Tucker Marion Associate Professor of Technological Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group Chair, Academic Programs t.marion@neu.edu 617.373.2241 Expertise cost modeling, design strategy, early-stage companies, industrial design, innovation, manufacturing sourcing, outsourcing and offshoring, product development processes, product families, product platforms, product realization, technology management Tucker Marion in the Press Analysis: Facebook has become a $770 billion clone factory Tucker Marion, an associate professor at Northeastern University focused on entrepreneurship and innovation, said copying and acquiring rivals isn’t a bad strategy, but it needs to be coupled with the company also pursuing its own original ideas. “You really can’t sustain yourself unless you’re doing that,” he said. “At some point you’re going to face […] Forbes Five lessons entrepreneurs need to learn from the hoverboard meltdown “Being a sustainable company is not the goal for these folks,” says Tucker Marion, professor of technological entrepreneurship at Northeastern University. “They just want to make money for a year or two off of a product.” The Road to Self-Driving Cars Will Be a Long Strange Trip “By 2017, vehicles from Cadillac and others will offer hands-off self-driving options for highway cruising. What this means is that we are very close to offering cars that operate without driver input for extended periods of time. The sensors are there. The communication protocols are developed. It’s safe to say that within five years, most […] Plowz & Mowz comes to the Boston area Tucker Marion, an associate business professor at Northeastern University, said it can be difficult to predict which services will work well on mobile platforms, and which will flop. Since Plowz & Mowz is a complement to existing landscape businesses, rather than a replacement, he said, the service may give smaller operations a chance to get […] Northeastern wants you to write how you use technology on the side of a truck Northeastern University wants your answer to the question: “How would you use technology to solve a problem you face every day?” And they want you to scribe that answer on the side of a truck. On Thursday, the university’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business will be announcing its Whiteboard Innovation Challenge at BostInno’s State of Innovation […] Tucker Marion for Northeastern Global News Apple excels at designing cool tech. This professor thinks you can, too. Apple excels at designing cool tech. This professor thinks you can, too. There's no “silver bullet” to teach companies how to improve their ability to think creatively and generate new technology ideas. You’re the ‘innovation manager’ at a struggling newspaper. Now what? You’re the ‘innovation manager’ at a struggling newspaper. Now what? Northeastern business professor Tucker Marion is putting students in the driver's seat of exactly this sort of scenario. In the process, they learn that "when it comes to innovation, there's no silver bullet," Marion said. Northeastern launches master of science in innovation Northeastern launches master of science in innovation The yearlong graduate program is aimed at working professionals who want to become innovation leaders in the corporate environment. 3Qs: Will 3-D printing spark a new wave of innovation? 3Qs: Will 3-D printing spark a new wave of innovation? Tucker Marion, an assistant professor of entrepreneurship in the D’Amore-McKim School of Business, studies how new technology is changing the field of rapid prototyping. Northeastern University Professor Wins Dell Design Educator Award Northeastern University Professor Wins Dell Design Educator Award BOSTON – June 12, 2008 –Tucker Marion, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at Northeastern University’s School of Technological Entrepreneurship (STE), has been awarded a 2008 Dell Design Educator Award. Marion teaches the core STE course for graduate students “Managing a Technology-Based Business” and worked closely with the students to help them develop conceptual designs for Dell’s ReGeneration […]
Analysis: Facebook has become a $770 billion clone factory Tucker Marion, an associate professor at Northeastern University focused on entrepreneurship and innovation, said copying and acquiring rivals isn’t a bad strategy, but it needs to be coupled with the company also pursuing its own original ideas. “You really can’t sustain yourself unless you’re doing that,” he said. “At some point you’re going to face […]
Forbes Five lessons entrepreneurs need to learn from the hoverboard meltdown “Being a sustainable company is not the goal for these folks,” says Tucker Marion, professor of technological entrepreneurship at Northeastern University. “They just want to make money for a year or two off of a product.”
The Road to Self-Driving Cars Will Be a Long Strange Trip “By 2017, vehicles from Cadillac and others will offer hands-off self-driving options for highway cruising. What this means is that we are very close to offering cars that operate without driver input for extended periods of time. The sensors are there. The communication protocols are developed. It’s safe to say that within five years, most […]
Plowz & Mowz comes to the Boston area Tucker Marion, an associate business professor at Northeastern University, said it can be difficult to predict which services will work well on mobile platforms, and which will flop. Since Plowz & Mowz is a complement to existing landscape businesses, rather than a replacement, he said, the service may give smaller operations a chance to get […]
Northeastern wants you to write how you use technology on the side of a truck Northeastern University wants your answer to the question: “How would you use technology to solve a problem you face every day?” And they want you to scribe that answer on the side of a truck. On Thursday, the university’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business will be announcing its Whiteboard Innovation Challenge at BostInno’s State of Innovation […]