BIF-4 Collaborative Innovation Summit
BIF-4 took place on October 15-16, 2008 at Trinity Rep in Providence, R.I. and was co-hosted by BusinessWeek Contributing Editor, Bruce Nussbaum and 'Mavericks at Work' author, Bill Taylor. The slate of storytellers included fashion mogul, Marc Ecko, 37signals founder and CEO, Jason Fried, and Zappos.com CEO, Tony Hsieh.
Tony Hsieh at BIF-4
Zappos.com wunderkid talks about his company’s customer-centric approach to killing the competition.
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Matt Cottam at BIF-4
Cottam shares the story of BIF’s Nursing Home of the Future lab.
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Deborah Brooks at BIF-4
In an interview with Bill Taylor, Michael J. Fox Foundation co-founder Deborah Brooks talks about how the fund began and what has driven their success in years since.
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John Abele at BIF-4
As a leader of the Grunion expedition, Abele recently rediscovered the WWII submarine his father disappeared on in 1942. His story spans a few continents and a few important lessons about following your passions.
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Alexander Tsiaras at BIF-4
Creator of the Anatomical Travelogue discusses release of new web module that makes medical informational globally accessible via mind blowing illustrations and animations.
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Terry Pierce at BIF-4
Dr. Terry Pierce is the Special Advisor for Disruptive Innovations for Under Secretary Jay Cohen, Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate DHS S&T.
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Jeffrey Hollender at BIF-4
In an interview with Bruce Nussbaum, Seventh Generation President candidly reflects on real-world sustainability and how his company overcame a major image crisis.
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Saul Kaplan at BIF-4
Saul Kaplan is the founder and Chief Catalyst of the Business Innovation Factory. He also is the chair of the non-profit’s Board of Directors. Kaplan started BIF in 2005 with a mission to enable collaborative innovation. The non-profit is creating a real world laboratory for innovators to explore and test new business models and system level solutions in areas of high social importance including health care, education, energy independence, public safety, and quality of life.
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David Kusek at BIF-4
David Kusek is a musician who has been inventing the future of music for the past twenty-five years. He is a co-developer of the Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) standard that opened up electronic music to literally millions of people.
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Curt Columbus at BIF-4
Trinity Rep artistic director reminds us of the important of theatre in community and democracy.
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