* Founder of Acumen was in marketing at Cisco * Malaria nets imperilled by sole buyer’s (UN) discrestion * So they are building new business models, with local salesmen * Water in India was always free and always dirty. Monetizing clean water was accepted and in fact changed the economy–men went to get the water…more
Bright Feet – Home – slippers with lights, not a bad idea…
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gladwell dot com – the bakeoff – “…if you want to design a truly innovative software program — or a truly innovative cookie — the costs of bigness can become overwhelming.”
gladwell dot com – the bakeoff – If something’s new it doesn’t have to be perfect, and if it can’t be perfect then it’d better be new! “For those in the food business, the lesson was unforgettable: if something was new, it didn’t have to be perfect. And, since healthful, indulgent cookies couldn’t be perfect,…more
gladwell dot com – the bakeoff – “Those of us whose only interaction with such innovations is at the point of sale have a na
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