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A panel interview with Innovation Experts; HeroX, XPRIZE, BurstIQ, and Topcoder as they tackle grand challenges and innovating with COVID-19 pandemic at the top of the list.

Necessity is the mother of all inventions. In this new age of hyper online sharing, we can find some exciting, innovative solutions to our problems, and in very creative ways from our social networks and the hive mind.

Listen to our interview with Debbie Brodt-Giles from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory about the American-Made Challenges and how they are crowdsourcing innovations in solar, wind and more!

Open Innovation has become an indispensable tool to speed up corporate innovation. And yet, widespread adoption has been slow as the implementation of open innovation programs encounter barriers. This article will review some of these barriers along with recommendations on how to overcome them.

The rapidly changing business landscape has made it impossible for organizations to stay competitive while relying only on internal R&D. To maintain pace, organizations must include elements of open innovation in their organizational innovation toolboxes, but “closed” innovation hasn’t disappeared.

Diversity is more than just being about race, ethnicity, and gender. Beliefs, education, socioeconomic backgrounds, sexual orientation, cultures, and disabilities enrich the business environment and fuel innovation. Building a diverse and inclusive workforce is critically important to businesses.

In order to address rising maintenance costs and to advance the state of the art for corrosion control, the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), in collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), is sponsoring this two-phase Rust Busters Challenge.

Go beyond the basics with this small but mighty set of tips from HeroX CEO & Serial Entrepreneur Christian Cotichini on how to nail a front-stage meeting.

Before equity crowdfunding came along, venture capital (angel investors and private equity) were pretty much the only option for early-stage companies to go to when they needed cash. There are many advantages to using a public equity crowdfunding raise versus venture capital.

There are many strategies, tools and resources that exist to help organizations today. You may be asking yourself, “then why should I care about crow…