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From AT&T To Xerox: 65 Corporate Innovation Labs

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From their humble, skunkworks-style origins in Palo Alto to their current offices in Sunnyvale, Cupertino, Seattle, and Boston, they’ve scaled up to attack new projects but keep the same focus on experimentation and innovation that helped them build the first Kindle. Capital One. Innovation Lab Name: Capital One Labs.

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Killing Strategy: The Disruption Of Management Consulting

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Before Bruce Doolin Henderson opened the doors of Boston Consulting Group on July 1, 1963, the concept of “competition” barely existed in American business culture, let alone the concept of strategy. Bain, whose co-founders would go on to start Bain Capital, had a particular expertise in finance from the beginning.

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Reopening: The Tech-Enabled Office In A Post-Covid World

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Robin , a Boston-based workplace experience software platform, has recently focused on creating a hotel-like system where employees can reserve conference rooms as well as desk space according to social distancing guidelines. The company has raised $75M in funding from investors including Accel and ICONIQ Capital. Source: Miro.

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