Innovation

"You can be at the top of your game one day and tumble down the next. So if you don’t innovate all the time you actually go backwards." — Marina Maher

Marie Forleo ON Innovation

CEO, Marie Forleo International Inc.

Q: Innovation requires creative thinking. How do you tap into the creative thinking resources within your business?

A: We get our best inspiration outside of our industry - from entertainment, fashion, travel and everyday life. Our team sends around music, videos, pictures and screen shots of things that inspire us. We’re very committed to having fun and have taken days off work to visit amusement parks or attend a charitable event we believe in. We also fill our ... READ MORE »

Martha Ringer ON Innovation

Owner, Martha Ringer

Q: If a business has several, viable ways to grow and innovate, how do you pick the best road to take?

A: In my experience, the best way to move forward is to find that place inside that you can trust and listen to the inner direction to move forward. READ MORE »

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Chrissy Crawford ON Innovation

Founder and CEO, ArtStar, Little Collector by ArtStar

Q: Innovation requires creative thinking. How do you tap into the creative thinking resources within your business?

A: I am blessed to have a very close and intelligent team. We talk through new ideas and constantly want to do things better. We think about our businesses 24/7 and find inspiration everywhere. I also have a talented and inspiring group of entrepreneurial friends, and we meet for drinks to discuss our ideas and how to take our projects to ... READ MORE »

Caryn Effron ON Innovation

Founder, GoGirl Finance

Q: If a business has several, viable ways to grow and innovate, how do you pick the best road to take?

A: I never thought of myself as a particularly innovative or creative person. Launching both a brand and a start up continuously challenges me to think outside of the box. I am constantly envisioning ways that might create and sustain engagement for women around the conversation of money. I find it hugely exciting and invigorating to imagine that it is possible ... READ MORE »

Loren Ridinger ON Innovation

Senior Vice President, Market America & Shop.com

Q: If a business has several, viable ways to grow and innovate, how do you pick the best road to take?

A: By figuring out what makes the most sense to you and logic. Options are good but you must do what feels right, makes sense for you and your business and what will benefit you the most. Talk to people who know more than you and listen. READ MORE »

5 Companies Inspiring Us to Champion Change

claudia ON Innovation

I’m a firm believer that we can’t depend only on our politicians and heads of state to improve our world. It’s up to civilians—you and me—and the businesses we create and buy from, to actually advance the public good in the world that we all share. And I feel we’d get to a safer and READ MORE »