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4/20/17
Every Angel Investor Should Have an Investment Thesis (Part 1 of 3)

What kind of investments have you made? What kind of investments do you want to make? Why? Talk to any successful Wall Street investor or real estate investor, and they will tell you that they have a specific in...

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Renowned AEC entrepreneur KP Reddy takes on his next venture..

This episode of Venture sees us catch up with renowned entrepreneur KP Reddy as he takes on his new chapter. This tech incubator uses their wide breadth of expertise to nurture good ideas into great companies. Watch, as our special host...

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4/19/17
Corporate Innovation: Theatre or Action? - A piece by Ray Daddazio

Thornton Tomasetti President Asks, "Innovation: Theatre or Action?" This post is written by Ray Daddazio, President of Thornton Tomasetti, from his notes that he took down during a lecture in January of this year. The event was sponsored jointly...

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VC Pride in Funding the Starving Entrepreneur.

Two recent encounters with young, new entrepreneurs have solidified a concept in my brain that I've known for a long time, but have not had the opportunity to explain until now. There's this myth that being a startup founder is romantic and...

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Innovation Ecosystems and what we can all learn from Estonia.

In a couple of months I will be giving a talk in Estonia on Startups, Ecosystems and Innovation. 1500+ people are coming to a city that very few can find on a map. How have they consistently pulled this off? Focus focus focus. The entire...

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Corporate Innovation talk at SXSW 2017

Talking Corporate Innovation at SXSW2017 with Soon Mee Kim from Porter Novelli.

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2/25/17
NBC TV Interview with KP on Corporate Innovation (Video)

Watch KP Reddy's NBC TV Interview on Corporate Innovation

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Civil Engineers Rule The Future!

When you hear the term, "civil engineering" your eyes and ears usually don't perk up in anticipation like they do when you hear "new iPhone" or "driverless cars" or "Artificial Intelligence." Instead, you think bridges, roads...

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Just Say NO to Down Rounds

Sometimes, I'll put good money after bad. Not this time. Recently, I've seen some proposed down rounds on some investments I made a couple of years ago. I was offered the "opportunity" in invest more at a lower valuation. Sometimes a down...

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1/12/17
The Corporate Innovation Lifecycle

Although it's not named in this article, "corporate innovation" is getting close to being one of those buzzwords used in bingo games at Annual Kickoff Meetings around the globe. Of course every corporation wants to "innovate", and the title...

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12/16/16
Thornton Tomasetti Taps The Combine to Commercialize Intrapreneurial Start-up Ventures

Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm responsible for some of world's most prominent construction projects, has partnered with The Combine to commercialize technologies under its internal innovation engine, TTWiiN...

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10/20/16
WSJ Interview featuring KP Reddy on Robotics (Video)

Watch the WSJ Interview featuring KP Reddy on Robotics

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