In late June, I attended the first Town Hall Meeting on IP Investments and Markets, presented by Ocean Tomo and hosted by the Center for Applied Innovation. Held in Chicago, it brought together leaders from the IP industry with investors and investment managers to discuss the potential for the IP asset class to drive corporate […]
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Building A Better Box: Techniques for Innovation
It’s been eight years since Business Week branded the cover of its 75th Anniversary edition with the words “The Innovation Economy.” Since then markets have changed and bubbles have burst, but the message of that cover continues to hold true—we operate in an Innovation Economy powered by ideas. Today, competitiveness is determined by a business’ […]
Will Facebook Grow Into Their Valuation?
Everyone knows the metrics by now, the end of Facebook’s first day of trading: Market Cap = 112.6 bln.; 107x last twelve months (LTM) earnings; 26x LTM revenue. That’s a whole lot of expectation to fulfill. How will Facebook grow into that valuation? What is discussed most frequently is the addition of a next generation […]