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Podcast: thinkfuture: technology, philosophy and the future
Episode: 404 EXTRA Startups Need Both A Kirk And A Scotty
Description: If you look at most of the successful startups (and internal innovation programs) throughout history, you’ll note a trend – there are usually two or more partner founders (or intrapreneurs) right there at the beginning (although eBay is a notable difference). Additionally, these partners need to have specific traits, typically one is the more extroverted sales type, and the other is the more introverted engineering type, even though there are those who have both of those skill sets.  I’d venture to say that you can build the archetypes out even further than that – and Star Trek (the original series, o...