Independent Innovation and Invention - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2017
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Bridging Domains

Karen and Sanjeev (MBA 1986) Mehra Karen and Sanjeev Mehra (MBA 1986) perceive both great opportunities and serious challenges at the nexus of business, science, View Details

05 May 2022
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Khan Academy across 190 countries and 50 languages. In this special edition of Skydeck honoring recipients of the Alumni Achievement Award, Associate Editor Julia Hanna talks to Khan about how the nonprofit got its start View Details

28 May 2019
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3-Minute Briefing: Tom Hulme (MBA 2007)

Above: Hulme on the rooftop of Google’s London offices (photo by Jon Enoch) What the design-thinking approach at IDEO taught me is that perfection is the enemy of progress. Great entrepreneurs realize that any business is a series of unanswered questions, View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Dec 2011
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Alumni Book Briefs

in organizational success and personal growth. He also provides a 28-day program for mastering innovation’s key steps: finding insight, generating ideas, building businesses, and strengthening View Details

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31 Jan 2023
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Female Founders' Dilemmas; UK Tech Startups

Saigal (MBA 2014), founder and CEO of Kudos, a sustainable diaper company, and Sarina Siddhanti Garg (MBA 2015), founder of the South Asian formal clothing retailer Riya Collective. The women shared their... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Feb 2000
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Financial Services 24/7

dissatisfied customers to take their business elsewhere. With new Internet-only banks and brokerages popping up regularly, established firms must find innovative ways to hold onto their customers.... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

29 Jun 2016
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The Latest Local Motor: A Self-Driving Bus

was green-lighted for production, it took Local Motors 2 1/2 months to line up the suppliers, finish the design and get going on 3-D-printing of the parts. "From the time when we put all the parts on the floor View Details

01 Dec 2017
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The Future of VR is Animated Bunnies

In Baobab Studios’ VR film Invasion!, viewers interact with Chloe, a scared white rabbit that responds to their actions. (courtesy of Baobab Studios) With the promise of mind-boggling , out-of-body experiences, virtual reality is hyperbolic by design. View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos

24 Apr 2014
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Helping India’s energy crisis, one bulb at a time

When Raghu Yarlagadda (MBA 2014) visited his native India in 2009, signs of a persistent energy crisis were everywhere: villages going dark to conserve energy, youngsters inhaling fumes while studying by kerosene lamp, and candles posing... View Details

19 Nov 2014
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Helping refugees make it in America

At the healthy snack foods company they cofounded, Marius Andersen (MBA 1999) and his wife, Hilary, provide jobs, health insurance, and a fresh start to refugees in their community. (Published November 2014) View Details

12 Jun 2020
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What Blockchain Could Mean for Your Health Data

01 Jun 2009
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Dispatches from the Global Classroom

The School’s Immersion Experience Programs challenge MBAs with active, cross-cultural learning situations around the globe, from Silicon Valley to China to Europe. An on-the-ground report from Mexico’s smallest villages and its... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Books of 2016

processes, examples, and case studies offering an effective framework in which to transform healthcare systems. It helps leaders answer such questions as: Why change? What to change? How to change? And when... View Details

13 Dec 2017
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Skydeck Live: What Really Motivates American Voters?

amount of attention. But my data says that about 65% of the country at the moment is pretty unhappy with Trump. And yet is also just disappointed in the Democratic Party, which they feel is old faces with old ideas. The interesting thing... View Details

29 Jan 2010
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Redefining Telecoms in Turkey

Keywords: Telecommunications; Information

01 Sep 2013
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Leading the Way

offering users the opportunity to more easily find and connect with other alumni. The new website will also highlight stories of alumni—as well as faculty and students—and showcase the difference they are... View Details

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01 Jun 2010
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How Culture Drives Results

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06 Dec 2021
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Rescue & Recovery

Jacobs (MBA 2007), working at the international organization reflected a choice: to do innovative work and “to feel good about waking up to go there every day,” as he puts it. The team of 260 in Portland... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Stephen Voss; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 2017
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The Exchange: Venture Forth

VC industry so influential? Paul Gompers: From the early 20th century to the mid- to late-20th century, most innovation happened in large firms. Then because of both managerial and organizational changes,... View Details