PBG Facilitates U.S. Investment Interests with Delegation from India
An Open Discussion on U.S. – India Trade Relations Facilitated by the NC World Trade Association President and CEO of PBG, Teresa Spangler NC State Centennial Campus, 1021 Main Campus Dr, Raleigh, NC...
View ArticleRichard Spangler to Speak at ModSim World Conference March 31-April 2, 2015
Modsim World Conference 2015 As part of a panel discussing The Simulation Century, lead by Richard Boyd, CEO, Szl “The Simulation Century” – The Era of Thinking Machines This is our third annual...
View ArticleInvited to Attend @Wharton The Cuba Opportunity Summit, NYC
After our most recent announcement that Roberta S. Jacobson, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State will be delivering a keynote address at The Cuba...
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Integrating Big Data, IoT, Sensors+ Into Your Business & We Guarantee Results!
An Intrapreneurship Working Initiative @ Your House Of Business! Biometrics, Sensors, Big Data, IoT … oh my! The BIG Convergence is effecting everything from smart energy, consumer goods,...
View ArticleThe New Chasm
Technology Commercialization in American Business Confusion reigns. Big Data is BIG and massively complex; yet, it is supposed to be “the answer”. The country’s GNP is progressively generated by...
View ArticleStartups and the American Middle Class: or What Do Kudzu and Universities...
So I have a hypothesis: The number of independent startups within local geographic regions of major universities NOT derived from the university via tech transfer or university incubator has steadily...
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Creating The Golden Egg: Tips on Innovating Successful New Products
New product developers and innovators are challenged with a glory bucket of opportunities today. We can connect to anything and everything! Privacy and security issues abound but plowing forward it’s...
View ArticlePassing on Your Left! Is Your Competition Calling Out Alerts?
@fastcompany writes: “Bitcoin and 3-D printing aren’t just successful commercial innovations, but signals of a larger societal reset.” Would you jump out of your skin if your competition road up...
View ArticleHow Do Your Eggs Stack Up? Turning Product Ideas Into Sales!
Where to start…..small steps go a long way! The Oct 9, 2014 article by Fortune Magazine contributor @GilPress notes “By 2017, says Gartner, a significant disruptive digital business will be launched...
View ArticleCrowdsourcing vs. the Natural Creative Process
3 New Approaches to Innovation Ideation Accelerated attention is being given to the latest craze of leveraging crowdsourcing models to deliver innovative ideas to those that can use them; for...
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Two Doors One Building
Any thoughts as to why this building is abandoned? Just saying! Clarity with vision, focus and purpose are often overlooked to the detriment of sustaining business growth. Too many priorities or more...
View ArticleSee around Corners and Pivot: 5 Tips for Mastering Risk and Uncertainty
Growth is happening. Exciting new startups are fighting their way toward recognition, rolling out amazing disruptive technologies that are hitting the market with lightning speed. As electric as all of...
View ArticleMake them Flinch and Other Tips for Disruptive Innovation
I am not a fan of buzzwords. See my post on “Innovation: The Buzzword” for how I breakdown buzzwords, find their root meaning, and reclaim their value for PBG clients. I feel the same way about the...
View ArticleDoes your Chief Innovation Officer Feel Hung Out to Dry?
Many innovation leaders are feeling “hung out to dry.” It’s not for the lack of desire to innovate for sure. The challenge is the current innovation processes themselves are not always conducive to...
View ArticleMan VS. Machine: How Humans Are Driving The Next Age Of Machine Learning
If you’ve been following the buzz around artificial intelligence lately, you may have gotten the impression that machines will soon take over the world and destroy it. Hollywood is fueling the debate...
View Article5 Key lessons in Growth Market Planning
“Put Yourself in Front of the Train!” The pure start-up has all the advantage: They seek the latest growth market and find a niche. It is a bit harder for older companies seeking acceleration in...
View ArticleGuiding Principles When Comparing Your Innovation Against the Competition
Post 5 in a 10 Part Series The sure sign of a commercialization neophyte, whether in a start-up CEO role or as a academic inventor seeking new wealth, is to position one’s innovation as unique and...
View Article6 Critical Principles When Engaging Thought Leaders on Your Innovation
The direct, early engagement with key thought leaders delivers dividends throughout the commercialization process and brings unforeseen opportunities rapidly. However, it is not for the faint of heart....
View Article5 Strategies for Positioning Your Innovation Around Super-Hot Trends
You don’t have to look very carefully to see the power of hot trending on technology stocks. Unicorns are plentiful now and, even if they disappear, are bound to reappear sometime in the future. You...
View Article7 Critical Guidelines for Placing Your Innovation in New Contexts
Newly minted entrepreneurs or inventors often neglect the fundamental requirement demanded by users to place new inventions or products in context. This means viewing the innovation not as isolated...
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