to entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial thinking is not necessarily bound to entrepreneurs (to be); it is an essential skill for ‘strengthening human capital, employability and competitiveness’ (Bacigalupo et al., 2008) have written an excellent paper on the discussion of what entrepreneurship competence actually. Lans et al.

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Innovation Excellence

MAY 18, 2020

Yet the number of lawyers in the US has increased by 15% since 2008 and it’s not hard to see why. So training tellers to process transactions efficiently was a key competitive trait. What’s more, these aren’t considered competitive traits, but commodity services. Our paychecks are usually sent electronically.

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Daniel Burrus

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Between 2008 and 2010 alone, e-book sales skyrocketed 1,260 percent. In another blog entry, I discuss the value of collaboration as opposed to competition. Yet Another Death That Was “Greatly Exaggerated”. With the introduction of Kindle and other electronic reading mediums, the death knells for print were heard far and wide.

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Tullio Siragusa

JUNE 24, 2019

In the game of golf, the only competition you face is your bad habits.”. The economic crash we had in 2008 was a testament of what happens when we consume more than we produce, when we take more than we give. I want to help others not make the same mistake and miss out on growth opportunities. the game of life.

Leadership 48

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2012

American companies and academic institutions possess unique competitive advantages in developing these global leaders. Since the 2008 financial collapse, a new generation of business school deans is placing increased emphasis on developing global leaders. This post is part of the HBR Insight Center on American Competitiveness.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2011

Every year since 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released a report on the state of competition in the wireless market. Tension hangs in the air in particular this year because of the new ground broken by last year's 14th Competition Report. If firms are not exercising market power, competition reigns.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2018

As uncertainty is increasing and competition is becoming more fierce, executives need to have a broader understanding of competition itself in order to sustain an edge. ” These questions will help you identify the type of competition that currently exposes you to the greatest existential threats.

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Anaqua

MARCH 30, 2018

To give two stark examples, we turn to the market crash of 2008 – caused by a cascading failure in financial markets that devastated our economy and destroyed market capitalization – in 18 months, the Dow lost over 50 percent of its value. Does our product roadmap include an IP roadmap and implications for financial projections?

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 27, 2016

” Pat credited InBev (which merged with Anheuser-Busch in 2008) with introducing the idea of renovation to the organization. The innovation team spent 15% of its time on core brand renovation to enhance competitiveness. . “Renovation is putting new coats of paint on big brands.”

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2015

Design thinking has come a long way since I wrote about it here in 2008. And I’d argue that in order to create sustained competitive advantage, businesses must be not just practitioners, but masters of the art. True competitive advantage requires non-obvious solutions executed in elegant ways.

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Matthew Griffin

MAY 26, 2015

Many bystanders are more likely to view these two giants emergence onto the global stage as business evolution rather revolution and while Samsung declared their competitive intentions in 2008 Foxconn has only recently reached the starting line of its long journey. Beware of the lure of outsourcing.

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Boxes and Arrows

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Stackoverflow arrived on the scene in 2008 and solved the hostile environment brilliantly by applying gamification methods to encourage constructive participation on their platform. Instead of using leaderboards and other competitive techniques, we gave influencers an interface where they can find each other and talk to each other.

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Adam Hartung

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

If we look closely at events at WalMart we can see telltales of problems destined to emerge for the retailing giant: 1 – In March, 2008 WalMart sued a brain damaged employee. Even though WalMart’s value was not declining, its key competition was clearly being forecast to grow impressively.

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Adam Hartung

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

While store employees and low- to mid-level managers could see competition – both traditional and on-line – eating away at Sears customers and core sales, they were helpless to do anything about it. Sears had many owned and leased store locations that were highly valuable with real estate prices climbing from then through 2008.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

PhoneGap was born during iPhoneDevCamp 2008. It's also true that until lately, hackathons were just about getting different groups to complete, only comparing their results for the very first time at the decision making stage, once the competition is already over. A year later, Skype acquired GroupMe for $85 million. Its origins?

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Adam Hartung

MARCH 30, 2016

Smaller, and less competitive than ever, Yahoo this year has cut its spending and customer acquisition efforts at NewFronts , a decision sure to make it even harder to reverse its declining fortunes. Only in 2008 Ballmer-led Microsoft made an offer to buy it for $45B! They are famous for. It also shut is online video hub, Screen.

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Adam Hartung

OCTOBER 25, 2015

Office 365 revenues were up, but they are cannibalizing traditional Office revenues – and not fast enough to replace customers being lost to competitive products like Google OfficeSuite, etc. Azure is in a growth market, but it faces very stiff competition from market leader Amazon. It is a struggle to see the good news here.

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Adam Hartung

APRIL 21, 2016

These were some really big companies that saw their market shifts, but failed to “pivot” their strategy to remain competitive. By 2008 Netflix reached $1B revenues, reducing Blockbuster by a like amount. By 2010 Blockbuster was bankrupt.

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Wazoku

JANUARY 9, 2020

1880s and 1890s – Efforts to raise productivity A growing concern about the standard of Britain’s labour force, particularly when compared with Germany and the other industrial nations, led to a rise in an emphasis on training to increase productivity and competitiveness.

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Wazoku

OCTOBER 11, 2016

So the key to innovation and competitive advantage through innovation is being able to spot or unearth problems better and faster than the competition. Some also talk about ‘opportunities’ but in reality, an ‘opportunity’ will always exist because somewhere down the line you can track back to a problem that isn’t being addressed.

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Wazoku

OCTOBER 11, 2016

So the key to innovation and competitive advantage through innovation is being able to spot or unearth problems better and faster than the competition. Some also talk about ‘opportunities’ but in reality, an ‘opportunity’ will always exist because somewhere down the line you can track back to a problem that isn’t being addressed.

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