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Quantifying innovation, especially on a large scale, is incredibly difficult. But, Solidiance, an Asian marketing and innovation strategy consulting firm, is trying to do with its list of the most innovative cities in the Asia Pacific region.
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YouTube is now at 1 billion monthly users, according to Google. That means roughly 14.7% of the world watches something on YouTube every month, assuming Wolfram Alpha’s estimate of 6.79 billion people on Earth.
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Entrepreneurs can hop online and hone their expertise for free.
Education for entrepreneurs is slowly but surely becoming more mainstream. Traditional universities are offering entrepreneurs more tools than ever before. But Coursera and Udacity, education startups, have taken this a step further. They are offering in-depth classes on entrepreneurship taught by industry heavy-weights such as Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur Steve Blank for free.
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Researchers worry that gene patents compromise their ability to tailor treatments to individuals based on their DNA.
One day in December 1995, scientists at Myriad Genetics, a a genetic diagnostics company in Salt Lake City, Utah, were competing in a race to discover the sequences of two genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2, that reveal a woman’s risk of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. Sean Tavtigian rushed to his job that day at Myriad because he knew he could solve the final piece of the puzzle just in time to win Myriad the rights over both genes.
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Like YouTube, Facebook, or blogging platforms, it’s almost hard to believe there was an Internet without Kickstarter, which may be the greatest testament to its success. In 2009, the site generated about $23 million for its projects–an impressive figure by all accounts–but in 2012, Kickstarter pulled in roughly 10 times that, leapfrogging the grant budget of the National Endowment for the Arts. You can find all those facts and many more in the following masterful infographic (broken apart here) created for Fast Company by Catalogtree and reported by Skylar Bergl, Jeffrey Cattel, and Lindsey Kratochwill…
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There are many ways that live “corporate whales” can cultivate entrepreneurship ecosystems.
When a whale dies, the 30-100 ton body — or “whale fall” — slowly, silently sinks to the ocean bottom where it becomes the wellspring of a complex new microcosm of seabed flora and fauna that can thrive for well over half a century. These new ecosystems with their hundreds of species from flesh-eating sharks to sulphur-metabolizing worms also include “innovative start-ups” — previously undiscovered new sea animals that have naturally selected to flourish in the unique ecosystem.
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2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid
At this year’s Detroit North American International Auto Show Auto Blog Green had the opportunity to interview Ford’s newly-promoted chief operating officer Mark Fields. He will most likely be the most likely successor to CEO Alan Mulally.
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Consumers agree the value of online communities comes from sharing information and ideas.
According to Technorati’s 2013 Digital Influence Report, blogs are more influential than social networks in shaping consumers’ opinions and purchase decisions.
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America’s Independent Electric Light and Power Companies magazine ad from 1957.
A 1957 ad shows a family playing a game in their car as it cruises down a highway, its steering wheel unattended. “One day your car may speed along an electric super- highway, its speed and steering automatically controlled by electronic devices embedded in the road,” reads the copy. “Highways will be made safe — by electricity! No traffic jams … no collisions … no driver fatigue.”
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Why is the internet so slow in America?
You may notice that when you use the internet in the U.S. that the speed is slower compared to many other places in the world. Whether it’s a slow connection that can’t keep up with Skype or a very long download time, it is very clear that the internet in America is so slow compared to other places around the globe. (Infographic)
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MetaMed provides “evidence based medicine.”
Going to your usual doctor may not be enough for someone who has a persistent medical problem. They need to know more than their physician can tell them, and they need to know it soon. MetaMed is a new company that provides a personalized medical research service. The company is backed by Peter Theil and Jaan Tallinn.
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Users with strong social networking ties found new jobs at a rate of 33.2 percent.
It appears that being active on Facebook can get you that new job. According to a new study by Facebook data scientists, job-seekers with a strong, deep, and rich social network online are five times as likely to land that new job.
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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