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Announcing the startups and judges onstage at TC Sessions: Mobility 2022

TechCrunch

“Gabriel is the Director of Innovation, focused on mobility and energy, for Elemental Excelerator, a climatetech accelerator founded in 2009 in Hawaii. Prior to this appointment, John was director of General Motors Research & Development organization’s China Science Lab, which he led from its founding in 2009.

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Is innovation a privilege?

Capgemini

Is innovation a privilege? Lucy Mason 23 Mar 2023 Facebook Twitter Linkedin The UK’s Innovation Strategy sets out a bold vision for the UK as an Innovation Nation , detailing how the UK can reinvent itself as a driving force for global innovation – even placing innovation in the role of a new national purpose.

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Daily Crunch: ‘Copy-from-China’ social media app Lemon8 squeezes its way into US top 10

TechCrunch

VCs to recommerce startups: Let’s pop some tags Image Credits: Kinga Krzeminska (opens in a new window) / Getty Images Thanks in large part to Gen Z’s interest in sustainable shopping, recommerce is soaring to new heights, and VCs are looking for the come up.

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Disruptive Innovation: 5 Signs a Company Is Poised to Pivot

Planbox

As the business models of entire industries are upended, the ability to innovate rapidly and smartly is not just a competitive advantage, it could be what decides which companies thrive and which will falter in the post-Covid economy. But determining a company’s innovative potential is not always easy. It Invests in the Future.

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Social Innovation as a Business Strategy

Hu's Place - HitachiVantara

The future is full of social challenges that will drive a need for Social Innovation. In order for these innovations to be sustainable, corporations will need to integrate Social Innovation into their business strategy so that profits are tied to social innovation. Wanting to do good is not enough.

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Tiger Global is earning its stripes in Africa

TechCrunch

However, Tiger Global limited its activity in Africa from 2009 to 2014. Awoyemi noted how the firm, in 2009, committed to investing in Jobberman on the spot, with cash coming in a month later. In the aughts, Tiger Global participated in just 30 deals, according to The Generalist , a newsletter on topics around tech and crypto.

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14 essential book recommendations by and for IT leaders

CIO

For understanding teams “CTOs and CIOs who work for organizations that are struggling to deliver value sustainably will greatly benefit from reading Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow (IT Revolution Press, 2019) by Manuel Pais and Matt Skelton,” says Peter Kreslins Jr., CTO and co-founder of Digibee. “I

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