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SIX THINKING HATS By erstwhile Cambridge academic Edward De Bono is a provocative guide to THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX. "The biggest enemy of thinking is complexity, for that leads to confusion". He is a believer in simplifying thinking by dealing with one thing at a time. A MUST READ! View in LinkedIn

GETTING TO YES, by Harvard guys Roger Fisher and William Ury is a book that I have given away hundreds of copies. I used to carry it in my briefcase as moral support. If you are unacquainted with this of its sequels do yourself a favor and read it. View in LinkedIn

"IS THIS BRILLIANCE OR COMPLEX STUPIDITY?"" "" "By Shoe, the cartoonist View in LinkedIn

A quoted saying is: "entrepreneurs are the only people who work 100 hours per week to avoid working 40". http://lnkd.in/wdeEkS View in LinkedIn

Is this an example of disruptive technology ("innovators" in this article) being less important than what I call "incremental technology", which is not disruptive, but adds value? The disruptive technologies are relatively few in the absolute sense, the airplane, radio, electricity, computers, to name a few iconic examples. But incremental technologies, better than the innovator, form the vast majority of successful technology plays. This supports my advice to entrepreneurs: better is perfectly good, and it neither has to be scalable nor disruptive to be a successful venture! http://lnkd.in/kP-wJr View in LinkedIn

At last a great posting on this critical topic! The WHO numbers are conservative, as citations from some West African countries have been that over 80% of the pharmaceuticals are counterfeit. Never purchase medicines on the Internet! http://www.pharmamanufacturing.com/articles/2010/119.html?page=full View in LinkedIn

The awesome US cartoonist Shoe (think owl in a tree) had one strip that is still framed in my study with the line: "IS THIS BRILLIANCE IR COMPLEX STUPIDITY?" I wrote to Shoe in admiration and received a personalized version back. Always worth a Litmus Test for the seemingly brilliant...and thank you, Shoe! View in LinkedIn

Ethos, Pathos and Logicos: not outdated concepts for entrepreneurs. http://lnkd.in/WwVJCy View in LinkedIn

Provocative and interesting reading for entrepreneurs. http://lnkd.in/MWAbDB View in LinkedIn

Here's some data to track, but not the only one. Angel funding, Corporate VCs, and watch out for Crowd Funding as it evolves rapidly. The VC industry itself is in for some truly disruptive innovation! http://www.cbinsights.com/blog/trends/venture-capital-2012-report View in LinkedIn