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• Working online: 3 ways to run a Where to Play project with remote teams

  Sharon Tal, Feb 14, 2022

  While there is no substitute for face-to-face discussions with large printed worksheets and colored sticky-notes, the pandemic had actually taught us the value and benefits of working online: you can collaborate remotely, save your work and update it over time,...

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• Better brainstorming: Four certified consultants share their tips on how to best facilitate an exploration session

  Sharon Tal, Nov 18, 2021

  Identifying new market opportunities stemming from your core is one of the key pillars of the Market Opportunity Navigator. This step is critical for established companies – searching for promising growth engines beyond their existing boundaries, as well as for...

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• From an academic mindset to an entrepreneurial outlook: Helping postdocs harness their deep-tech expertise

  Sharon Tal, Aug 25, 2020

  Recently, the Postdoc Association at EPFL invited me to run a unique hands-on program for postdocs on how to discover and evaluate potential applications of research projects. The goal was to help...

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• Intriguing takeaways from a Where to Play workshop

  Sharon Tal, Sep 19, 2019

  I just came back from running a full-week 'Where to Play' workshop for postdocs at the Runway Program by the Jacobs-Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech.  This small group of bright researchers are on a mission to found a start-up and...

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• Structured processes for creative discoveries – an oxymoron?

  Sharon Tal, Jun 11, 2018

  I just came back from teaching the Market Opportunity Navigator at the Technology University in Munich, where I had a very interesting discussion with my students: does a structured process inhibit or enhance creative discovery of business opportunities? Coming from...

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• 3 Interesting Insights from Students and Why We Should Care about Them

  Sharon Tal, Jan 19, 2018

  I recently came back from teaching a 5 day course at the Technical University of Denmark. Master students from different departments came to learn how to identify, evaluate and strategize market opportunities for innovative technologies. During the course, they learned...

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