Tag: innovation

#WhatsYourBigIdea Podcast: Hunt Down Great Ideas & Make Them Yours

#WhatsYourBigIdea Podcast: Hunt Down Great Ideas & Make Them Yours

Sep 4, 2014 | , , ,

Great business ideas do not spring from innate creativity, or necessarily from the brilliant minds of people. Rather, great ideas come to those who are in the habit of looking for great ideas — all around them, all the time. Join Andy Boynton, Dean of the Boston College School of Management and author of The Idea Hunter: How to Find The Best Ideas and Make Them Happen, and OurCrowd’s Zack Miller as they discuss the process great investors like Warren Buffett use to generate new ideas and make money from them, how to create an idea portfolio, what makes up a good idea vs. a bad one, and more. This is part of an ongoing exploration we’ve had with our investor community at OurCrowd about ideas and creativity. To learn more about big ideas, check out IsraelIdeas.com   Zack Miller is the Head of Investor Community at OurCrowd. Zack has been growing investment businesses for the past decade, holding senior leadership positions and consulting some of the top next-generation finance sites. To contact Zack Miller, follow him on Linkedin / Twitter Andy Boynton is dean of...

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#WhatsYourBigIdea Podcast: Avoid these myths, generate great ideas

#WhatsYourBigIdea Podcast: Avoid these myths, generate great ideas

Sep 1, 2014 | ,

Investors and entrepreneurs share many myths about where big ideas come from and how to generate them. OurCrowd’s Zack Miller chats with author David Burkus about his book, The Myths of Creativity: The Truth About How Innovative Companies and People Generate Great Ideas. Burkus describes the process and environment that enable all of us in the startup ecosystem to consistently generate more (and better!) big ideas. This is part of an ongoing exploration we’ve had with our investor community at OurCrowd about ideas and creativity. To learn more about big ideas, check out IsraelIdeas.com   Zack Miller is the Head of Investor Community at OurCrowd. Zack has been growing investment businesses for the past decade, holding senior leadership positions and consulting some of the top next-generation finance sites. To contact Zack Miller, follow him on Linkedin / Twitter David Burkus is a contributor to Forbes and Harvard Business Review, an Assistant Professor of Management at Oral Roberts University, and the the founder and host of LDRLB, a podcast that shares insights on leadership, innovation, and strategy. To contact David Burkus, follow him on Linkedin / Twitter  ...

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Home is where your startup prospers: How Tel Aviv became a hotbed of startup culture and money

Home is where your startup prospers: How Tel Aviv became a hotbed of startup culture and money

Oct 15, 2013 | , ,

What does it take to create a successful startup ecosystem? Furthermore, what does it take to create a the dynamic and innovative culture, community and possibilities of a startup city? Tel Aviv: Startup Utopia Many have written (and will write) about the Startup Nation’s success in general and the success of its high-tech capital Tel Aviv specifically. Why all the hype? Well, besides the fact that Tel Aviv is the second-most entrepreneurial hotspot after Silicon Valley, it also has the highest density of startups in the world — and the number is constantly growing. Even President Obama once said that “if people want to see the future of the world economy, they should look at Tel Aviv.” But how does Tel Aviv, as a city, maintain its status as a hotbed of startup culture and money? And can other cities around the globe replicate its thriving startup environment? Tel Aviv’s Secret Sauce In an article in Inc. Magazine, contributor Jeremy Shure lists several forward-thinking and innovative initiatives taken by the city that have contributed in the cultivation of its vibrant startup ecosystem. The local government is exceptionally proactive in making the city a...

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Eye-opening innovation: Top 10 incredible Israeli advances in vision

Eye-opening innovation: Top 10 incredible Israeli advances in vision

Oct 8, 2013 | , , ,

The Startup Nation is known for its eye opening innovation — literally speaking, that is. Israel is home to a growing medical device industry. It’s developed an advanced infrastructure of medical and paramedical research as well as bio-engineering capabilities. Israeli researchers have provided an impressive number of medical advances and copious contributions across the various branches of the medical industry and the field of vision is no exception. Israeli scientists have been consistently a dominant force in developing innovative technologies to help transform the lives of the world’s blind and visually impaired. World Sight Day, an annual day of awareness held on the second Thursday of October to focus global attention on blindness and vision impairment, falls out this week on October 10th. As writer Abigail Klein Leichman points out in ISRAEL21c, an online news magazine covering 21st century Israel, this is the “perfect opportunity to present some of the amazing advances coming out of Israel for treating medical conditions of the eye.” The ISRAEL21c article lists a range of innovations that dramatically improve eyesight or the quality of life for people with vision impairments. The various technologies listed address a wide range of visual impairments,...

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