How former Apple CEO Sculley helped usher in the personal computing era

| Global Business

via: Justine Brown In the past four decades, computers transformed from enormous, intimidating machines to personal devices that are a fixture of the workplace the home — and the body. Consumer demand sets the pace, with buyers vying for faster, sleeker and more powerful devices. But to keep up with the rapidly changing industry, companies and their …

Two proven healthcare disruptors, including Uber co-founder, join RxAdvance board

| Global Business

SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass. – RxAdvance, a full service pharmacy benefits management company, announced Oscar Salazar, co-founder of Uber, and Walter Jin, founder of Carlyle Healthcare Group, have invested in Series-A funding round and joined the RxAdvance board. “Our goal is to leverage disruptive technology and world-class design to reinvent healthcare and deliver cost savings and efficiencies,” …

The Power of Design Thinking

| Entrepreneurship, Global Business

At an age when many executives are playing golf or writing memoirs, John Sculley is sounding the alarm. The former CEO of Apple and Pepsi-Cola says many of today’s corporate giants are about to be bulldozed into oblivion unless they take action—now. Cloud computing, mobility and machine intelligence will soon trigger an explosion of innovation, he …

How to Build a Billion Dollar Business with John Sculley

| Entrepreneurship, Global Business

When someone takes a business from 800 million to 8 billion dollars, that’s a pretty big deal. He has worked with some of the most prominent names in any space from high tech to consumer packaging. In 1987, he was named Silicon Valley’s top-paid executive, with an annual salary of US$2.2 million. Mr. John Sculley …