All articles by Scott Kirsner - Page 34

Article How the Game Show Network Runs Hackathons
September 24, 2013 | By Scott Kirsner
The cable network's digital game development studio spells out the goals, process, guidelines, and awards for its quarterly employee hackathon.
Article Ten Tips from Corporate Venture Investors
October 1, 2013 | By Scott Kirsner
Corporate venture investing is on the rise. But if you're considering jumping in, are you doing it for the right reasons? We talked to current and former investors...
Article Intel’s Brandon Barnett: Mapping the Future
September 21, 2013 | By Scott Kirsner
The chipmaker's Director of Business Innovation explains how he uses experiments, hackathons, and networks of experts to help Intel map out areas of potential.
Article J&J on Building Its Global Network of Innovation Centers
October 7, 2013 | By Scott Kirsner
The healthcare giant, headquartered in New Jersey, is opening innovation centers in Silicon Valley, Shanghai, London, and Boston...
Article Athenahealth on Creating a Disrupter Ecosystem
October 11, 2013 | By Scott Kirsner
With an initiative dubbed "More Disruption Please," CEO Jonathan Bush decided to give other companies access to his customer base...
Article Hackathons: 5 Keys to Success, 5 examples
October 21, 2013 | By Scott Kirsner
Companies like Campbell's Soup, Coca-Cola, and Hasbro have started to organize hackathons as a way to get outsiders building prototypes...
Article 3 Key Trends in Distributed Work
November 4, 2013 | By Scott Kirsner
There's an shift happening, toward judicious use of distributed talent — whether it's full-timers or freelancers who prefer not to become anyone's employee...
Article Whirlpool’s Dashboard of Ideas
November 6, 2013 | By Scott Kirsner
How does the appliance and home products maker keep track of new product ideas bubbling up in the organization — and their market potential?
Article Scoring Ideas: at One Financial Services Firm
November 25, 2013 | By Scott Kirsner
The head of innovation at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. shares their internal 0-21 point scale for scoring ideas... How much would the idea rely on high-cost technology?
Article Time Warner & Blue Cross on Starting Accelerators
November 26, 2013 | By Scott Kirsner
Execs from Time Warner, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, and TechStars talk about the upside in supporting accelerator programs for entrepreneurs...