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

Leapfrogging

Mentoring transforms big ideas into high-impact innovations. Having worked with dozens of the Fortune 1000 companies , coached startups, and founded three companies, I can say there’s a universal truth when it comes to innovation: big ideas are just ideas until they deliver real value to the world. Nat Friedman, CEO of GitHub.

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Beyond Moore’s Law

Daniel Burrus

The same can be said for the oft-predicted demise of Moore’s Law —in effect, a flawed expectation that runs counter to the ever-present potential of human ingenuity and innovative spirit. For some, the “cause of death” is purely technical—a transistor can only be made so much more powerful and smaller, they say. Named after Gordon E.

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From Seed to Flower: Growing a Strong Network Through Direct Relationships

Yet2

yet2 ’s network has been built across multiple channels to include small and large companies, technical experts and scouting partners. yet2 was founded by cofounders Ben DuPont and Phil Stern in 1999. yet2 is one of the only global technology scouting companies with such a close relationship with a venture capital firm.

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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. Here are some perhaps not so obvious reasons why: A real track record of repeat innovation. If there is a possible next Steve Jobs or Bill Gates, it could be him.

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Whose Job Is It to Manage Freelancers?

Harvard Business Review

And as part of a contingent staffing strategy, emerging businesses and startups can afford access to outstanding technical experts that would otherwise be cost prohibitive on a full-time basis. Others are new to managing or stronger technically than as a supervisor. Here’s the problem. Some are excellent.

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As Machines Take Jobs, Companies Need to Get Creative About Making New Ones

Harvard Business Review

Jobs in retail, transportation, manufacturing, and agriculture are highly vulnerable to technological change. Another way to redefine the terms of the automation debate is to provide stock to employees, something many of the world’s most innovative companies already do.

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

Harvard Business Review

So we have to use lessons from the science of attention blindness to construct teams in a way that eliminates group think (where the group rallies around one idea oftentimes at the expense of others that may have been "blind") and yields innovative new ideas they might be missing if they're not actively addressing blind spots.