Recognizing Ways Innovation Competencies Help Entrepreneurs

Each question should have a 250-300 word response. 

Discussion Question #1: In your own personal quest to become a better trend spotter, no doubt you'll be auditing your information intake. As a team leader of a technology innovation project of your own choosing, offer 3 key pieces of advice that will help your team better spot trends and opportunities for that innovation idea.

Discussion Question #3:  Making an “association” (comparison, metaphor, analogy) between a technology and a marketplace observation is considered an essential competency for an innovator. For a specific trend you have observed (either in-person, in the news media, or from a personal business experience), describe the “association” that would (or could) produce an innovative consequence from that trend.