Let’s consider an emerging model in the modern workplace, Innovation Team as a Service. Innovation Team as a service (iTaaS) is allowing the budding entrepreneur and established corporate executive to take on new product development projects with swiftness and a sharp eye on innovation.

At Phiquest we have tapped into our network of small business and entrepreneurs to learn what they’re doing to thrive now. The primary lesson we have learned from all of them is that you need to be flexible and innovative. Here we share but a few of the key strategies that may also work for your small business. Let’s have a look.

In this introduction we teach you the essentials of projects. You will learn what a project is, and the basics of project planning and execution.

Every business process has a sequence of discrete steps necessary to successfully produce the desired results. Nevertheless, many business processes are packed with manual tasks that are inefficient and wasteful of valuable staff, time and resources. These inefficiencies are compounded by the introduction of human error which leads to rework and more waste. It’s like […]

Jeremy Ramos and Srinivas Katkoori from Phiquest attended the inaugural session of MIT’s National Science Foundation I-Crops Node. Phiquest is mentoring University of South Florida student and entrepreneur Jennyfer Munoz. Jennyfer’s project which is part of the Phiquest Startup Factory involves the development of technologies and products for save young children from tragic deaths in automobiles.

Let’s face it, engineers are not always the best equipped for building startups. The Phiquest team selects individual engineers and small teams with the most promising ideas and produces successful startups. The Phiquest Startup Factory process is closely aligned to the National Science Foundation’s I-Corps™ program. Our expert mentors with dozens of combined patents and […]