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The article here at Fast Company by Aaron Shapiro is aimed at “digital talent” (the new euphemism for web-based programmers and user experience designers at startups). The article could just as easily apply to anyone who develops any type of product. Are you having trouble attracting the talent you want? Having trouble retaining them? Perhaps what they are looking for is not what you think they want. How… Continue reading
TechShop is a novel and promising way of combining entrepreneurship, training, and innovation. TechShop bills itself as “…like a fitness club, but with tools and machines instead of exercise equipment.” TechShop is a club that gives members access to complicated, expensive equipment like milling machines, laser cutters, and welding gear that they would otherwise not have the means to acquire themselves. Beyond that, each location offers classes in… Continue reading
So you’ve got an idea for a simple, innovative gadget. It’s very useful to you, so it stands to reason that it would be useful to others, too. So what do you do with it? Rather than try to start your own company, why not start by licensing that idea to someone else? Harness their resources to build and market your product and collect a royalty. That is where… Continue reading
Indiegogo is another crowdsourcing site that caters primarily to the arts. Fund a film, a fashion line, a new band’s CD, or a cause. What is truly amazing about this site and others, like Kickstarter, is that they show what a relatively small amount of money can accomplish. Look over the list of recent successful funding drives at this site. Most are just a few thousand… Continue reading
According to the latest book by Jeffrey H. Dyer, Hal B. Gregersen, and Clayton M. Christensen, you can become more innovative if you master the “discovery” skills that characterize the best innovators. The five skills include: associating (drawing connections between ideas from unrelated fields), questioning (challenging the common wisdom), observing, experimenting, and networking (meeting people with different ideas). Put these skills in a context of a “delivery-driven” team and your… Continue reading
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