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24 alternatives to IDEO Futures - Jane Chen of Embrace Innovations

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. IDEO Futures - Jane Chen of Embrace Innovations launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   IDEO Futures - Jake Knapp + John Zeratsky from Google Ventures▲84

   Sprint: design, prototyping, and testing

   2016 · feeds.soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

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   The Third Wave▲82

   An entrepreneur's vision of the future

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   IDEO Futures - John Lilly, Greylock Partner▲85

   Blitzscaling, productivity tools + design in VC

   2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Future² ep. #74: Clayton Christensen's New Theory▲53

   Innovation

   2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   FoundersGyan▲50

   Inspiring Entrepreneurs

   2015 · foundersgyan.com · its alternatives →

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   The Global Startup Movement - From Seed to Series A with Nepal's CloudFactory▲60

   Uncovering stories from entrepreneurs and VC's worldwide

   2017 · traffic.libsyn.com · its alternatives →

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   Future² #85: The Future of App Development with Buzinga's Logan Merrick▲61

   From two people to 30 people in just four years

   2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   Future Squared - Episode #61: Singularity University's Pascal Finette▲56

   Moonshots, corporate innovation, partnering with startups

   2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   The Global Startup Movement: Mark Quezada▲60

   The resurgence in Hawaii's startup scene

   2016 · traffic.libsyn.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Work Smart - 7: Aisha Visram, Founder of Mobile Guroo▲57

    Overcoming obstacles as a female tech expert & entrepreneur

    2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

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    Analyse Asia 98: The India Startup Ecosystem with Ashish Sinha▲52

    Discussion on the India Startup Ecosystem & unicorn founders

    2016 · blcw.me · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Smart People Should Build Things - Co-Founder & CEO of ChowNow▲70

    From Bear Stearns to competing with Seamless

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Innovation Thinking Methods for the Modern Entrepreneur▲76

    A simple way to reliably find step-function better solutions

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders - From Havard to the Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg▲88

    From Harvard to the Facebook—How it all started

    2015 · web.stanford.edu · its alternatives →

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    IDEO Futures - Ep.26: Bryce Roberts from OATV + Indie.vc; + a look back at 2015▲59

    From progressive VC to live your life on your own terms

    2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

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    Rocketship.fm — Building Entrepreneurial Communities▲66

    Entrepreneurial communities and changing the way we work

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Building The Future - Episode 40 with Navid Rastegar▲53

    FitBliss, a corporate wellness technology platform

    2016 · youtube.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Robot Overlordz - 224: Conscientious Futures▲66

    Self-publishing, corporate sovereignty, and the future of AI

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Google for Entrepreneurs▲71

    Bringing together startup communities worldwide

    2014 · startup.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Go For Launch: Develop A Winning Edge▲54

    An interview with a Business Strategist Dan Waldschmidt

    2016 · rakhoitvttbdg.tv · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Nextt Experiments▲86

    A community for open and permissionless innovation

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Inspiring Entrepreneurs From Start to Finish▲59

    The persistent entrepreneur

    2016 · media.zencast.fm · its alternatives →

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    IDEO Futures Episode 32: Kanyi Maqubela from Collaborative Fund▲58

    The power of gratitude to intentionally experimenting in VC

    2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Growth Kung Fu: How to find Product Market Fit?▲61

    Asian Startup Growth Stories and Insights

    2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

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