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Sustaining Innovation vs. Disruptive Innovation

YoungUpstarts

“Innovation is widely regarded as the single most important ingredient in today’s economy ,” according to entrepreneur Faisal Hoque at Fast Company. A sustaining innovation improves existing products. A sustaining innovation targets demanding, high-end customers with better performance than what was previously available.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- Passion for sport and entertainment industry. We believe in the emotional connection between the consumer and our products. My dad was a serial entrepreneur and had a business in the home security industry. Photo Credit: Brandy Runyan.

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Essay: The Role of Entrepreneurship in Economic Development

The Startup Magazine

The enterprise in company form offers a product, a process or service for sale or hires to professionals or individuals, contributing to a community’s overall economic development. Women Entrepreneurs in History. The number of women entrepreneurs increased up to 68% in U.S. from 1997 to 2014. from 1997 to 2014.

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Sustaining Innovation vs. Disruptive Innovation

The Startup Magazine

“Innovation is widely regarded as the single most important ingredient in today’s economy,” according to entrepreneur Faisal Hoque at Fast Company. A sustaining innovation improves existing products. Other sustaining innovations are breakthrough, leapfrog-beyond-the-competition products.

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Lies Entrepreneurs Tell Themselves « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

I learned a lot at Convergent, going from product marketing manager in a small startup to VP of Marketing of the Unix Division as it became a public company. Lies Entrepreneurs Tell Themselves Part of my problem was that my reality distortion field encompassed my relationships. The Adventure of a Lifetime.

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The Role of Entrepreneurship in Economic Development

The Startup Magazine

The enterprise in company form offers a product, a process or service for sale or hires to professionals or individuals, contributing to a community’s overall economic development. Women Entrepreneurs in History. The number of women entrepreneurs increased up to 68% in U.S. from 1997 to 2014. from 1997 to 2014.

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The Ultimate CEO Twitter List

YoungUpstarts

Legendary tech entrepreneurs, startup celebrities, and even the creators of Twitter itself are on the service. photomatt : Social media entrepreneur Matt Mullenweg is doing a little bit of everything these days, tweeting about his roles with WordPress, Automattic, Akismet, and more.

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