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  • What do innovators really need? Home 8th November 2018 NG Partners Let’s assume you’re the founder of an innovative start-up—and you believe you have a really strong value proposition to offer a Fortune 500 corporation. How do you get a meeting with the …
  • How smart homes and cities help consumers design their own future Home 8th November 2018 NG Partners The past decade has been the dawn of the Internet of Things. With the advance of smartphones, sensors, inexpensive data collection and processing, and …
  • Does the road to a cleaner future start on a delivery truck? Home 8th November 2018 NG Partners Moving people and things around the world uses a lot of fuel and burning that fuel is a primary contributor to our planet’s warming. The trucks that drop off …
  • How an unusual partnership can expand your digital dreams Home 8th November 2018 NG Partners If you lead a startup and you’re looking for funding to support your innovations in digitalization, you’re in a great position. Money is plentiful—Silicon Valley …
  • Beyond bitcoin: Blockchain’s promise of energy choice, control, and trust Home 8th November 2018 NG Partners Blockchain technology today is about where mobile technology was 30 years ago. It’s still in its infancy, with its future unclear. And it’s …
  • What can a regulated utility offer an innovator? Home 6th November 2018 NG Partners If you’re an industry innovator, you might not immediately think of National Grid as the ideal partner to help you more quickly and confidently bring your new value …
  • The negotiation of things Home 6th November 2018 NG Partners There’s been a lot of hype around the so-called “Internet of Things” and with good reason. The massive volume of data being generated by industrial systems, vehicles, consumer goods, sensors in …
  • How incubators find innovation and inspiration Home 6th November 2018 NG Partners A year ago I was participating in a “speed dating” session at a startup incubator in Hawaii. While I met many exciting companies that day, one company in particular got my …
  • Mastering our own disruption Home 6th November 2018 NG Partners If you drive to Bend, Oregon, on the edge of the Deschutes National Forest, you can find outstanding skiing, ample fishing, and 22 breweries serving a town of 91,000. You can also see the …
  • The IoT big data market: are you in? Home 6th November 2018 NG Partners When you hear “Big Data,” you may think about all the information we gather about customers from their transactions, social media activity, and behaviors on mobile apps. You may also …