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[Place one hippo on the desk in front of each of the Executive Team]

“I do not care who you are, how much or little experience you have, what you have seen work before, what your gut or intuition tell you, what you think and especially not what you feel. I only care about data.”My risky opening statement to the leadership team set the stage for delivering aggressive innovation, and with it, disruptive results.I wanted to make the point that a powerful way to sift through hundreds of ideas and experiment with the best ones was to focus on data and only data. Not anyone’s opinion, but facts.After a few uncomfortable glances around the room, with my point made, they had a good snigger, and I am still here.

I’ve just returned from my bi-monthly Digital Detox. I started this a few years ago and it’s a great strategy to manage stress and gain…

#startups #entrepreneur #lifehacker

I’ve been wondering if this is wise to post, but it’s too good a story of never losing the startup hustle. This is how I snuck into…

#Outsourcing for startups

Turning data into information into data

Isn't it interesting how we've spent massive resources interpreting data to turn it into information, and then through the sheer volume of information, have now turned that information back into data? Now we have to aggregate the data-information into meaningless 'infobites' (twitter, facebook, etc) to get through the noise. Is the result information of data? Or noise?

#data #information

Everything you need to know about bitcoin. Thanks @getcoinjar

Starting out to build your first idea can be daunting. Fortunately there is a wealth of information and education out there – but what do you focus on first? How much must you spend? What should you spend it on? And how do you get the word out? You can seriously improve your chances of survival by making sure that each area of your business is strong, and well thought out before you start trading – just follow these 7 top tips:

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Jobs-to-be-done innovation thinking driving outcome based innovation.

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#innovate