by lisafernow | May 9, 2022 | General Posts
Interview subjects needed! Are you game? I’m talking to entrepreneurs about how they navigated the transition to corporate life after selling their companies. What happened. What worked well or poorly. What turned out to be most important for success,...
by lisafernow | Apr 14, 2022 | General Posts, Innovation
I recently saw a video on an education innovation from Microsoft that had me almost literally jumping up and down in my seat with excitement. I’m not an objective observer, as Microsoft is a client, but I invite you to judge for yourselves. Here’s the full...
by lisafernow | Feb 8, 2022 | General Posts
For the last several months I have been serving as a merit reviewer for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s BroadbandUSA grants program. BroadbandUSA’s Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program makes $980 million available for grants to...
by lisafernow | Mar 20, 2018 | Customer Experience, General Posts, Innovation
In Seattle in January 2018 Amazon opened their Amazon Go store to the public with the very enticing proposition: No lines. No checkout. Photo credit: Amazon Removing friction from the shopping process is a strategy that has driven much of Amazon’s online...
by lisafernow | Nov 4, 2017 | General Posts, Innovation, Startups
I nearly laughed myself sick when I saw this invitation. According to the organizers, FuckUp Nights is the fastest growing global movement of entrepreneurial people who come together to publicly share failure stories. Thousands of people attend FuckUp Nights each...
by lisafernow | Sep 29, 2017 | Entrepreneurial Marketing, General Posts, Innovation, Marketing Strategy, Product Development, Targeting
University of Washington Entrepreneur in Residence, Derek Streat, had a daughter who suffered from a rare medical condition. After spending thousands of hours researching her condition and finding it frustrating to have to sift through all the databases for the exact...
