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Building bridges focus of SSTI 2017 Annual Conference | SSTI

SSTI’s annual conference will focus on building bridges for a better future by establishing new connections and wading through an uncertain political climate during a three-day conference filled ...

Explaining the decline in US entrepreneurship • AEI | Pethokoukis Blog » AEIdeas

If you want to illustrate the long-term decline in US economic dynamism, this Axios chart is a good way to do it. From Axios reporter Kim Hart: “The birth rate of new companies collapsed with the ...

New venture capital funds target artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence is gaining more interest as companies are beginning to invest heavily into the technology. This week, Google and Toyota both announced the launch of new venture capital funds ...

Robotic Knee Surgery Competition Heats Up - Scientific American

LONDON (Reuters) - The world's top medical technology companies are turning to robots to help with complex knee surgery, promising quicker procedures and better results in operations that often ...

Alexandria to Develop 1 MSF Research Triangle Mega Campus

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. is creating the Alexandria Center for AgTech, the first phase of a multi-tenant mega campus in North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park. Located at 354 East ...

America Is Pushing Entrepreneurship To Other Countries - Feld Thoughts

Yesterday, the White House announced it was delaying and likely eliminating the International Entrepreneur Rule. This rule is the closest we’ve come to a Startup Visa, something I’ve been ...

Great Businesses Focus On Solutions, Not Technologies - Startup Professionals Musings

Even though I love technology, I always cringe when an entrepreneur starts an angel investor pitch to me by touting his new technology. They have forgotten that new technologies are perceived by ...

Innovate Mississippi Launches New “Entrepreneur in Residence” Program to Boost Statewide Entrepreneurial Success | Innovate Mississippi

(Jackson, Miss.) – Innovate Mississippi announced today that it has launched a new “Entrepreneur in Residence” program that is designed to support tech and innovation-based entrepreneurial ...

5 Ways to Master the Persistence That Makes a Great Entrepreneur

Building a successful business is a bit like climbing a mountain: it’s an uphill battle most of the way, but the view from the top is pretty spectacular. Persistence is a necessary part of ...

Using data and technology to improve healthcare ecosystems | McKinsey & Company

Patient outcomes are taking over from products and services as the focus of healthcare. But reorienting away from product development toward a holistic approach to patients demands the convergence ...

Watch a Delaware-sized iceberg break off Antarctica

A giant iceberg breaking off Antarctica is a disconcerting sight, but it's also fascinating to watch. One of the largest icebergs ever recorded finally broke free from the Larsen C Ice Shelf in ...

Moving Away from Toronto and Montréal | Newgeography.com

The latest Statistics Canada data indicates that people are leaving Toronto and Montréal in large numbers since the 2011 census. Even so, both metropolitan areas continued to grow through the 2016 ...

50 Smartest Companies 2017

Each year we identify 50 companies creating new opportunities by combining important technologies and business savvy. Some are large companies that seem to be growing ever larger, like ...

Startup Professionals Musings: 10 Unconventional Management Techniques That Work

I’ve been a manager in business for many years, and like most of you, I’ve also had my share of bad managers, as well as a few good ones. As a result, I’m certainly convinced that engaging, ...

MONEY’s 2017-18 Best Colleges Ranking

College is a great investment—if you choose the right school. Find your best college with rankings that combine educational quality, affordability, and alumni success. Read the full methodology ...

Innovation’s New World Order

The geographic footprint of innovation is changing dramatically as research and development programs become more global. An overwhelming 94 percent of the world’s largest innovators now ...

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How to Foster an Organizational Culture that Encourages Innovation | Innovation Management

Innovative and forward-thinking companies are successful because they have new, exciting, and useful products or services before others and consumers take notice of companies regularly producing the ...

10 Different Ways To Encourage Youth Entrepreneurship

In 2010, world-renowned education and innovation expert, Sir Ken Robinson released a short animated film, titled Changing Education Paradigms. In the video, Robinson argues that our current ...

The 5 Most Common SEO Myths

I’ve talked with hundreds of business owners, entrepreneurs and marketing managers prior to launching SEO campaigns for their business. From Fortune 500 brands to local dentists, doctors, plumbers ...

Imaging Channel, Let's Become the Innovation Channel!! | Ray Stasieczko | Pulse | LinkedIn

I was getting ready to publish this article as the news broke Amazon was adding At-Home Tech support to their deliverable. This development is important to the future of commodity technologies and ...

This Is How Hot Your City Could Be By The End Of The Century

By the summer of 2100, if carbon emissions continue as usual, the average high temperature in Toronto could be the same as Belize City today. New York City could feel like Juarez, Mexico. Paris ...

Which Innovators Inspire the Innovators? (Some May Surprise You) | Inc.com

Whether you work with chatbots, programmatic advertising, artificial intelligence, or any other emerging field, it's hard work being an innovator. That's part of why I launched Innovation Congress, ...

When It Comes To Sustainable Development, The U.S. Is Failing (By A Lot)

When United Nations member states agreed on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) two years ago, they were setting down a consensus view on the future of nations. The SDGs represent ...

Pod of killer whales charge two swimmers in a terrifying display of nature

Swimming is fun and all, until a pod of killer whales decide they'd like to play along. Photographer Robin Léveillé captured an incredible moment at Whytecliff Park in West Vancouver, Canada ...

Becoming a global hub for startups - SMEBiz News | The Star Online

MALAYSIAN Global Innovation and Creativity Centre (MaGIC) continues to push Malaysia as a hub for startups and their investors after the success of its previous accelerator programmes’ ...

Silicon Valley reeling in wake of sexual harassment storm

It started with a few women speaking up, reporting a suggestive text message, an invitation to a hotel room, an unwanted touch under a table. Soon more women came forward. Allegations of sexual ...

This LEGO-style coffee mug is the official cure for the Mondays

Your choice of coffee mug can say a lot about you. Maybe it tells the office that you’re the "World’s Best Boss." Maybe it warns co-workers: “Don’t Talk to Me Until I’ve Had My Coffee.” ...

The Heart of Innovation: 20 Awesome Quotes on Beginning

1."Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 2. "There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth -- not ...

The Business Model Canvas Can Get Your Startup Funded - Startup Professionals Musings

New entrepreneurs are always looking for a shortcut in getting their venture story and plan across to investors, and closing on the funding they need. An effective tool I see used more and more, as ...

Why U.S. Cities Are Fighting to Attract Immigrants – Next City

Backyard barbecues. Fireworks. A day off work. Among these traditions we look forward to on the Fourth of July, there is an even more patriotic rite of passage: the oath immigrants take to become ...

The Best Companies to Work For in 2017 | Money

There’s a common thread running through Indeed’s latest list of the best places to work. The annual ranking, which nods to big name brands like Southwest Airlines and Starbucks, is chock-full of ...

4 Things You Need to Build Your Analytics Team - Nextgov.com

Government's use of analytic technologies and employment of data-focused digital natives are already saving billions of dollars that would otherwise be wasted, defrauded or spent inefficiently. But ...

How to Blow Your Regulation Crowdfunding Offering: Advertising and Promoters - Crowdfund Insider

Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF), which allows for true equity crowdfunding by small businesses and start-ups, has been in effect for over a year now. The amount of capital raised since Reg CF was ...

How to Spend the Last 10 Minutes of Your Work Day (Infographic)

The last 10 minutes of your day can also be the most crucial. It’s a time where you can prep for the next day, organize your workspace, sign out of email and reflect on what you achieved in the ...

Google offices worldwide: PHOTOS - Business Insider

Google's Mountain View headquarters — known as the Googleplex — has long been lauded as the cream of the crop when it comes to tech campuses. But Google's offices in other cities aren't too ...

10 tech gadgets that’ll make your everyday life easier - Business Insider

A good gadget solves a problem, but solving a problem isn’t the same as making your life easier. A fitness tracker might help you live healthier, but being constantly reminded to move isn’t ...

Does College Even Matter?

Three quarters of the lowest-income University of California students needed to take out loans, according to a 2015 PBS News Hour report. This is despite the state’s effort to accommodate its ...

Infosys to create 2,000 tech jobs in North Carolina by 2021, open innovation hub

New Delhi: IT firm Infosys will create 2,000 tech jobs in North Carolina over the next few years in a bid to woo the Trump administration that has been critical of outsourcing firms for "unfairly" ...

4 ingredients for the perfect tech hub | Citiscope

Why would a Washington, D. C.-based think tank that focuses on foreign and security policy be interested in cities such as Boulder, Colorado or Austin, Texas? Why would its staff want to spend ...

How to raise successful children according to science | Daily Mail Online

The amount of conflicting advice there is on how to bring up happy and successful children can make your head spin. Parents often find themselves questioning how strict they should be with ...