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Start-up Innovation

Phil McKinney
Phil McKinney

Dateline: Sunnyvale, CA
Segment 1: Start-up Innovation
Phases of a new start-up build around an innovation
– Idea Germination
– Trigger Event
– Decision to start a business
– Finding a mentor
– Finding a customer
– Finding a money
– Delivering the first product
– Hire staff
– Fast growth
– Financial crisis
– Management crisis
– Partnering failure
– Consolidation phase
– Starting to look around ….. the next start-up
Segment 2: Cross Polination
Segment 3: Killer Question of the Week

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Phil McKinney is an innovator, podcaster, author, and speaker. He is the retired CTO of HP. Phil's book, Beyond The Obvious, shares his expertise and lessons learned on innovation and creativity.


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