The New York Times published an interview with Steve Chase, founder of AOL and currently an venture investor through his firm Revolution Capital. Although only the final interview question had to do with corporate innovation, Mr. Chase gave a great answer that reminds us that there is cultural bias against risk and innovation that is [...]
Our Condolences to the Victims
April 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment
We’re thankful that nobody in the Newlogic family, past and present, appears to have been directly effected by Monday’s bombing at the Boston Marathon. Though, at the same time, we send our sincere condolences to all those that were, in any way, touched by this horrific event. In the coming days we’ll be looking into [...]
Possibly the Most Damming Statement About Designers We’ve Ever Heard
April 12, 2013 by Leave a Comment
“Fisker is a design company, not a manufacturing company. It was destined to fail from the beginning” – Darrell Issa, R-CA.
Fast Company Asks; Is Your Company Going Into Innovation Debt?
April 11, 2013 by Leave a Comment
From FastCompany.com comes this article highlighting the idea of Innovation Debt. “Innovation debt is the cost that companies incur when they don’t invest in their developers,” Peter Bell writes in his personal blog. “It happens when the team is too busy putting out fires and finishing up features to keep up to date with advances [...]
Forbe’s Opinion on the Best Food Innovations of 2012
April 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment
From Forbes magazine comes their list of the best food innovations of 2012.
Video Interview of David Edwards of Le Laboratoire
April 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
From Cool Hunting comes this video interview of Dr. David Edwards, founder of Le Laboratoire. Le Laboratoire is known as the inventor of the AeroShot Energy Inhaler and WikiCell edible food packaging. In the interview Dr. Edwards talks about his approach to innovation and why he opened a public store-front / innovation lab in Paris for art, science and [...]
Highlighting Entrepreneurship in Boston
April 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Babson College (my alma mater) has a feature section in the Boston Globe that highlights entrepreneurship in Boston. Babson, and it’s MBA program, is well-known at being ranked as the top entrepreneurship college in the US. I like that the Boston Globe article describes a range of entrepreneurial activity of all kinds. By giving visibility [...]
Packaging and Systems Innovation Distributes Essential Medicine Into Remote Villages with Coca-Cola
March 27, 2013 by Leave a Comment
From Wired comes this article about packaging and systems innovation that distributes essential medication into remote villages by piggybacking on Coca-Cola’s existing operations. You can buy a Coke pretty much anywhere on Earth. Thanks to a vast network of local suppliers, Coca-Cola has almost completely solved distribution, getting its product into every nook and cranny where commerce [...]
New Pepsi Bottle Package Design
March 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Pepsi is changing its look in the U.S.—the brand is set to introduce an updated, “easier-to-grip” bottle shape along with the wraparound shorter label featuring a bigger logo. Starting April, the new look will be rolling out for the Pepsi 20-ounce plastic bottle and later for all plastic and glass packaging of the entire range, [...]
Does Less Innovation Lead to More Inequality
February 26, 2013 by Leave a Comment
In the New York Times’ Opinion pages come this article on the relationship between innovation and social inequality. Written by Edmund S. Phelps, a Nobel laureate in economics. In it, Professor Phelps proposes that the process of continuous innovation, both incremental and disruptive, laid the foundation for the broad-based prosperity of the American middle class in the postwar [...]
