Windworks: The challenge of turning a novel technology into a viable business
Explore Windworks' breakthrough smart vertical-axis wind turbines and the funding-milestone strategy to turn novel tech into a viable energy business....
Jim Pulcrano is an IMD Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship and Management. His current projects include teaching in Lausanne, London and Silicon Valley, research on disruption, and various strategy, networking, customer-centricity, and innovation mandates with multinationals in Europe, Asia, and the US. At IMD, He is Director of the Venture Capital Asset Management (VCAM) program and teaches on the Executive MBA (EMBA), Orchestrating Winning Performance (OWP), and full-time MBA programs.
September 18, 2026 • by Jim Pulcrano in Innovation • 2 min read
Explore Windworks' breakthrough smart vertical-axis wind turbines and the funding-milestone strategy to turn novel tech into a viable energy business....
May 7, 2026 • by Jim Pulcrano in Innovation • 12 min read
Lenovo's 40-year journey from a cramped guardhouse in Beijing to global technology giant offers a compelling illustration of the seven qualities that enable scale-up success. ...
April 29, 2026 • by Jim Pulcrano, Katarina Barsoux in Innovation • 8 min read
Deeply held assumptions about what a successful founder looks like and the financial consequences of these biases have been exposed by recent research. ...
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