(Un)learning
We are big proponents of the concept of continuous learning. Cultivating and feeding an insatiable need to take in new information, knowledge and experiences to expand our perspective, build up our...
View ArticleThe Failure Club
It’s the beginning of 2013. What kind of adventure do you have lined up this year? Ask yourself, are there ideas you have been putting off, too afraid due to fear of failure, that you know deep down...
View ArticleInnovate Like a Three-Year-Old
If you’ve ever spent time with a toddler, you may have noticed that they have a habit of asking questions. At three, most kids are insatiably curious about the world around them. “Why is the sky...
View ArticleSetting the Right Context for New Ideas to Emerge
One often overlooked factor, critical for generating truly breakthrough ideas, is creating the right context for new ideas to stand out from me-too or already-tried-that ideas that often end up...
View ArticleDeeper Insights via Social Media Ethnography
Good entrepreneurs find information and inspiration all around them, not just in formal, topic-specific reports. They’re curious and are able to draw connections between seemingly disparate things. We...
View ArticleResearch Must Serve A Bigger Purpose
We’re inspired by startups every single day. When it comes to market research, startups don’t have the time or money to conduct frivolous projects. The constraints of time and money force startups to...
View ArticleReinventing Research And Ideation With Entrepreneurial Gen Z
For years, we’ve worked with grown ups on business teams to discover insight, generate ideas that solve against the opportunities made evident by those insights and then develop those ideas into big...
View ArticleFood for Thought, February Edition
We love our collaborative culture here at The Garage Group; we’re constantly swapping interesting articles, events and other snippets from around the Internet that are relevant to our mission and...
View Article4 Things Boaty McBoatface Can Teach Us about Relevant Consumer Feedback and...
There is no doubt that crowdsourcing can be a great way to garner PR and hype around a brand. According to eYeka, 84% of top brands used this tactic between 2004-2014, including CPG and Food & Bev...
View Article6 Innovation Tips from The Google Ventures Team
When we heard that Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky and Braden Kowitz (the guys from Google Ventures) wrote a book on innovation, we knew we had to get our hands on it immediately. And, it didn’t disappoint....
View ArticleSecond Annual #NewCoCincy Event: 5 Truths and Hacks for Bringing Startup...
On July 21st, the Cincinnati startup community came together for its second annual #NewCoCincy event, a showcase of purpose-focused businesses that are driving industry transformation and community...
View Article12 Forces Reshaping Our Lives In the Next 15-30 Years
In The Inevitable: 12 Technological Forces that will Shape our Future, Kevin Kelly paints a futuristic picture of 12 macro certainties coming together to completely reshape how we live, work and play...
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