I have spent the last four and a half years studying, researching and developing the link between creativity and innovation. After all, I spent my early years surrounded by artists and art on the one hand (my mother is a well know art historian and curator) and the Letts media business on the other. In [...]
blur’d is hosting the first in a series of entrepreneur meetups in London tomorrow night, June 30th. blur’d Meetups are designed for interesting entrepreneurs launching or running somewhat disruptive and innovative ventures. blur’d also lets in select digital directors and innovation officers from large companies. They plan to do monthly, invitation only get togethers in [...]
On Saturday I went to a party hosted by a friend, Paul Birch. Given that Paul not only co-founded Bebo but is also an active angel investor I expected to meet a few interesting Web 2.0 entrepreneurs. And I did. The one that stood out was Ryan Notz of MyBuilder.com; artist turned stonemason turned Web entrepreneur. [...]
Having read an interesting blog from a failed entrepreneur who clearly believes that he should have known better it got me thinking about what he was really missing. And I think it was context. He talks about lacking domain expertise and making certain key decisions that later proved flawed. What I believe he needed was a [...]
Readwritestart produced a neat article recently on what VC’s look for in a first time, Web entrepreneur. I guess the best summary is cool geekness with the determination of a bull and ballerina like flexibility. OK. So, you see, at the end of the day its about charismatic, determined geeks. You know, Zuckerberg look-alikes. Me, I’d go [...]
IDEO video on what organizations will look like in 18 months. Not bad.
It’s day 1 at Innovatrs.com so it seems fitting that I should bang on about why I developed Innovate and as a result Innovatrs.com. 40 odd years ago I was born into the Letts publishing empire. The business was rocking. It had invented the diary way back in the late 1700′s and controlled the industry [...]
innovatrs is an Innovation Exchange™ that enables corporations worldwide to discover, partner with or invest in some of the most innovative young startups and entrepreneurs globally.
