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How entrepreneurs benefit from ‘Alien Thinking’

Entrepreneurs' Organization

We asked authors Cyril Bouquet, Michael Wade and Jean-Louis Barsoux how entrepreneurs can benefit from Alien Thinking: What does it mean to think like an “alien”? . When we study real accounts of innovation, we find that critical moves are often preceded by long spells of reflection or incubation–which are absent from innovation models.

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The bar is higher

This is going to be BIG.

There are incubators to help you out on the financing side, too. The success of YCombinator and Techstars has spawned countless new incubators. New York will feature five this summer alone--Techstars, DreamIt, Startl and the NYC Seed/EDC Media and Finance incubators.

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Valuing My Own Time and Saying No

This is going to be BIG.

Here are a bunch of things I don''t do: I won''t do office hours anymore at incubators and accelerators. Takes an hour or an hour and a half at most and everyone gets the benefit of a public conversation--versus three or four hours of pitches. So many entrepreneurs beg for just a few minutes of my time. Panel prep calls.

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Here’s Why a Booming Tech Market May Fool You into Thinking You’re Successful

Both Sides of the Table

We’ve had an explosion of alternate sources of financing from crowd-sourcing, angels, accelerators, incubators, corporates, corporate incubators. Every consultant was pitching a process for reinventing your organization through BI. An impressive number of new VCs have been created – most of them with new seed funds.

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Moving Beyond Learning Differences to Support the Next Great Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs' Organization

“What if we created a research lab and business incubator that took these people with learning differences and put [them] together? We interviewed two current Inventives, Craig and Rebecca, about their projects, mentors and what advice they would give to young entrepreneurs. Here’s what they had to say: Craig Simms.

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The Amazing Disappearing VC

This is going to be BIG.

Given the proliferation of accelerators and incubators that pre-vet entrepreneurs, roll up their sleeves to help companies, and dress them up for demo days, the best and brightest are being showcased to look better than ever. Are you waiting for them to pitch you? It's happening on their side, too.

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You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger

This is going to be BIG.

There's nothing that used to make me feel more like a pompous VC than when I would respond to an entrepreneur by saying their idea isn't big enough--that a success for them would likely be too small for what our firm was looking for. You are the entrepreneur. That's when I realized I was arguing the wrong side of this.