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The tension of creating vs maximizing

Posted by Gavin Baker - January 30, 2010 - innovation
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I’m about half-way through “The Design of Business” by Roger Martin which explores how knowledge advances from one stage to another-from mystery (something we can’t explain) to heuristic (a rule of thumb that guides us toward solution) to algorithm (a predictable formula for producing an answer) to code (when the formula becomes so predictable it [...]

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Read More Add new tag, Amazon, Amazon.com, business, Engineering, Heuristic, Jeff Bezos, Roger Martin, The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage

What if record labels acted more like VCs?

Posted by Gavin Baker - May 25, 2009 - innovation
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Twins, two people that have similarity.  Crazy enough, I’ve got a twin brother – and we aren’t identical twins (this is what he looks like).  He knows a bit about music and music culture – he just finished up his Masters of Music Composition and Arranging at Belmont University in Nashville, TN. (Here’s a link [...]

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Read More Belmont University, fred wilson, iPhone, Music, music industry, music label, Sony BMG, start up, venture capital, Victoria Cross

Kip Knight shares how to utilize the power of all to build your business

Posted by Gavin Baker - March 21, 2008 - branding, collaboration, innovation, marketing, web 2.0
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I was fortunate to attend the Cincinnati area AMA lunch today, where Kip Knight, Vice President – Marketing of eBay spoke about “using the power of all of us to build your business” where he outlined his thoughts on the trending of business and marketing of companies moving into an open sourcing and collaboration model [...]

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Read More american marketing association, Application programming interface, Assistance, Auction, cincinnati ama, collaboration, Easter, ebay, ebay marketing, innovation, kip knight, Servers, Shopping, the ultimate question, web 2.0

sliding off track

Posted by Gavin Baker - March 21, 2007 - change, innovation, knoxville, markets, risk
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The weather down here in Knoxville has been gorgeous, sunny and in the high 60s. Yesterday I took advantage of this weather and went mountain biking for the first time this year. It was a great ride, good traction, a slight breeze and they’d done some trail improvement from the fall so the loop was [...]

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Read More Cycling, Hiking, Issaquah Washington, Mountain biking, Recreation and Sports, Sports, Trail, Tree

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