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Corporates Participate in Startup Weekend Competitions
The latest buzz in business seems to be all around entrepreneurship and startups. Everywhere we look, companies are adopting mantras around creating a more entrepreneurial culture and looking for ways...
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Startup Weekend Cincinnati
Jason & Renee recently talked at Startup Weekend Cincinnati on Smart & Scrappy Learning. Check out the deck below if you’re starting a company up, thinking about it, or want to take more of an...
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6 Tips for a Successful Idea Pitch
You might not have any grand visions of showing up on Shark Tank, but the truth is, we’re all salespeople. Whether you’re actually in the field selling SKUs to Walmart, trying to get a project funded...
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Women in Research (WiRE) Event Recap
On Wednesday, November 18th, The Garage Group (represented by Ann Thompson) had the pleasure of speaking on a panel at the WiRE (Women in Research) event in downtown Chicago. On a panel alongside...
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What I Learned from the Biggest Decision I Ever Made
Keri Dooley left her job at P&G last January to join us here at The Garage Group, and she’s been an invaluable part of our team ever since in her role as Innovation & Growth Strategist. Here...
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Entrepreneur Spotlight: Scott Weiss (CEO, OCEAN)
Scott Weiss, the chairperson of our Board of Advisors, is one of our greatest mentors. After spending 22 years in the corporate world, Scott stepped into a role as CEO of OCEAN, a startup accelerator...
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TGG Highlights: Top Ten from 2015
As 2015 comes to a close, we’re thankful for all the tremendous growth we’ve had this year. Here are ten highlights we’re excited to share from 2015. We’re looking forward to continuing to build our...
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5 Ways to Foster a More Innovative Work Culture
With the arrival of a new year, many of us are reflecting on what we’ve accomplished over the past 365 days, both personally and professionally. What went right? What went wrong? How can we improve...
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Meet Our New Research Consultant: Keith Romer
Please join us in welcoming Keith Romer to The Garage Group team! Keith brings both qual and quant research experience across CPG, Healthcare, Agriculture, Restaurant, and B2B verticals. We’re...
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Entrepreneur Spotlight: Kristi Zuhlke (CEO & Co-Founder, KnowledgeHound)
After spending six years in a Consumer Market Knowledge role at P&G, Kristi Zuhlke branched out to co-found KnowledgeHound, a Chicago, IL startup with a mission to build the largest database of...
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4 Faster Ways to Turn Insights Into Action
We’ve already written on the topic of insights becoming commodities. And, another wrinkle in the way that many teams work with insights is in an almost obsessive focus on “deployment.” In our...
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Meet Our New Research Consultant: Taylor Burchett
Please join us in welcoming Taylor Burchett to The Garage Group team! Taylor is excited to jump in with her experience in research and innovation. We’re so excited to add her to our strong and growing...
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From Kickstarter to Shark Tank: What Corporates Can Learn from Mensch on a Bench
In December of 2014, Neal Hoffman walked onto the infamously brutal Shark Tank stage and pitched an idea for investment that he had been working on for almost two years: Mensch on a Bench, the Jewish...
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Entrepreneur Spotlight: Stephen Jordan (Director of Innovation Strategy,...
Stephen Jordan is the Director of Innovation Strategy at Batterii, a Cincinnati tech startup with a mission to empower people to make a difference as creative collaborators. We sat down with Stephen...
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Food for Thought, February Edition
We love our collaborative culture here at The Garage Group; we’re constantly swapping interesting articles, events and other snippets from around the Internet that are relevant to our mission and...
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How Can Large Organizations Keep the Pace and Creativity of Startups?
Every large organization claims that innovation is critical to their DNA, yet most are criticized for their lack of disruptive product launches and slow decision-making process. While large companies...
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6 Innovation Tips from The Google Ventures Team
When we heard that Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky and Braden Kowitz (the guys from Google Ventures) wrote a book on innovation, we knew we had to get our hands on it immediately. And, it didn’t disappoint....
View ArticleNike, Liberty, Wayfair & KnowledgeHound on Innovating Like a Startup
Our team had a blast at The Front End of Innovation Conference last week! Ann Thompson led an insightful panel discussion on how bigcos can keep the pace and creativity of startups. Five amazing...
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5 Corporates Borrowing from The Startup Playbook
Startup companies have flooded the market with work processes that happen faster, better utilize technology and place ideas in consumers’ hands more frequently during the innovation cycle. The line...
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How Startups Are Preemptively Changing the Auto Industry
The auto industry experienced substantial growth in the early 20th century when Henry Ford found a way to make the mass production of automobiles more agile and efficient. Innovation happens when...
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