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Posts Tagged ‘Innovation’
March 17 2010
by Todd Hixon
Teeth versus Tail
In one of his radio chats, Governor Patrick of Massachusetts talked about increasing the number of government jobs in the Commonwealth as a means to increase employment. “After all [he remarked], government jobs are just as good a private sector jobs”. That troubled me, and here’s why.
Gov. Patrick’s point, I infer, is that a government ...
March 16 2010
by Scott Johnson
Top 5 Presentation Mistakes
The presentations I see, for the most part, get a B. Not failing, but noticeably short of excellent. Only once in a blue moon do I encounter an A. It is surprising to me that I don’t see more “A” presentations because:
The presenters are high achievers who got A’s in engineering classes at prestigious universities ...
November 19 2009
by Todd Hixon
The Death of B2B Venture Capital?
At the October 21 Xconomy “Global Vision for Venture Capital …” forum, Terry McGuire remarked that Polaris has stopped taking risk on commercial/industrial technology start-ups, as the recent experience has not been good. That’s a consequential thing. “Commercial/industrial technology” encompasses enterprise software, most of telecom and datacom, and large parts of clean tech. ...
August 30 2009
by Todd Hixon
Boston Innovation Culture 4 — Equity Culture
A few posts back I reported on work I’ve done comparing innovation in Boston and California. I argued that Silicon Valley beats Boston by a mile in it’s “recombination” capability: quick focus of energy and resources on new opportunities like the PC and the internet. Recombination is enabled by three things: an entrepreneurial community, “open” ...
August 11 2009
by Todd Hixon
Boston Innovation Culture — 3: “Open” Systems
In Part 1 of this series, a few posts back, I reported on work I’ve done comparing innovation in Boston and California. I argued that Silicon Valley beats Boston by a mile in it’s “recombination” capability: quick focus of energy and resources on new opportunities like the PC and the internet. Recombination is enabled by ...
August 2 2009
by Todd Hixon
Boston Innovation Culture — 2: Dean Kamen Speaks Out
In my last post I argued that Boston needs a stronger innovation and equity culture. Heroes and icons are a great source of that culture. Silicon Valley has a no shortage of icons (even if a few are a bit larger than life), eg:
Noyce, Moore, Grove, Kleiner from the Silicon era
Jobs, Joy, Clark, Ellison, ...
July 27 2009
by Todd Hixon
Boston Innovation Culture — 1
Last month (June) was Boston innovation month, a series of events, conferences, and seminars focused on innovation in the New England tech community.This is important. I had occasion last winter to take a serious look at the performance of Massachusetts versus Silicon Valley as innovation centers. This culminated in a presentation to the Oasis Group, ...
June 1 2009
by Todd Hixon
The vital role of entrepreneurs and tech in the US economy
In this season when we hasten to bail out weak entities that are sinking, we need to keep in mind where the strength in our economy comes from. Trade patterns reveal competitive strength and weakness. While US trade balance overall is negative, the tech industry is the sector that shines.
The following analysis, from The Economist using ...
