Business learning. Method: The 6 Keys to Creating an Innovative Organization. This is the next piece in the 10x10 series by the innovation firm Method.
Read the previous pieces and more about the series here. A pugnacious CEO once told me that there are three ways to lose money: gambling, divorce, and innovation. With annual U.S. research and development spending amongst Booz & Company's Global Innovation 1000 at over $500 billion, companies are paying heavily for the ambition to create. But how do you plan for new growth and innovate in those markets where too many businesses are armed against commoditization with glib value propositions and over-reliance on cost containment, promotions, product extensions, and price competition??? According to a global study by IBM, today's CIO spends an average of 55% of his or her time on activities that spur innovation, and the key component underpinning all successful innovations is the business model.
Men's Clothes - About - The Look. Why Lightspeed Invested in Bonobos. Today we're announcing that Lightpseed and Accel are investing in Bonobos, a vertically-integrated men's apparel retailer.
Bonobos was founded in 2007 by a couple of Stanford Business school students, selling better fitting pants out of their dorm room. Initially their focus was on pants, cut for modern American men who had played sports growing up.
From Bootstrap to Venture: The Money Behind Startups. The Tao Group's Latest Restaurant Is Also Its Talent Incubator. Social media.