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Mentoring Is the Secret to Innovation Say Silicon Valley’s Top VCs and Entrepreneurs

Leapfrogging

While the new approach recently arose from Silicon Valley, the model knows no geographic, cultural or technical boundaries. Winners receive grant money, Google Cloud credits, and – most importantly – mentorship from a who’s who of experts like: Patrick Collison, Cofounder & CEO of Stripe.

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Disrupt Yourself

Harvard Business Review

Whitney Johnson , president and cofounder of Rose Park Advisors, applies Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen's concept of disruptive innovation to a creative career path.

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Elon Musk Blows My Mind

CorporateIntel

He already did consumer software engineering as his opening act as a cofounder of PayPal. He is also the CTO of SpaceX and the chief product architect of Tesla. He makes disruption make sense. If there is a possible next Steve Jobs or Bill Gates, it could be him. Not Elon Musk. Not exactly a path to retirement.

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Why You May Be Blind to a Good Idea (and What to Do About It)

Harvard Business Review

It required rewinding the tape, disrupting their confidence in their own expertise and ability. To get the same result, a team has to structure its interactions in a way that disrupts attention blindness. I'm cofounder of an organization that develops innovative learning practices and technologies.

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4 Factors That Predict Startup Success, and One That Doesn’t

Harvard Business Review

Although female-founded companies represent a greater percentage of First Round’s investments than the national average — startups with at least one female cofounder account for approximately 18% of new VC-backed new ventures in the U.S. — they were still the minority of investments.

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How Israeli Startups Can Scale

Harvard Business Review

Although the technical team often remains in Israel, many of the executives interviewed recommend departing for the U.S. Alan Feld, cofounder and managing partner of Vintage Partners, cautions Israeli entrepreneurs not to define their product category too narrowly. as early as a year or two after founding.