Tag: ideas
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The Business of Invention
By separating invention from manufacture we can create a strong “capital market for inventions”, says former Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold*, and this will bring about greater creativity and rewards for all concerned. Myhrvold is currently the CEO and cofounder of Intellectual Ventures (a company he freely admits as being “reviled as a patent troll”) and…
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Aspen Ideas Festival
The Aspen Ideas Festival–a joint production of the Aspen Institute and The Atlantic–is an annual gathering of “some of the most inspired and provocative thinkers, writers, artists, business people, teachers, and other leaders drawn from myriad fields and from across the country and around the world” who meet to discuss “some of the significant ideas…
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Gel Conference Videos
The Gel Conference (“Good Experience Live”) bills itself as an event “exploring good experience in all its forms — in business, technology, art, society, and life”. I hadn’t heard of Gel before but the videos of past talksĀ are captivating and educational. Ā Another set of videos to add to the collection (TED, Seed Salon, FORA.tv, etc.),…