The importance of being boring
The importance of being boring Why weren’t Canadian banks hit as badly by the credit crunch as American and British banks? One answer is given in ‘Other People’s Money’, Justin Cartwright’s...
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Posters, cup cakes and the internet
May 4, 2012 | Innovators
Posters, cup cakes and the Internet
Read MoreFresh insights into the challenges that face your business
Oct 18, 2011 | Innovators
What can we learn from Apple’s late, lamented genius Steve Jobs? After his death, many eulogisers – like Eric Jackson and Gene Marks at Forbes magazine – quoted his famous address at Stanford University in 2005, as did Megan McArdle in The Atlantic (http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/10/follow-your-bliss-sort-of/246350/) when she rebuked him for advising students to “follow their bliss” – i.e. pursue their dreams. Good advice if you are the next Steve Jobs, McArdle noted tartly, but most people aren’t.
Help SMEs protect their ideas says Forum of Private Business
Sep 28, 2011 | Innovators
The Forum of Private Business is calling for small firms’ patent rights to be better protected amid concerns that many cannot afford to sue companies which steal their ideas.
Read MoreDrupa innovation park 2012 plans unveiled
Jul 1, 2011 | Innovators
The Drupa innovation park 2012 presented by digi:media (‘dip’) will focus on particularly young companies, start-ups and players with groundbreaking solutions and applications.
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