by Jacques Knight | Mar 26, 2016 | INNOVATION
One reason to build a startup index is to get data out of it. At least, such a reason might seem plausible. With data, you can measure such things as the life expectancy of startups. Why not? But this means that your index needs a graveyard, that is to say, a place...
by Jacques Knight | Mar 26, 2016 | INNOVATION
A company’s corporate culture prescribes to its members what to believe, what to prefer, what to do and how to do it. Such a set of prescriptions is based on the example of leaders, on the traditions of the past, and on bureaucratic rules. It follows that changing a...
by Albert Meige | Mar 10, 2016 | INNOVATION
Google Trends indique un intérêt croissant pour la requête « Chief Innovation Officer » à partir de 2010. Le terme a été inventé et décrit par Miller et Morris en 1998, mais ce n’est que depuis quatre ou cinq ans qu’il fait l’objet d’une attention grandissante. Alors...
by Jacques Knight | Feb 24, 2016 | INNOVATION
Techinnov happened a couple of weeks ago. Now in its tenth year, this cross-industrial trade fair has become an important component of the Île-de-France innovation ecosystem. Once a year in February, the upper floor of Orly airport thus turns into a marketplace for...
by Jacques Knight | Feb 24, 2016 | INNOVATION
Dans l’épisode précédent de cette série, j’ai examiné l’impact disruptif de l’index de startup AngelList. L’un des secteurs chamboulés par la boîte de Naval Ravikant est le capital risque: les fameux venture capitalists, ou VCs. Le défaut...
by Albert Meige | Dec 24, 2015 | INNOVATION
There’s something different about innovators that sets them apart in their outlook. They might be doing everything right, and they might even be reaping rich rewards from doing so. Yet they stay away from becoming fat and comfortable. They opt for a more “stay...
