Mindsheet
Raglan Tribe
Managing Director
Helping your business develop breakthrough products and services in a complex world.
"Free Report - The Innovation Lens: A Secret Blueprint for identifying the Next Big Thing ! "
Dear Business Leader,
Business has never been so competitive and the ability to develop and launch new products and services is critical. If you don’t innovate, then survival in the long term will be tough. Yet 90% of new developments result in commercial failure.
If you’ve ever gone through the pain and frustration of trying to develop a new product or an innovative solution for your company you will already be aware of the many pitfalls. Even if you have the right people and processes in place, hand on heart can you always tell exactly what your customers want? All too often “supposedly winning” product ideas flop in the market. So imagine being able to figure out exactly what your market wants to buy, the competitive definition of your offering and the exact sales pitch they want to hear! |
My free report discusses some of the issues with innovation and highlights proven processes that help you get inside the head of the customer to ensure every launch is a winner. Topics covered include:
• Why you shouldn’t listen to the voice of the customer
• The search for Six-Sigma innovation
• How to identify innovation hotspots
• Winning ways to generate concepts
Furthermore, I will send you the Mindsheet newsletter “The Innovation Lens”, packed with innovation tips and news.
Your email address will never be sold, traded or used by anyone else. Plus you can unsubscribe in one click at ANY time.
Wishing you great innovation success,
Raglan Tribe
Managing Director
Mindsheet Ltd
The Innovation Launch Machine
Published September 16, 2010 | 
Britain has an outstanding record of invention but often misses out on exploitation. It’s hard to get risk capital to turn technology ideas into market winners. However, it’s not just the absence of capital that causes problems:
- Entrepreneurs often don’t understand how to create investable propositions
- They focus on the wrong activities that alienate time-pressured investors
Furthermore, investors often don’t understand technology preferring a clearer path to profits through mature enterprises.
It’s a shame, because well executed projects that resolve technology risk in the context of strong market pull leads to the greatest value for both investors and the UK. It worked for us in the industrial revolution and today we simply can’t afford to miss the boat.
So what do I propose?
- An investment internet portal that makes donating funds as easy as using the “Just Giving” charity site
- Simpler financial compliance by limiting donations to small sums of money – micro-investments
- The hosting of educational materials to help entrepreneurs create a perfect “dragon’s den” pitch
The commercialisation of this innovation launch machine will be through modest membership fees and a percentage of funds raised.
Imagine a UK that boasted more than just pioneering research and development, but that can claim to be the “first stop” for all the world’s entrepreneurs who wish to get their innovations off the ground. This would lead to a huge influx of ideas that would power our prosperity for the next century as well as solving some of the world’s most pressing problems.
I’m Raglan Tribe and I’m looking for the Technology Strategy Board prize to get my idea of the ground. Specifically,
- The development of a legally compliant micro-investment portal with tracking and audit to ensure that investors get a great deal
- The inclusion of e-learning to ensure that participants know how to deliver solid investment plans
- The inclusion of sociable viral technologies for promoting entrepreneur pitches and rounding up a large audience of micro-investors
- And lastly of course, the exposure and credibility that comes from winning this competition
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