Ideawake Featured in USA Today

Ideawake was recently featured alongside one of our customers Jason's Deli in USA Today in a story we thought would resonate with many of you in the Ideawake community. You can check out the story here.

Startup vs. Fortune 500

In Coby Skonord's world, a startup company is like a speedboat. A Fortune 500 company is a cruise ship. Each has its advantages: Speedboats are fast and nimble. Cruise ships are packed with amenities, well-trained workforces, and lots of customers. Each ought to be able to learn from the other.

Funding for Expansion

Milwaukee-based software company Ideawake has raised another $1 million to expand its innovation-enabling platform into the health care field. The round was led by Madison's HealthX Ventures.

Partnership with NSSF

The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has announced a partnership with Ideawake, a global innovation software company, to expand access to the NSSF Hi-Innovator programme to more entrepreneurs across the country.

The Challenge of Innovation

The most difficult challenge facing most companies today is the critical necessity to stay abreast of the latest technological innovations that can disrupt the market need for their product or service. In order to overcome this challenge, companies are turning to their employees, customers, and other stakeholders to come up with a wider breadth of novel solutions to complex business problems.

Employee Engagement

As a company grows to employ hundreds, and even thousands of people, it becomes continually harder for frontline employees’ ideas to reach management. This disconnect can become frustrating and lead to employees becoming disengaged which, in some companies, affects 50% of employees and can cost $2,200 per disengaged employee per year according to a study conducted by ADP.