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AUGUST 13, 2012

Successful Olympic athletes share a number of common qualities with entrepreneurs; including boundless energy, uncompromising tenacity and a willingness to innovate. Such innovations include new training routines, inventive diets, and novel gameplay tactics. Inventive Innovations. Not All Flops Are Failures.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2015

A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. In 1862, Charles Darwin predicted that an insect with an extraordinary tongue must exist by observing an orchid which stores its nectar at bottom of long stem. morganii praedicta, a moth with a freakishly long tongue which fed on the orchid’s pollen.

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JANUARY 27, 2016

For a software startup, a patent can be the intellectual property providing the key competitive advantage, or it can be an expensive non-defensible bureaucratic nightmare -- or both. Even if you start with the U.S. The standard issue patent duration is 20 years, which is far too long in the software business.

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JANUARY 8, 2018

A version of this article first appeared in Forbes. One of the key myths that he destroys is that of the lone inventor who experiences a Eureka moment. In isolation, a particular hunch may be worthless, but when combined with other ideas, at the right time, the result can be a game-changing innovation.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

In 1798, at the age of 55, a frustrated, destitute Fitch scrimped together enough money to purchase a handful of opium pills, which he used to end his life. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for. free weekly Infochachkie articles! First Mover Disadvantage. First Mover Disadvantage. Fitch To Fulton.

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