Tag: China
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Chinese delegation inspects Nano One’s (NNO.V) unsexy technology
In the 1990s, a Harvard professor, Clayton Christensen, invented the term disruptive innovation. Marketing people loved it. Some products (Airbnb, Smart phones, Uber, Netflix) earned the label. Many companies employed the term as a sloppy way to say, “we are different”. “Over the years, marketers and mainstream media co-opted the term, “disruptive innovation” and drove…
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Respect Your Universe (RYU.V): sexy sweaty yoga money
In 1998, a 42-year-old Canadian entrepreneur named Chip Wilson observed the surging popularity of Yoga classes and realised that there was no equipment, no uniform, no auxiliary sales to financially exploit the modern fitness trend. Seizing the opportunity, he designed comfortable machine-washable yoga-wear. That innovation would have been enough to make him rich. But then…
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Sri Lanka rising: Ceylon Graphite (CYL.C) flexes and shows bulging veins
Trying to “Make America Great Again” by reviving the coal industry – is like trying to extinguish a house fire by spitting on it. If coal employment was restored to 2003 levels, there would still be more people working in car washes. While the brain trust in Washington flaps its arms, China is opening its…