David Linz is in my eyes one of the best kept secrets for Entrepreneurs in South East Wisconsin. Imagine a guy who can connect you to SBIR and other government resources and do so absolutely free of charge and you will imagine Dave Linz. He did not just take the time to listen to my [...]
Tags: 1. Entrepreneurial Management · Education · Innovation
I wanted to take the time to tip my hat in acknowledgement of Darrell Mann the author of Hands on Systematic Innovation for some of the great ideas and tools that I have learned from him. Great guy, wonderful presenter and extremely knowledgeable with regard to Systematic Innovation. If you get a chance to meet him in [...]
Tags: Great Books · Innovation
There are close to 4,000 companies in Wisconsin alone that have mastered the making of a widget. They compete in a highly volatile commodity product or service market and do a decent job of it. But the big buzz these days and has been for a while is making of unique, highly engineered products. The owners [...]
Tags: E-M8 · FutureWorks · Innovation · Local Impact
Yesterday we ran in to one of our acquaintances at the store the other day. He is a fellow in his sixties who did not even know how to turn on a computer a couple years ago. Yet, when we asked him what he was buying, he said, “I would not buy anything here. I can order [...]
Tags: 5. Expanding Market · FutureWorks · Innovation
Actually, something even more exciting happened this week, but I can’t talk about it yet. So, I will tell you about a post singularity sci fi book that I decided to write. I have a problem with all sci fi that I have ever read in that it does not reach far enough, it lacks [...]
Tags: FutureWorks · Great Books · Innovation