AGL 358: Elliott Parker on the Illusion of Innovation

About Elliott

illusion-of-innovationElliott is CEO of High Alpha Innovation, the leading venture builder that partners with organizations and entrepreneurs to solve big problems through startup creation. Prior to High Alpha Innovation, Elliott led business design at High Alpha, the Indianapolis-based venture studio; he has also worked in innovation and strategy consulting at Innosight, in corporate venturing, and as an entrepreneur to bring new ideas to market. Originally from California, Elliott has a deep entrepreneurial background as a founder, advisor, and investor. He earned a B.S. in Finance from BYU and an M.B.A. from the UCLA Anderson School of Management, where he was a Venture Fellow.


Today We Talked About

  • Elliott’s background
  • Digital Transformation
  • Scaling business
  • Start-ups
  • Efficiency vs Innovation
  • Facebook
  • Innovation in Nature
  • More Experiments
  • Faster, Cheaper, Weider.
  • Structure your experiments
  • Autonomy
  • Launch External Startups
  • Be surprised by what you learn
  • Learning Problem vs. Execution Problem

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