Today’s post touches on one of the more popular startup education approaches, Lean LaunchPad, which has proven effective in a wide range of contexts across the country (i.e., universities, large and small business development settings, the NSF I-Corps program), and for good reason. Lean LaunchPad presents a systematic process for customer discovery and product-market fit. […]
Models of Executing Innovation via Govindarajan and Trimble
If you’re like me (or any of the IOI Partners members), you read a lot. You expose yourself to a wide range of thinking and attempt to synthesize that vast amount of information into a refined sense of meaning. However, every once in a while, an idea is presented that stands well on its own. […]
Originality and Value
Is anything ever completely new or original? I recently listened to a podcast from the TED Radio Hour on this topic and it encouraged me to think deeply about this idea of originality, newness and innovation. Let’s look at two popular examples: the iPhone and lean manufacturing. Was the iPhone new or original? Strong arguments […]
Fixed and Growth Mindsets
A few years ago I was introduced to and read thoroughly about a concept called mindset. Before my foray into the literature pertaining to mindset, I had heard many people use the term. Reflecting on its use in my past, mindset takes me back to my days of playing sports; figuring out ways to enter the […]