Innovation Archives

6 Women Who Blazed the Trail for Female Entrepreneurs

March is a full month of female celebration, as the United States recognizes the significant role women have played in American history. Over the last few centuries, women have been (and continue to be) a...

byNav

March 28, 2023

The Benefits of Encouraging Creativity and Innovation in the Workplace

Creativity is essential for any organization if you want to keep your business moving forward. There are numerous organizations that have designed a cool, funky, creative environment for their employees to help them relax and spark...

byCatherine Plano

February 17, 2023

The 4 Elements Necessary for Building Innovative Teams

In order to gain traction, earn revenue and turn a brand into a sustainable business, entrepreneurs must innovate. And in order to understand how to build innovative teams, it is important to first understand what...

byMichael S Melfi

September 27, 2022

WJR Business Beat: Innovation Requires Staff to Be in Office (Episode 472)

Employees working from home results in a breakdown in the ability to innovate effectively and stay ahead of the competition, an MIT study shows. Jeff has the details on the impact of remote work in...

byStartupNation

September 8, 2022

15 Books That Every Entrepreneur Should Read

The dog days of summer are here, which means prime reading time. While the warmer weather continues to beckon us outdoors, it feels as though there is more time to hit the books. Aspiring entrepreneurs...

byJohn Rampton

September 7, 2022

How 12 Successful Business Titans Set Themselves Apart From the Competition

Personally and professionally, it's harder than ever to stand out and make yourself heard. These industry leaders and advisors in The Oracles reveal how they differentiate themselves from their biggest competition. 1. Solve a problem and know...

byThe Oracles

August 8, 2022

Josh Linkner on Creativity as a Superpower, Part 1

On this segment of "The Pre W. Smith Show," Jeff Sloan talks with Josh Linkner about creativity: what it is and how to harness it as a superpower. The first in a series of two segments....

byJeff Sloan

July 11, 2022

From Dreaming to Doing: How to Create an Innovation Culture in Startups

Editor of the Harvard Business Review, Theodore Levitt, rightly said: “Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things.” The goal of any startup is to think up new ideas and get them...

byAlan Cabello

July 1, 2022

Is Your Big Idea Investor-Worthy? Ask Yourself These 4 Questions Pre-Launch

Entrepreneurs certainly aren’t lacking for ideas — but that doesn’t mean every concept is worth pursuing. It’s not enough to separate the good ideas from the bad. It’s about identifying the great ones. Investors want to know...

byJanielle Denier

May 25, 2022

10 Tips for Landing a Product Licensing Deal

When you’ve got a great idea for a product, there’s an important decision to make right up front: Do you want to build a brand new company from the ground up in order to commercialize...

byThe Sloan Brothers

May 14, 2022

Why You Should Start a Business to Solve a Common Problem

Silicon Valley is known for its revolutionary ideas, grandiose statements and ability to challenge the status quo. By now, we’re all familiar with the classic persona of the Bay Area-located, hoodie-wearing techie, who tells their...

byPhil Alves

April 22, 2022

40 Tips for Millennial Entrepreneurs to Improve Their Leadership Skills

Millennials are making waves. As a generation, they are redefining what a successful career is, with a focus on flexible and fulfilling work, and millennials are not afraid to make financial sacrifices in order to...

bySara Davis

March 3, 2022

8 Steps for the Perfect Product Launch

You’ve created the killer product that will change the world. Now you need people to buy it. Top entrepreneurs and members of The Oracles share their tried-and-tested ways to build buzz so people buy from you and...

byThe Oracles

February 18, 2022

7 Tips for Founders to Move From Early Market to Mainstream

If you're a company's founder in an early market, you know how hard it can be to cross the chasm between early adopters and mainstream customers. Early markets are by no means easy to tackle,...

byJordan Bishop

January 19, 2022

5 Actionable Goals for Your Startup to Set and Achieve

While the pandemic has created numerous obstacles for entrepreneurs, some of the best and most inventive ideas have been born out of adverse circumstances. January is the perfect time to re-evaluate what worked and what...

byNatalie Bleza

January 18, 2022

Understanding the Jobs to Be Done Theory for Breakthrough Innovation [VIDEO]

In "Competing Against Luck," disruptor and Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen shares his theory for breakthrough innovation: the jobs to be done theory. In the book, he and coauthors Karen Dillon, Taddy Hall and...

byClayton Christensen, Karen Dillon, Taddy Hall and David S. Duncan

January 6, 2022

4 Ways to Promote Team Collaboration and Inspire Innovation Within Your Startup

What do all startups that drive growth by embracing strategic thinking, inspiring creativity and supporting talent have in common? Team collaboration. Market competition is thick. Startups that embrace inventiveness and creativity rise, and such innovation happens...

byJT Ripton

December 27, 2021

Why Startups Fail: A Harvard Business School Professor’s Letter to a First-Time Founder

The following is excerpted from the book "Why Startups Fail" by Tom Eisenmann. Copyright © 2021 by Tom Eisenmann. Used by permission of Currency, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC....

byTom Eisenmann

December 21, 2021

Why Taking a Customer-Centric Approach Significantly Reduces Risks and Increases Your Chance of Success

To build successful businesses, entrepreneurs must fall in love with solving customer problems more than their own ideas. Entrepreneurs often rush to build and test their ideas using the lean startup methodology. They are taught...

byWest Stringfellow

November 15, 2021

3 Ways Artificial Intelligence Can Help Inbound Marketing

Today, inbound marketing is inescapable for any startup that wants to be successful online. Not surprisingly, a survey done by Statista found that content marketing was believed to be the most effective digital marketing technique...

byChristian Coulson

October 12, 2021