Startup

In my previous post, I shared the challenges of innovating within a large enterprise, and how we approached this learning from startups whenever possible. I shared the first of five steps we’ve learned so far: Getting the right people on the bus. On this post I would like focus on Step 2: Getting th…

Innovation is hard work. Even more so at large corporations where we face not only the intrinsic challenges of innovating, but also the pains that come with size. Entrenched silos. The challenge of aligning individual performance incentives and the organization’s overall direction. Focusing on makin…

Every day, entrepreneurs launch startup companies to create apps, services, products, you name it! But often these self-starters have limited resources, small staffs and thus encounter other challenges that every new company faces. So what’s the key to any successful startup? Innovation. By finding…

At the recent IoT World Forum Steering Committee meeting one of the topics that came up again and again was innovation – the need for innovation in business models, the need for innovation in our lives as the Internet of Everything approaches, and the need for innovation with developing the “things”…

With less than 1% of things in the physical world connected to the Internet, there is an incredible opportunity to connect the unconnected. In keeping Cisco’s commitment to drive Internet of Things innovations, Cisco announces a new initiative to recognize and support up-and-coming innovators, entre…