Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2017

The tech sector, which has become as famous for toxic company cultures as for innovation, and as well-known for human resource headaches as for hoodie-wearing CEOs, could use a little of the mellowness and wisdom that comes with age. That’s when Airbnb came calling.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2011

Yet rather than license its breakthrough technology to a company such as Nikon and sell the product through traditional camera retailers, Lytro is building its own camera that it will sell through Internet channels such as Amazon and via the company's own website. Lytro is far from alone in its quest for self-reliance.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

Over the past few decades, Silicon Valley has been such a powerful engine for entrepreneurship in technology that, all too often, it is considered to be some kind of panacea. The Silicon Valley model, for all of its charms, was developed at a specific time, for a specific industry, which was developing a specific set of technologies.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2018

Sarah Williamson is the CEO of FCLTGlobal (formerly Focusing Capital on the Long Term), an organization cofounded in 2016 by BlackRock, CPPIB, Dow Chemical, McKinsey, and Tata Sons to encourage a longer-term focus in business and investment decision making. Small Firms Are Not More Innovative. R&D Seldom Walks Out the Door.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2013

Every designer was insanely talented, both visually and technically." Most recently he left Facebook and joined with Enrique Allen to cofound The Designer Fund. Ben told me, "I knew Mark was going to build the company with or without me, and once I met the design team, I was just blown away. And so, he decided to join in the effort.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2013

When it comes to microchips — the miniature machines that run so much of our lives — innovation has driven us farther than we ever thought possible. The rate of semiconductor innovation is slowing, however, the way traffic on a freeway bottlenecks as lanes diminish. Two other players to watch closely are Samsung and TSMC.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

To be sure, entrepreneurs in highly specialized and technical industries need the knowledge that only users (doctors, lawyers, engineers, and the like) can provide. In fact, my colleagues and I have found that innovation thrives when expert users make up about 40% of an invention team. If you need an appendectomy, call a surgeon.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Frequently cited as one of the world’s most vibrant innovation hubs, Israel boasts more startups per capita than any other country in the world. In the 1990s it subsidized venture capital, incubators, university R&D, and technology transfer programs. That’s the good news. Today, this thesis is less relevant.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2018

“You know, I believe that technology is the great leveler. Technology permits anybody to play. And in some ways, I think technology — it’s not only a great tool for democratization, but it’s a great tool for eliminating prejudice.” pm images/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2017

Joining the fray are 162 technology companies, whose lawyers collectively filed an amicus brief to both courts. Refugees’ reliance on these platforms demonstrates what tech companies often profess: that innovation can empower people to improve their lives and society. Already the U.S.

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