Candidates' Policies on Technology and Innovation

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#26
There's a series of books from Clayton Christensen (Innovator's Dilemma, Innovator's Solution, Seeing What's Next) that examine the idea of disruptive innovations. Rather than read the books, you can probably find a Harvard Business Review article or two from CC that will give you the gist. This stuff is about the barriers, industry issues etc. associated with more radical innovations and how they come to (or fail to come to) the market.

Crossing the Chasm (Geoffrey Moore) is a new take on the classic Technology Adoption Lifecycle theory that explains why so many company's, products don't make it past the early adoption stage.

A textbook that is a good overall reference is "Technology Ventures: From Idea to Enterprise" by Richard Dorf and Thomas Byers. Typically textbook but good starting point to see the range of issues involved.

Christensen has a text called "Innovation and the General Manger" that is a mix of HBR articles and cases on various issues associated with fostering innovation and getting it to markets.

My VC - focused stuff is in my office. If you remind me, I'll send some more.

I focus mainly on the opportunity analysis end of technology commercialization as opposed to the funding side but much of the VC due diligence looks at opportunity analysis as well.

Here's a potentially useful VC book: Venture Capital Due Diligence by Justin Camp. It's not limited to technology-based VC funding but will give some insights into how a VC looks at an investment opportunity
 
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#28
BigPapaVol said:
I have no idea.

I have to admit that I am shocked that it's an actual book. Is there a VC for Dummies subtitle to it?
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written by a VC
 
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volinbham said:
There's a series of books from Clayton Christensen (Innovator's Dilemma, Innovator's Solution, Seeing What's Next) that examine the idea of disruptive innovations. Rather than read the books, you can probably find a Harvard Business Review article or two from CC that will give you the gist. This stuff is about the barriers, industry issues etc. associated with more radical innovations and how they come to (or fail to come to) the market.

Crossing the Chasm (Geoffrey Moore) is a new take on the classic Technology Adoption Lifecycle theory that explains why so many company's, products don't make it past the early adoption stage.

A textbook that is a good overall reference is "Technology Ventures: From Idea to Enterprise" by Richard Dorf and Thomas Byers. Typically textbook but good starting point to see the range of issues involved.

Christensen has a text called "Innovation and the General Manger" that is a mix of HBR articles and cases on various issues associated with fostering innovation and getting it to markets.

My VC - focused stuff is in my office. If you remind me, I'll send some more.

I focus mainly on the opportunity analysis end of technology commercialization as opposed to the funding side but much of the VC due diligence looks at opportunity analysis as well.

Here's a potentially useful VC book: Venture Capital Due Diligence by Justin Camp. It's not limited to technology-based VC funding but will give some insights into how a VC looks at an investment opportunity
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Very cool...I'll try to remind you when you're in the office about the others...

....disruptive technologies really interest me because I see so many potential forms of it in energy innovation...which is something I'm very interested in...
 
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#30
TennTradition said:
Very cool...I'll try to remind you when you're in the office about the others...

....disruptive technologies really interest me because I see so many potential forms of it in energy innovation...which is something I'm very interested in...
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The Innovator's Dilemma/Solution stuff and Crossing the Chasm are both about disruptive technologies and pretty well accepted among those looking at these issues (even though the empirical evidence behind the theories isn't well established - there just hasn't been a lot empirical verification yet)
 
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#31
Well you started a post that will run for 52 days!! :)

lets start with
General Philosophy Towards Technology and Innovation Policy.

If Obama means he plans on making broadband a national project on the scale of TVA or the Hoover dam than I am all for it. It would create jobs, shove technological growth to the forefront and somewhat excite the public. However he loses me on this issue

 Congress should get involved in writing rules for the Internet.
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McCain wins that argument. Maybe we need someone to start policing the internet but congress isn't the ones to do it.
 
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#32
MontereyVol said:
If Obama means he plans on making broadband a national project on the scale of TVA or the Hoover dam than I am all for it. It would create jobs, shove technological growth to the forefront and somewhat excite the public.
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I'm not comfortable with a TVA sized project for broadband at all.
 
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MontereyVol said:
TVA was credited with pulling us out of the depression. I agree that what it has become may not be great but the initial project was.
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It had a role but most history I've read puts WWII as the real economic stimulus that pulled us out of the depression.

I don't see enough of a market failure in broadband deployment to call for massive government intervention.

Flood control and energy development/production on the scale of TVA at the time was closer to a market failure - the private sector simply could not take on that task by itself plus unemployment was so high, it was a 2 for 1.
 
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#36
BigPapaVol said:
VC for Dummies.
Everything you wanted to know about VC, but were afraid to ask.
VCs, the illustrated history.
VC, not just letters any more.
So, you wanna be a Venture Capitalist?
VCs, the inside story.
You think you know Private Equity?
VC lingo translated to 7 popular languages.
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Great Moments in VC
The Five Languages of VC
The VC-Driven Life

vader said:
What about "VC works for me". Dr. Seuss had range.
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BigPapaVol said:
I think is book was All things in the world from VC to Zuider Zee.
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The Bubble Battle Book
 
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#37
volinbham said:
The Innovator's Dilemma/Solution stuff and Crossing the Chasm are both about disruptive technologies and pretty well accepted among those looking at these issues (even though the empirical evidence behind the theories isn't well established - there just hasn't been a lot empirical verification yet)
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Innovator's Dilemma is a must read in that world.
 
#39
#39
TennTradition said:
That's essentially how I look at it too...but I think that one point she is driving home that is worth making is investment in basic science research. The large private research labs have all but disappeared...such as Bell labs which gave us the transistor. In their absence, I think that the government does have a role in funding basic science .... and those budgets have shrunk vs. inflation for some time. I'm more of a technologist than a scientist....so I generally get more excited about applied science...but basic science research is still important...you can't just get into a mode of applied science .... that will only carry you for so long.
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This makes a whole lot of sense to me.

Thanks for posting and thanks for sharing the .pdf - I've been on the lookout for a good layman's summary of their stances on tech.
 
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