Fwd: Are you really ready to launch a startup?

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Who are the disrupters?

 Repost from the Entrepreneur.com June 28, 2013

In a post that I made on innovation, the Catalytic Questioning method should be used to:  

l.  Find solution to the problem

2. Find a new point of view

3.  Create a new innovation

The process involves a lot of questions being raised, one being better than the other. until 30 to 50 are reached.  The 4 disruptive questions, or one that give radical answer must be retained.  Here are examples of the disrupters;  the game changers.  They looked a the opportunities and ignored the old and present practice:

What are the examples of disrupters:

l.  A new way to communicate while staging a protest/mass action;

2.  A new way to rent out your car (through this rent a a car company) or your spare unutilized room

3.  $19 dollar  a month phone bill that utilize only wifi:   (wow)

Read more >>>>

Entrepreneurs Who Are Disrupting Their Industries

The Entrepreneur.com  has many bookmarks, new articles that are useful for many start ups and business management, entrepreneur students/practitioners.  Read on.

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