Category Archives: Innovation
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Annals of Hackathons: Hackomotive Is Not Your Daddy’s Hackathon
1March 3, 2013 by Ismail Elshareef
After running internal hackathons at Edmunds.com for the past four years, I got to run my very first public hackathon …
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Entitled Much? The Yahoo! Memo That Irked America’s Tech Community
2February 24, 2013 by Ismail Elshareef
Marissa Meyer, Yahoo!’s CEO, stunned her company’s 11,500 employees when she sent out a memo on Friday that read in …
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Seven Practical Themes From The Lean Startup Conference
1December 8, 2012 by Ismail Elshareef
Earlier this week, I attended my very first Lean Startup Conference in San Francisco. I was invited to sit on …
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Five Lessons Learned at The Reinvent Business Hackathon
1June 14, 2012 by Ismail Elshareef
Last weekend, two of my colleagues and I participated in the Reinvent Business hackathon in San Francisco. I’ve participated in …
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Lean Innovation: How to Become an Effective Innovator [UPDATED]
1June 13, 2012 by Ismail Elshareef
Yesterday, I gave a talk on Lean Innovation at the very first Edmunds Tech Conference. Before I started my talk, …
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Five Things Jean Paul Gaultier Can Teach Innovators
Leave a commentJune 8, 2012 by Ismail Elshareef
A week ago, I was in San Francisco visiting friends. We had the most perfect San Francisco summer day that …
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Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
2January 8, 2012 by Ismail Elshareef
Jobs is a Four Letter Word Many people might mistake this book for a mere biography of the man that …
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Highlights from Fast Company’s Innovation Uncensored Event in San Francisco
Leave a commentNovember 4, 2011 by Ismail Elshareef
Great conferences don’t need to span two or three days. In fact, they can be done in one day as …
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The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires by Tim Wu
Leave a commentNovember 2, 2011 by Ismail Elshareef
Important History All Entrepreneurs Should Know I read this book when it first came out back in November 2010 and …
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Open Government: Collaboration, Transparency, and Participation in Practice
Leave a commentOctober 28, 2011 by Ismail Elshareef
It’s The Consumer, Stupid! This book is comprised of 34 essays written by thought leaders in both technology and government …
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