facebook twitter linkedin
icon-ball icon-cross icon-eye icon-flat-tire icon-gift-2 icon-house icon-lab icon-present icon-remember icon-surprise icon-tree

SmartUp is an intelligent database of stories and insights on entrepreneurship and innovation.

Click on the icons to search the different categories.

x

Play Different: Steph Curry Scores With Innovation

Steph Curry doesn’t look imposing, but this skinny mild-mannered basketball star schools us all – entrepreneur, student, corporate wonk alike – in the value of play and creativity. Led by Curry’s dominating shooting, the defending NBA-champion Golden State Warriors started…

Read More

Chipotle’s Innovation Antidote

Chipotle just served up some really bad meals, meals that sickened people, meals that have taken a gargantuan bite out of its stock price. This raises an intriguing question for the company (whose tagline is “Food with Integrity”). Is this…

Read More

Chocolate with Benefits

Gigi and Zoë came onto me with candy and drugs at the checkout stand this weekend. Gigi was peppy, Zoë sultry – two creatively packaged supplements crossed with sugary sweets and spiced with sexy cartoon characters. The girls are riding…

Read More

Finding MINI Love, Post-Toyota Break-Up

Buy a car, book a trip, set up your new phone or computer — these can all be fun transactions that hold promise for both consumer and company. But corporations can be like serial daters, just looking for the next…

Read More