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Facebook Joins the Collaborative EconomyFacebook has announced the launch of its Marketplace, a new feature in four countries that enables users to buy and sell their used goods using Facebook connections. While Facebook’s strongest advantage is a network of trusted users, it must develop more … Continue readingFacebook joins the Collaborative Economy with Marketplace
The purpose of this post is to list out how startups are bypassing established companies so that incumbents glean the best tactics and apply them to their own corporate innovation. Tech startups are designed, built, and managed differently than established companies, giving them a competitive … Continue reading11 Ways Startups Outrun Established Corporations
Rather than arbitrarily throw around the “innovation” word, understand how it impacts your customers, and be specific. Innovation comes in four flavors: product innovation, operational innovation, customer experience innovation, and business model innovation. Corporate innovation isn’t easy. Stefan Petzov, an innovation professional at Swisscom, a … Continue readingCorporate Innovation Impacts Customers in Four Ways
There are three topics that should be discussed as we forge the next economy: the Autonomous World, Silicon Valley feudalism, and ensuring human safety from advanced robots. For the second year, I’ll be at Tim O’Reilly’s Next:Economy Conference in San Francisco on Oct. 10 11, … Continue readingThree Challenges for the Next Economy
Should large, established companies innovate internally or just acquire successful startups? This post is part of our continued series on Corporate Innovation, in preparation for a research report, on this topic. Last week, we published The Ten Types of Corporate Innovation Programs which looks at … Continue readingCorporate Innovation: When to Build and When to Buy
Large, established companies are trying on various programs to foster new innovations in an attempt to find the best way to change course for their big ships. These established companies are struggling to keep up with fast-paced, venture-backed startups that are changing customer expectations – … Continue readingThe Ten Types of Corporate Innovation Programs
What moves us tomorrow? That’s the question BMW posed to its expert speakers at BMW Welcomes, held at BMW Welt in Munich, Germany, on June 23. where I served as emcee of event. BMW Welcomes gathers transportation futurists from around the globe to examine topics from Hyperloop … Continue reading“BMW Welcomes” Explores the Future of Mobility (Video)
Above Image: Crowd Companies has identified more than a dozen crowd-based insurance startups emerging from financial industry hotbeds like London, more will emerge from each region. Crowd- and peer-based business models have impacted the hospitality industry, transportation space, financial sector, and other industries as indicated … Continue readingMarket Snapshot: Crowd-based Insurance Startups on the Rise
Can you let your employees take charge of innovation – with little managerial oversight? When employees are empowered to make a difference on their own – to lead rather than follow a managerial directive – the innovation process takes on a life of its own. … Continue readingWant to inspire Intrapreneurship in your company? Open this box
Above Image: a butterfly emerges after contracting in a cocoon. You’ve probably read the article from Salon, with its sarcastic title and detailing of several failed on-demand, Collaborative Economy startups. A few people asked for my thoughts First, our data shows that the Collaborative Economy movement … Continue readingCollaborative Economy Market Contraction Signals Maturity
