By Brendan Hart 1 min read

Why Did You Rob The Bank?

Innovation is not about technology, emerging markets, or applying an academic framework to a theoretical problem.
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Don’t believe the headlines: at its core, innovation is not about technology, emerging markets, or applying an academic framework to a theoretical problem.

Instead, innovation is about problem-solving — the harder the problem, the greater opportunity to innovate — the process of digging into a real pain point and solving it in a way that someone will pay for.

Easy to say, hard to do.

This young girl brought delicious cookies to a steady stream of people who may be hungry. That’s pretty good.

Before you build your next application — with MACHINE LEARNING or ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE capabilities — try selling cookies to people who may be hungry. Go from there.

Brendan Hart

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Brendan Hart

Brendan Hart is the founder of The Power Curve, an independent platform for research and analysis on strategic competition, political economy, and applied AI.

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