Showing posts with label Irish Tech News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Irish Tech News. Show all posts

Thursday, April 23, 2020

Innovation Has Gone Global and Is Arguably the Most Powerful Force Today

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Below is an interview with Alexandre Lazarow, the author of Out-Innovate, which was recently reviewed by Irish Tech News.

Alexandre presently works with Cathay Innovation, a global firm that invests across Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America, and was previously with the Omidyar Network. Outside of his day job, he teaches impact investment and entrepreneurship at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey.

In addition, he is a Kauffman Fellow, completed his MBA from the Harvard Business School and has a B.Comm from the University of Manitoba.

In the interview, one of his keys statements is:
Innovation is arguably the most powerful force today. In the US, 40% of publicly traded companies (representing 60% of market cap and 80% of R&D budgets) were once venture backed startups. They hold the promise not only of job creation but solving some of our thorniest problems. Innovation has gone global.
Read the entire interview about how how entrepreneurs are rewriting the rules.

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Nitro-Funding to Go Global Immediately

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What is nitro-funding?  According to Simon Cocking of Irish Tech News, nitro-funding is when companies take on a large amount of funding and go global immediately.  In the article below, he talks about:
  • When Irish (or any) companies should go global.
  • Domestic platform, global foundation.
  • Cloud-based service offerings, which are global by nature.
Key statement:  "We believe that it makes sense to refine, perfect and grow in the domestic market, but to look overseas as soon as is practicable."

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