INNOVATE AMPLIFIN

Innovation Redefined

And selecting an innovative payment and collections partner.

INNOVATE REBECCA DECZYNSKI

How a First-Time Founder Designed an Electric Flosser That Puts Accessibility First

One painful dentist visit set Samantha Coxe on the path to entrepreneurship.

INNOVATE JOHN HALL

4 Industries AI Is Expected to Significantly Impact in 2024

AI is changing everything from employees' tasks to client interactions.

INNOVATE ROBIN LANDA

How Recognizing and Filling Gaps Can Transform Your Business

From unaddressed needs to underserved audiences, a roadmap to impactful ideas.

INNOVATE ROBIN LANDA

A Simple Way to Inspire Innovation

'The Handmaid's Tale' author Margaret Atwood's fight against censorship shows the transformative role of imaginative speculation.

INNOVATE JESSICA STILLMAN

How Old Are the Most Radical Innovators? A New Study's Answer Will Surprise You

The stereotypical radical innovator is a 20-something in a hoodie, but real-life research suggests a very different picture.

INNOVATE TIGELE NLEBESI

How To Go To Market Faster

The Need for Speed – Why founders should learn faster and iterate quicker when building products in Africa.

INNOVATE GLENN GILLIS

Helping To Save Our Oceans With Impact Games

In what is believed to be a world-first, the Sea Monster team has built a playful training engine that teaches marine protectors how to be better at what they do.

INNOVATE MARTIN ZWILLING

8 Common Team Reactions to Innovation Ideas

Are your team members all aligned and supportive of innovation and change in the business?

INNOVATE JOEL COMM

3 Innovative Ways to Build Brand Loyalty

Gaining a customer is a feat in and of itself. Keeping a customer, however, takes that initial effort plus innovative thinking.

INNOVATE CHRISTOPHER R. DUNCAN

How to Effectively Partner With TikTok Creators

Reed Duchscher, who represents popular YouTuber Mr. Beast, told Inc. how businesses can get access to new customers by partnering with creators.

INNOVATE JUANITA VORSTER

Comfort: The addiction that kills success

Only 25% of the world’s population is comfortable changing the status quo.

INNOVATE CHRISTOPHER R. DUNCAN

Tips for Turning TikTok Fame Into Business Deals

Strategies from 3 people who used TikTok to launch a business.

INNOVATE STEPHEN KEY

7 Tips For Licensing Intellectual Property From Brand Owners

Every entrepreneur needs to understand the power of licensing.

INNOVATE JOE PROCOPIO

You Have 3 Years Before Your Innovative Startup Idea Becomes Obsolete

Innovation expiration is real, so you've got to act now.

INNOVATE JEFF HADEN

Want to Be More Creative, Innovative and Successful? Avoid the Dreaded 'Streetlight Effect'

Research shows you'll be more than half again as likely to come up with the best ideas – and outcomes.

INNOVATE DANIELLA SACHS

Booked Your Workation Yet?

The Future of Work has arrived. And it is already transforming the way we work, live and travel.

INNOVATE JEFFREY COHN

The Key to Making Bet-the-Company Decisions

Understand the number-one rule of the universe.

INNOVATE MARTIN ZWILLING

8 Insights on What it Takes to Expand or Start a New Business Today

Your innovation may be the greatest, but many fail due to lack of focus on other business essentials.

INNOVATE CHARLES LEE MATHEWS

Technology In Africa – The Best Is Yet To Come

Young Angolan engineer, Cristovão Cacombe, has come up with a fun, pragmatic and innovative way for children to learn about robotics.

INNOVATE BRIAN BAKKER

The Year That Was in Africa

Economically, 2022 was topsy-turvy for the continent, but there were highlights. Here are a few that stood out.

INNOVATE DANIELLA SACHS

Sustainability is Yesterday’s News

Because we can no longer realistically pursue or achieve it. We should now be thinking about designing for the future.

INNOVATE MARTIN ZWILLING

8 Positive Ways to Counter Pushback on Your New Business Ideas

If your ideas at work are often ignored or rejected, perhaps you are using the wrong approach.

INNOVATE CAROL SANKAR

3 Ways You Can Show Customers You Care About Their Values

By highlighting the ways that your brand aligns with the values of its customers, you can gain lasting loyalty in an increasingly competitive marketplace.

INNOVATE GRAHAM WINFREY

This Neuroscientist Built a Business by Reducing Waste. Steve Case Is Betting Millions It Will Work

Rheaply founder Garry Cooper talks growth strategies, work-life balance and the government's role in entrepreneurship with AOL's renowned co-founder.

INNOVATE TIM CRINO

How This Company Used Rocket Science to Bring an Innovative Product to Market

Nebia's showerheads have saved consumers nearly half a billion gallons of water. But its simple solution took years to develop.

INNOVATE MARTIN ZWILLING

8 Prerequisites for Turning Any Innovation Into a Business Success

Don't be fooled into thinking that solution innovation alone will assure long-term business success.

INNOVATE REBECCA DECZYNSKI

Starbucks Is the Latest Food Business to Enter the Metaverse. Its Approach Just Might Work

Starbucks Odyssey intends to use blockchain technology to better engage the coffee company's customers – but its point of entry is surprisingly accessible.

INNOVATE XINTIAN TINA WANG

Consumers Are Willing to Purchase Products Using an Emoji, Latest Report Shows

How emoji use will evolve in the digital shopping sphere.

INNOVATE JOEL COMM

3 Real Estate Tech Investments Other Industries Can Learn From

The real estate industry is adapting to the times.

INNOVATE GENE HAMMETT

How a Simple Framework Can Enable Innovation for Your Company

When you lead innovation for your company, you don't have to change your thinking. You can use a simple framework to guide you to a breakthrough.

INNOVATE RADHIKA MĪA

Design Thinking for Social Impact

Social challenges in Africa are complex and require systemic solutions grounded in what people need.

INNOVATE STEPHEN SHAPIRO

How to Grow Your Company Without Spending Any Money

Sometimes the best strategy is to give someone a slice of your business.

INNOVATE ANNA MEYER

Meeting Customers' High Expectations Isn't Enough Anymore. Here's How the Best Retailers Are Exceeding Them

You already know your online shopping experience must be seamless. Here's how companies like Crate&Barrel and Rent the Runway are handling a new environment where customers keep raising the bar.

INNOVATE BILL MURPHY JR.

After 55 Years, McDonald's Just Made a Long-Awaited Announcement

I only wish Michael "Jim" Delligatti were here to see it.

INNOVATE SOREN KAPLAN

6 Simple Growth Hacks for Startups

Building a new business is tough. These strategies will help your startup succeed without a big investment.

INNOVATE KYLE HULSE

How to Move NFTs From Vanity to Utility

The age of digital innovation is upon us. But are we approaching it correctly?

INNOVATE DAVID SCHONTHAL

Entering a New Market? Harness the Power of Familiarity

Innovators can win by making the unfamiliar more familiar.

INNOVATE CAROL SANKAR

How Your Data Can Improve Your Customer Relationships

Your business data can be so much more than numbers that you throw on a slide presentation.

INNOVATE STEPHEN KEY

6 Ways Licensing Benefits Startups

Get to market faster, raise more money, and reduce your overall risk.

INNOVATE LARRY ALTON

Avoid Overpaying for Software Development With These Strategies

Save money by getting organized and keeping a vigilant eye on your developing project.

INNOVATE CHRISTINE LAGORIO-CHAFKIN

Insomnia Inspired This Founder to Design a Lighting System That Won't Mess With Your Sleep

Colin Billings spent two years and $150,000 creating an prototype for his adaptive-lighting idea. Bringing it to market was another challenge altogether.

INNOVATE ELIZABETH WALTON EGAN

Use This Simple Hack to Make Your Next Product Release a Success

Do your research at these 4 critical points in the development cycle.

INNOVATE MARTIN ZWILLING

5 Keys To Developing an Innovation Mindset for Your Next New Initiative

Once your business is up and thriving, the real work begins to keep up with change and competitors.

INNOVATE AUSTIN ALLISON

3 Tips For Companies Disrupting The Status Quo

When you're pioneering something innovative, you must stay true to the mission, put customers first, and stick to the facts.

INNOVATE JOEL COMM

3 Ways to Drive Innovation

Keep your startup moving forward by putting innovation at the forefront.

INNOVATE BRIAN BAKKER & ZULU SOWAZI II

A Solution to Africa’s Cable Theft Crisis

How Take Note IT has developed an effective way to put a crimp in criminal plans.

INNOVATE ALEXA VON TOBEL

The Productivity Hack That Makes Impossible Foods Possible

After making huge strides in cancer research, Pat Brown is on a mission to fix farming. The secret to his productivity can probably be found in your kitchen.

INNOVATE YAZIN AKKAWI

7 Advantages of Tokenizing Access to Your Product

How gating access to your product with NFTs will change the way you launch, market and monetize.

INNOVATE PETER KEATING

Got Range Anxiety? This Shark Tank Alum Has the Antidote for Potential EV Buyers

A startup born in a Syracuse university dorm room promises to unleash pent up demand for electric vehicles with a deceptively simple charging solution.

INNOVATE PETER KEATING

This Aquaculture Startup is Taking on Methane Reduction by Feeding Red Algae to Cows

Livestock emissions of greenhouse gases may make for good memes, but cow burps are no joke. Symbrosia says its feed supplement can reduce cows' methane emissions by 80 percent.

INNOVATE JORDAN HICKEY

To Promote 'Stranger Things,' These Businesses Developed an App That Lets You Order a Pizza With Your Mind

The campaign for the new season of the Netflix series includes a facial recognition and eye tracking app for viewers who want to order Domino's hands-free.

INNOVATE MARTIN TANTOW

Driving Continuous Innovation: 6 Lessons for Business Leaders

Innovating is not the same as inventing. Here's how to stay on top.

INNOVATE NICK HAWKINS

The CEO of Twitch Learned This Key Leadership Skill From Y-Combinator's Paul Graham

Emmett Shear's mentor knew how to dream big.

INNOVATE CHRISTINE LAGORIO-CHAFKIN

Demand Has Never Been Higher, but These Infant-Formula Startups Are Pausing New Orders

Amidst a nationwide shortage in baby formula, two startups made the uncomfortable decision to shut down new orders so they can favor the existing loyal customers.

INNOVATE BILL SAPORITO

How IBM, Ford, DuPont and Sony Passed on Windows, the Cadillac, Gore-Tex and the iPod

Sometimes opportunity knocks but no one answers the door. How some ultimately great business ideas were initially ignored.

INNOVATE STEPHEN KEY

10 Questions to Help You Get Paid for Your Ideas

Before you start sharing your idea with invention licensing companies, make sure you know the answers to these basic inquiries.

INNOVATE KYLE HULSE

How the Creator Economy is Empowering Gen Z

How the Creator Economy is pioneering new opportunities for the next generation, and paving the way to the future of work.

INNOVATE REBECCA DECZYNSKI

Reshma Saujani Knows What Working Parents Really Want for Mother's Day: Employers That Take Burnout Seriously

With a new ad, the Marshall Plan for Moms founder calls on businesses to invest in policies that take the strain off overwhelmed parents.

INNOVATE JORDAN HICKEY

3 Ways to Build a Crazy-Successful Sustainable Product Brand

Richard Branson and Grove Collaborative founder and CEO Stuart Landesberg explain what every earth-friendly company needs to master to win in the market.

INNOVATE CHRISTINE LAGORIO-CHAFKIN

5 Ways Innovative Retail Brands Are Future-Proofing Their Companies

Precision forecasting. Customer-fueled design. Authentic branding. Here's how innovative retail companies can withstand the pressures of the coming years.

INNOVATE JORDAN HICKEY

Caring About the Planet Isn't Enough. You Need to Show Customers You Mean It

Erin Allweiss and Melody Serafino, founders of PR agency No. 29 Communications, weigh in on how to publicize your company's environmental efforts in a way that feels genuine and authentic to your audience.

INNOVATE LARRY ROBERTSON

"Significant or Ceremonial:" Apply this Test, or Forget Having Impact

If you think normal is coming, it's time to start questioning your leadership.

INNOVATE CHRISTINE LAGORIO-CHAFKIN

An Entrepreneur's Guide to Finding New Business Opportunities in the Metaverse

Fortunes will be made from building the Metaverse. Here, a researcher lays out the types of companies needed to make it a reality.

INNOVATE CHARISSA CASSELS

Making Mobile Phones Work for Farmers in Africa

And why access to agricultural knowledge is essential for them.

INNOVATE BILL MURPHY JR.

After 61 Years, McDonald's Just Revealed Some Big Plans That Nobody Could Have Predicted

A lot has changed since May 4, 1961.


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