Learning loop

02/03/201802/06/2018/marine

Eric Benhamou: Betting on social intelligence 0

Founders nurturing their startups through incubation shouldn’t confuse social intelligence, also known as emotional intelligence (EI), for charisma—a trait often associated with storytellers like Virgin Group’s Sir Richard Branson and the late Steve Jobs of Apple. Mustering persistence and patience, byproducts of emotional maturity, helps more than charm.

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01/07/201802/07/2018/marine

The Learning Loop: Growing venture intelligence 0

An incubation platform mitigates risk by favoring learning. It allows the founding team to spin the startup’s learning loop, delivering intelligence about the offering and market. And it facilitates co-creation with customers and partners, helping to converge their shared understanding of the venture’s mission.

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01/07/201802/05/2018/marine

Maslow Theory: Investigating authentic demand 0

Abraham Maslow authored a positivist theory about human behavior that broke with the then-dominant psychoanalytical theories of Sigmund Freud which, while undoubtedly helpful to therapists and their patients, sought to explain mental dysfunction and pathology rather than healthy human motivations.

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01/07/201802/16/2018/marine

Maslow Applied: Blue jeans’ ascension into global icon 0

For Wild West miners and cowboys, riveted blue jeans addressed a fundamental need for durable workplace clothing. That alone was enough to ensure the product’s early success. Since then, the product’s life reflects its rise in the Maslow hierarchy of human motivations, making it a marketer’s dream.