Innovation, then and now

• Autores: Walter Frick
• Localización: Harvard business review, ISSN 0017-8012, Vol. 92, Nº 10, 2014
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article considers why media such as the television program "Silicon Valley" and the book "The Innovators" by Walter Isaacson view technological innovators from years past in heroic terms but have seemingly far less regard for present-day inventors. The author suggests people have a habit of filtering out failures from the past and focusing only on notable successes. He also believes the wide availability of funding for new businesses from venture capitalists and angel investors has made it possible for large number of entrepreneurs to pursue ideas that are more imitative than ground-breaking