by David Morey | Innovation
Walter Isaacson’s new book, The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution, offers a computer age grand tour: from the tentative beginnings of the computer age in the 1830s all the way forward to Wikipedia and the Internet....
by David Morey | Innovation
Today, innovation isn’t just a luxury for businesses. Innovation, in fact, is the critical difference between success and failure, between survival and extinction. As Peter Drucker once said: “Business comes down to two thing: innovation and marketing.” And today,...
by Ryan Scott | Economy, Innovation, Socially Responsible, Sustainability, Volunteerism
The recession forced Corporate America to do more with less. As such, new innovations in employee volunteering developed out of necessity, and the result has been a flowering of fresh ways to engage employees and communities that are here to stay. As more companies...
by Shana Rappaport | Clean Tech, Economy, Energy, Innovation, Solar, Sustainability, Verge
‘Tis the season for year-end reflection. After all, what better way to celebrate the progress we’ve made and to begin envisioning what’s yet to come? The convergence of technologies — and of people from different sectors — is enabling and accelerating systemic...
by Shana Rappaport | Clean Tech, Energy, Innovation, Sustainability, Verge
It’s no surprise that this VERGE Accelerate startup pitch competition was one of the most highly rated keynote sessions at our VERGE SF 2014 event in October. Who doesn’t love gaining insight into the innovation surging from the entrepreneurial community and the great...
by Ryan Scott | Gamification, Innovation, Socially Responsible, Sustainability, Volunteerism
More than $100 million. That’s how much the ice bucket challenge has raised for ALS, courtesy of three million plus people. According to the ALS Association, that represents a 3,500% increase from the $2.8 million that the organization raised during the same time...